Join us for a Q&A session tomorrow at 1pm ET with a few of the authors of "ENACTing Change: A Handbook for Teaching Advocacy and Civic Engagement." This session will provide examples of how to bring civic engagement into the classroom! 🔗 Register: scholars.my.salesforce-sites.com/event/home/s...

Maine SSN's Karyn Sporer (Assoc. Prof and Dept. Chair of Sociology, and Director of UMaine's Criminal Justice program) was featured on Newscenter Maine, discussing how to deter holiday package thefts www.newscentermaine.com/article/news...

Don't miss this skill-building webinar/Q-and-A that Robert Glover and his co-authors will be doing with SSN National next month on December 10th! @scholars.org scholars.my.salesforce-sites.com/event/home/s...

Maine SSN's Anthony Moffa is featured extensively in this Maine Public article on the COP30 Climate Negotiations in Brazil. Moffa is leading a group of first-year law students to the negotiations. @mainepublic.org www.mainepublic.org/climate/2025...

Another SSN op-ed in the BDN @bangordailynews.bsky.social from Jeff Selinger from Bowdoin: www.bangordailynews.com/2025/11/14/o...

My awesome colleague @robglover.bsky.social and his ENACT colleagues just published a how-to guide on teaching civic engagement and advocacy. I can't think of a better person to provide insights on this than Rob. @scholars.org @mainessn.bsky.social press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

A new op-ed is up on @bangordailynews.bsky.social exploring Maine's potential! www.bangordailynews.com/2025/11/01/o...

An article by Luisa S. Deprez, professor emerita of sociology and social policy at the University of Southern Maine, details the effects that a lack of SNAP benefits will have. @scholars.org www.pressherald.com/2025/10/30/l...

Maine SSN chapter member Amy Fried (@asfried.bsky.social) and Luisa S. Deprez discuss the upcoming Senate vote in Maine, as well as the intricacies surrounding the candidates in a Washington Monthly article. (@washingtonmonthly.com) washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/24/g...

Alicia Peters, Ph.D, associate professor of anthropology at the University of New England, wrote this op-ed in the @pressherald.com. www.pressherald.com/2025/10/23/s...

The newest op-ed is up on the @bangordailynews.bsky.social - be sure to keep your eyes open for more of our coverage as the referendum draws near! www.bangordailynews.com/2025/10/25/o...

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Best way to consolidate authoritarian rule is to not pay your soldiers, this has historically worked out well for everyone who has tried it.

One of Maine SSN’s newest members, Lucy Britt (Assistant Professor of Politics at Bates College), has a letter to the editor in the Bangor Daily News on why Q1 is about much more than voter ID—it would make absentee voting harder for many Mainers.

Maine SSN's Amy Fried shows why Question 1 is about much more than “voter ID” — it would restrict absentee voting, eliminate phone requests, cut early-vote days, and more. Read in the BDN: www.bangordailynews.com/2025/10/01/o...

Maine SSN's @rlarochelle.bsky.social argues that the Trump administration is actively unraveling LBJ’s Great Society — cutting back on popular health, education, and social safety net programs built over decades. Read his full op-ed in the BDN ⬇️ www.bangordailynews.com/2025/09/26/o...

👏 Congrats to chapter member Mara Casey Tieken (Bates College) on being named a 2025–26 SSN Media Fellow! Casey Tieken's work focuses on racial and educational equity in rural schools. She’ll work with mentors to sharpen media skills and enrich public conversations on these topics with research.

Our chapter member Amy Fried explains how Maine’s Question 1 would restrict voter access — from tighter mail ballot rules to fewer drop boxes. 📉 Read her op-ed in the @PressHerald: www.pressherald.com/2025/10/03/r...

The Maine Scholars Strategy Network has been named the 2025 “Best Chapter” Award winner by the national organization, chosen from 38 chapters nationwide. 🏆 Thanks to all our amazing members who make this work possible! 👏

Maine @scholars.org member Daniel Bryant has a piece in the @bangordailynews.bsky.social this week examining Maine's urgent need for a single-payer health care system. Check it out at the link below.

What do you call a group of loons? Maine @scholars.org co-leader Rob Glover and Amanda Sohns say it’s time to retire “asylum” and embrace something that captures their drama and grace: "opera." Their @bangordailynews.bsky.social op-ed dives into the power of language, history, and why words matter.

Wow. A group of top scholars at Harvard just sent a letter to its president, Alan Garber, warning against surrendering to Trump. Signatories include Steven Levitsky, Dani Rodrik, Ryan Enos, Theda Skocpol, and Steven Walt. Someone forwarded it to me. Read it here:

Now that the federal government is severely curtailing investments in science and education, state governments will need to step up. This announcement from @massgovernor.bsky.social is a great development. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...

