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Asian American Studies | political scientist, race, immigrants, surveys | @AAPIData; @PRRIpoll
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Shibley Telhami
10 days ago
What's Netanyahu's answer to this dramatic shift in American public attitudes toward Israel? Have allies buy TikTok and appeal to Musk to control the narrative on X. Watch:
youtu.be/OG2VBv-ISnE?...
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Shibley Telhami
22 days ago
Sen. Slotkin says that āa lot of young peopleā who donāt know better are coming to college campuses and hearing and repeating antisemitic narratives. This is highly misleading: Polls show Americans with college education have more favorable views Of Jews than those without. 1/2
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Chris Geidner
about 1 month ago
BREAKING:
@lambdalegal.org
strongly criticizes the federal indictment of one of its lawyers in Alabama, calling it "an outrageous act of governmental overreach" that followed "unprecedented and abusive judicial proceedings." "We unequivocally stand behind Carl and all of our attorneys ...."
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Feds indict LGBTQ org lawyer over testimony in Alabama "judge-shopping" investigation
In an indictment unsealed Monday, Lambda Legal counsel Carl Charles faces a felony charge of making a false declaration to the investigating judicial panel.
https://www.lawdork.com/p/feds-indict-lgbtq-org-lawyer-alabama-case
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Dr. Mansa Keita
about 1 month ago
The same Supreme Court that said it is unreasonable to consider race when giving kids access to education, has said it's reasonable to consider race when looking to remove someone from the country. Funny how that works.
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ACLU
about 1 month ago
Despite todayās outrageous ruling, we all have the right to go about our daily lives free from racial profiling by the federal government. We will never stop fighting for our civil liberties and our immigrant communities.
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Politico
about 1 month ago
EXCLUSIVE: State Rep. James Talarico will jump into the Texas Senate race.
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State Rep. James Talarico to jump in Texas Senate race
The rising star has been flirting with a bid as Democrats look to flip the Lone Star state.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/05/talarico-texas-senate-campaign-00546945
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CASA
about 1 month ago
āRemember they keep trying to bury us but we are the seeds of our ancestors. The roots of DC, weāve built this city brick by brick, block by block, with blood sweat and tears.ā Nee Nee Taylor, Executive Director,
@harrietsdreams.bsky.social
and Co-Founder,
@freedcproject.bsky.social
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NPR
3 months ago
A 21-year-old Florida man was beaten to death by Israeli settlers while visiting family in the West Bank.
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Israeli settlers beat U.S. citizen to death in West Bank
A 21-year-old Florida man was beaten to death by Israeli settlers while visiting family in the West Bank.
https://n.pr/450CU3Z
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Prisonculture
3 months ago
If you have limited time available, consider devoting it to fundraising for small projects and groups. There's a lot of need for funds and fundraising has become absolutely more difficult. Pick a group in your area and take it upon yourself to raise funds in all the ways you can.
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Americans have made a U-turn on immigration since 2024 election - POLITICO
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Americans have made a U-turn on immigration since 2024 election
New polling from Gallup shows record-high support for immigration, potentially complicating the presidentās strongly anti-immigration policy.
https://share.google/9bfHce0TNiMnV01Dq
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Quick recap/informative listen on nationwide injunction decision and Trump Admin suit against 16 judges in Maryland Federal District from
@ihppod.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
3 months ago
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Dr. Lucky Tran
3 months ago
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a āscience fairā in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
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Shibley Telhami
3 months ago
Making Israeli expansionism and domination cheaper and easier: New documents: reveal the U.S. pouring hundreds of millions in military aid into building IDF bases
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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New documents: U.S. pouring hundreds of millions in military aid into building IDF bases
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https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2025-07-07/ty-article-timeline/.premium/new-documents-u-s-pouring-hundreds-of-millions-in-military-aid-into-building-idf-bases/00000197-e508-d508-a997-e76d61760000
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Highly recommend this listen if you want to understand what is going down in the courts right now.
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ProPublica
3 months ago
1/ Ever received a random text or DM from a stranger looking to befriend you? Here's how a simple message could be a small piece of a global fraud machine that exploits some of the world's largest banks. THREAD š§µ
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Viet Thanh Nguyen
4 months ago
apologies--10AM PST Monday!
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Shibley Telhami
4 months ago
New poll echoes our own poll last month, finding that most Americans, including most Republicans, oppose getting involved in conflict with Iran, with only 16% overall and 23% of Republicans supporting getting involved.
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Janelle S Wong
Immigration and Ethnic History Society
4 months ago
***Attention graduate students*** Apply to the George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award! IEHS invites submissions for two awards of $3,500 each (up from $1,000) to help graduate students with their dissertations on U.S. immigration, emigration, or ethnic history.
iehs.org/awards/georg...
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George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award
Visit the post for more.
https://iehs.org/awards/george-e-pozzetta-dissertation-award/?fbclid=IwY2xjawKqtUFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHjDCkZs9HQXkXxZRH4sDFk2T-pkUdNF3PDQh_sc39l6xBMIeYtU4-WIHFTVU_aem_DNkRUNwYgTvJ8RbbWaNFsg
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James Talarico
5 months ago
"Today, Governor Abbott signs his billionaire voucher scam into law. Remember this day next time a school closes. Remember this day next time a teacher quits. Remember this day next time your property taxes go up because the state is defunding our schools.ā
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James Talarico
4 months ago
BREAKING: Texas Republicans just passed a major book banning bill. They say itās about protecting kids from āfilth.ā But when I questioned the bill author, he admitted that it could ban classics like Romeo and Juliet, Catcher in the Rye, and Lonesome Dove.
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If you want to hear some clear and bold defenses of educational equity, follow
@jamestalarico.bsky.social
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Algernon Austin
5 months ago
One in six Asian Americans rely on Medicaid. Republicans are willing to let people die to give tax cuts to the rich.
@karthick.com
@janellewong.bsky.social
cepr.net/publications...
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Asian Americans Will be Hurt by Republican Medicaid Cuts
Nearly 1 in 5 Asian Americans rely on Medicaid, but GOP cuts risk coverage losses to fund tax breaks for the richādespite Medicaidās proven health benefits.
https://cepr.net/publications/asian-americans-will-be-hurt-by-republican-medicaid-cuts/
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Shibley Telhami
5 months ago
How is America enabling this? 'There is suffering everywhere you look, says mother of emaciated baby girl trapped in Gaza: Babies such as Siwar Ashour are suffering from malnutrition as crucial supplies run out amid Israelās total blockade on aid'
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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There is suffering everywhere you look, says mother of emaciated baby girl trapped in Gaza
Babies such as Siwar Ashour are suffering from malnutrition as crucial supplies run out amid Israelās total blockade on aid
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/11/there-is-suffering-everywhere-you-look-says-mother-of-emaciated-baby-girl-trapped-in-gaza
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Shibley Telhami
6 months ago
Trump is arresting and deporting students who have protested horrors like this - which everyone should be protesting! š
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Shibley Telhami
6 months ago
Of course Trump is exploiting antisemitism in his assault on universities. Next week, we will be releasing a new poll showing more Americans say attacks are aimed at Trump critics and critics of Israel than at antisemitism.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ap...
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Jewish senators accuse Trump of exploiting antisemitism to target universities
Democrats including Schumer say Trump is using antisemitism as cover to defund schools
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/apr/24/trump-antisemitism-universities-democrats-letter
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Aryani Ong
6 months ago
āWe cannot be a free democratic society when you have the most powerful people in the world who will take control of a history museum and force them to tell a lie,ā said Nikole Hannah Jones, the author of the
#1619Project
. Save the
#NationalMuseumofAfrican-AmericanHistoryandCulture
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Janelle S Wong
The New York Times
6 months ago
Judge Hannah Dugan, the Wisconsin judge who was arrested on Friday morning on charges of obstructing immigration enforcement, spent most of her legal career working on behalf of low-income people and marginalized groups. Here's what to know.