In today’s @bangordailynews.bsky.social, Andrew Hudacs of @umaine.bsky.social Cooperative Extension lays out why Maine should invest more in youth agricultural programs — not just to grow future farmers, but to build stronger, healthier communities.

Maine @scholars.org member Sandy Butler has an op-ed in @pressherald.com today which maps out the likely impact of Trump's budget bill on low-income and older Mainers.

"Attacks on university research put at risk one of government's highest-return investments." In this op-ed, SSN Board Member Ian Simmons writes about the governments recent involvement in #HigherEd and how academic freedom is crucial for long-term economic growth. Read more in @forbes.com. ⤵️

Gun violence is down, thanks in part to policies that address its root causes. In this No Jargon episode, @daniel-semenza.bsky.social (@njgvrc.bsky.social) explains what’s working, what’s at risk, and why cutting federal support could reverse progress. 🎙️ Listen now: scholars.org/podcast/drop...

Maine @scholars.org member Amy Blackstone was featured on @wmtwchannel8.bsky.social (picked up by @MSN) discussing declining birthrates in the US and ways to address demographic decline that do not involve individuals having more children. www.msn.com/en-us/health...

This NYT analysis of rising prescription drug denials by health insurers aligns closely w/ findings from my forthcoming book Coverage Denied. Prescription drugs were one of the two biggest categories of denials I observed, and many physicians spoke to recent increases www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/h...

"Trump revels in using U.S. power, but he doesn’t quite understand where it comes from." In this op-ed, Hal Brands writes about #foreignpolicy under the #Trump administration and the three problems with it. Read more in @pilotonline.com ⤵️

Gun violence rates are down across the U.S. In our latest No Jargon podcast episode, @daniel-semenza.bsky.social explains what's working to keep these rates down and what we stand to lose as federal support for violence prevention is rolled back. #GunPolicy 🎧 Listen. ⤵️ scholars.org/podcast/real...

The @bangordailynews.bsky.social spoke w/ UMaine criminologist and Maine @scholars.org member Karyn Sporer about a digitally altered photo shared by Westbrook, Maine police department.

The Austin/San Antonio NWS warning coordination meteorologist, Paul Yura, was DOGEd in April. "Yura’s final date of employment, April 30, comes just before severe weather season in Central Texas typically peaks in the month of May." h/t @theiconoclast.bsky.social

My colleague @mirandayaver.bsky.social has a new piece out in @thelancet.com Regional Health on Trump's first 100 days. Short form: it's a disaster for all of us. Keep writing. Telling the truth. History depends on us. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Millions of families are currently left out of the #CTC and #EITC and Congress’s budget bill could leave even more behind. In this op-ed, @kelleyfong.bsky.social explains why these tax credits are essential tools in the fight against child poverty. Learn more in @thefulcrum-us.bsky.social:

In @time.com, Maine SSN-er Ryan LaRochelle and recent @umaine.bsky.social graduate Kate Flynn argue that keeping the military out of partisan politics is vital to democracy. They look back to Sec. Cohen during the Clinton era—and warn what Trump’s recent moves could mean.

Trump’s budget could gut evidence-based solutions to the opioid crisis that are driving positive trends in Maine. Here, @robglover.bsky.social, co-leader of @scholars.org (Maine) breaks down what’s at risk—and why it matters.

With the Senate taking up the Trump administration's spending bill, check out @umaine.bsky.social undergraduate Olivia Marsanskis's guest column on the potential effects that spending cuts could have on our fragile gains fighting opioid overdose. www.bangordailynews.com/2025/06/25/o...

🧵One of Maine's newest SSN members, Dr. Mara Tieken from @batescollege.bsky.social, was recently featured on @mainepublic.org's "Maine Calling" discussing rural Maine youth's postsecondary education plans.

Amy B's substack about testifying on the hill she helped get drafted and her testimony.

Amy Blackstone was on CBS News!

A piece by Luisa Deprez and Amy Fried in the Washington Monthly.

UMaine News has a great feature on SSN-er Sara Delaney's research.

The BDN published Colin Moore's piece on the impact of federal cuts to VA funding here in Maine.

Anthony Moffa's work to expose high schoolers to the law.

Ryan LaRochelle has a piece in Time Magazine!

One of our current SSN Policy Fellows Joyce Bennett from Bates has an op-ed in the BDN about cultural appropriation.