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Who Is the Wisconsin Judge Arrested in Immigration Dispute?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/us/judge-hannah-dugan-wisconsin-immigration.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes
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Shibley Telhami
6 months ago
Release Arrested Students Now: 63% of all Americans say that POTUS should not be able to deport legal immigrants who have protested Israel, while only 17% say he should be able to so.
nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
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Brennan Center
6 months ago
We are proud to partner with
@aclu.org
,
@aclu-dc.bsky.social
,
@latinojustice.bsky.social
, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, and
@legaldefensefund.bsky.social
in representing League of Women Voters, LWV of AZ, LWV Education Fund, Hispanic Federation,
@apiavote.bsky.social
, OCA - National, and NAACP.
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League of Women Voters v. Trump
The Brennan Center and co-counsel filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of civil rights and voting organizations challenging President Trumpās March 2025 executive order on elections.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/court-cases/league-women-voters-v-trump
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Janelle S Wong
Brennan Center
6 months ago
BREAKING: The Brennan Center and other voting rights groups have filed a lawsuit challenging President Trump's recent executive order on voting and elections that violates the Constitution and could block millions of Americans from registering to vote. Read more in our complaint: 1/
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https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/2025-04/complaint-lwv-v-trump.pdf
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Kevin M. Kruse
6 months ago
Diversity initiatives were meant to overcome the old patterns of nepotism, so I guess it makes sense that the enemies of diversity are big fans of nepotism.
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The New York Times
7 months ago
A federal appeals court on Friday allowed the Trump administrationās crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion programs across the federal government to go forward by pausing a lower-court ruling in Maryland that had blocked enforcement of a series of President Trumpās executive orders.
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Appeals Court Allows Trump Administrationās DEI Crackdown to Proceed, but Judges Debate DEI Merits
Three judges on a Virginia appeals panel agreed to let the Trump administration orders move forward but were sharply divided on the values of diversity, equity and inclusion.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/us/politics/trump-dei-court-ruling.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes
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Dr. Susan Liebell
7 months ago
Your morning podcast is my
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
conversation with
@brownphdgirl.bsky.social
@fernandotormos.bsky.social
and
@janellewong.bsky.social
about their š„
#polisky
research on how political scientists responded to the murder of George Floyd.
newbooksnetwork.com/postscript-a...
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Postscript: All talk and no action? How political scientists respond to racism and authoritarianism? - New Books Network
https://newbooksnetwork.com/postscript-all-talk-and-no-action-how-political-scientists-respond-to-racism-and-authoritarianism
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jamelle
7 months ago
black student enrollment at the university of virginia barely cracks 7 percent and that is too much for glenn youngkin and his toadies
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UVA Board Dissolves DEI Office | Bacon's Rebellion -
The University of Virginia Board of Visitors passed a resolution today dissolving the university's Office of Equity, Inclusion, and Community Partnerships and ordering a review of university programs ...
https://www.baconsrebellion.com/uva-board-dissolves-dei-office/
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Brennan Center
7 months ago
If the SAVE Act becomes law, it would upend most methods of voter registration, including registering online and by mail. Itās ill-conceived and anti-voter.
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SAVE Act Would Undermine Voter Registration for All Americans
Congress should reject this antidemocratic and ill-conceived bill.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/save-act-would-undermine-voter-registration-all-americans
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Tita Chico
8 months ago
Good news! My beloved little wonder book is freshly published by
@cambridgeup.bsky.social
! Digital access is available for free through 27 Feb 2025. Please share! Please welcome this beauty into the world!
#C18L
#18thcentury
DOI:
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
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On Wonder
Cambridge Core - English Literature 1700-1830 - On Wonder
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108874618
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www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blog...
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A Dear Colleague letter in defense of DEI, by Shaun Harper
Shaun Harper identifies 11 specific actions higher ed institutions can take to uphold their commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/resident-scholar/2025/02/21/dear-colleague-letter-defense-dei-shaun-harper
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Judge Halts Implementation of Trump Anti-DEIA Executive Orders Nationwide in Suit Filed by Higher Education Officials, Restaurant Workers, City of Baltimore
Trumpās Anti-DEIA Executive Orders will have Disastrous Impacts on Higher Education, Working People, Cities, and Communities
https://www.advancingjustice-aajc.org/press-release/judge-halts-implementation-trump-anti-deia-executive-orders-nationwide-suit-filed
8 months ago
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"There is a racial preference in the labor market ā and contrary to what you might have heard, the racial preference is for white people."
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/24/o...
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Algernon Austin: There is a racial preference in the job market. Itās for white people.
Individuals with similar skills should have similar outcomes, but this is not the reality. White people are given a preference.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/24/opinion-end-racism-dei-affirmative-action/
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Brennan Center
8 months ago
Defending Trumpās power grab with the āunitary executive theoryā is just a fancy way of claiming the president can rule the executive branch like a monarch. This argument has no basis in history or the Constitution.
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The Extreme Legal Theory Behind Trumpās First Month in Office
The unitary executive theory upends our understanding of the Constitution.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/extreme-legal-theory-behind-trumps-first-month-office
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Gia Monroe šŗšøšŗšøšŗšø
8 months ago
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
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The SAVE Act Would Hurt Americans Who Actively Participate in Elections
Many voters who cast a ballot in 2020 wouldnāt be able to provide documents proving their citizenship under the SAVE Act. And even many who have the documents would have to find a new way to register ...
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/save-act-would-hurt-americans-who-actively-participate-elections
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Janelle S Wong
Aryani Ong
8 months ago
If you know a
#federalemployee
, they may be panicked over rumors connected to
#workplacesurveillance
. I was quoted in this
#Wired
magazine article about those fears. Paresh Dave
@peard33.bsky.social
did an excellent job laying out what tools and practices existed previously and what is new. 1/2
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DOGE Sparks Surveillance Fear Across the US Government
The US government has increased the use of monitoring tools over the past decade. But President Donald Trumpās employee purges are making workers worry about how their data could be abused.
https://www.wired.com/story/surveillance-privacy-doge-federal-employees/?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIR_Daily_022125&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&utm_content=WIR_Daily_022125&bxid=67b4070a0af4928ca20b44f9&cndid=86487638&hasha=0c1afba9f855f94de00572e5b3d89474&hashc=f5de96058f8efe57c1528c76d97fd6b142dd65515d04887e7b092fc111dfd8f2&esrc=MARTECH_ORDERFORM&utm_term=WIR_Daily_Active
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Grassroots college leader group resists anti-DEI legislation
Education for All, a grassroots network of mostly community college leaders, is spreading strategies for how to resist anti-DEI bills and rhetoric.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/state-policy/2025/01/27/grassroots-college-leader-group-resists-anti-dei
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Asian Americans represented at a higher proportion in the FEDERAL WORKFORCE than the CIVILIAN WORKFORCE.
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Elizabeth Warren
8 months ago
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau uncovered $21 billion of cheating and returned it directly to Americans. That little agency is proof that we can make the government work for people. Trump and Musk want to take that away, but we won't stop fighting to protect it.
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New letter from Trump Dept of Ed suggests racial equity programs/DEI disadvantage
#AsianAmericans
and whites. Asian Americans, we should challenge this false, dangerous narrative EVERY SINGLE TIME.
@oiyanpoon.bsky.social
and I show why below
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
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On affirmative action, Asian Americans got played (opinion)
Letās not get played again, OiYan Poon and Janelle Wong write.
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/02/17/affirmative-action-asian-americans-got-played-opinion
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