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Dahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you for your patience, Amicus listeners. This week's episode is now up and running. Listen! It's an important conversation with Janai Nelson about probably the most important case of the term. (and pls let us know if you're still having trouble accessing it) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

Voting Rights, But Mainly for White People

Podcast Episode · Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts · 10/18/2025 · 51m

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Dan Hopkins @dhopkins1776.bsky.social · 3d

My Philadelphia Inquirer op-ed w @chriswarshaw.bsky.social, "Gerrymandering is Bad. Expanding it is even worse," is out.

1 limit on gerrymandering -> inability to see the future. If the parties redraw district boundaries every cycle, anti-democratic biases grow.

www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

Gerrymandering is bad. Expanding it is even worse. | Opinion

Constant redistricting of electoral maps is likely to make congressional elections even less competitive.

www.inquirer.com

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Jen Greenfield @jcgreenfield.bsky.social · 3d

Increasing work requirements isn’t going to increase workforce participation. It’s going to increase hunger. I’m glad Newsweek is clear about this (and grateful I had a chance to comment in this piece).

SNAP work rules may lead to loss of benefits

New SNAP rules have raised concerns about employment and potential loss of benefits.

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Chris Howard @chris-howard.bsky.social · 5d

Selective demolition of health insurance will hurt Virginia | Guest column richmond.com/opinion/colu...

Selective demolition of health insurance will hurt Virginia | Guest columnn

Rising insurance premiums in Virginia's ACA marketplace may leave hundreds of thousands struggling to afford health coverage, with potential consequences for individuals and the healthcare industry.

richmond.com

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Vanessa Williamson @vanessawilliamson.bsky.social · 7d

Today is my birthday and look what came in the mail... my first-ever copies of my new book!

Thank you to @hcrichardson.bsky.social Theda Skocpol @jacobhacker.bsky.social @gabrielzucman.bsky.social and Robin Einhorn for their kind words!

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 7d

"The boy, who is Hispanic and African American, was held in a garage for five hours “without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney,” the statement said. He is a U.S. citizen, as is his entire immediate family, the release said."

Feds ram SUV after chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who...

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Michael Evans @mevanspolisci.bsky.social · 14d

This will be a great discussion with my colleague, @jennifermccoy.bsky.social. Hope you can join us!

Scholars Strategy Network @scholars.org · 14d

Join Georgia SSN for the first webinar in their "Defending U.S. Democracy" webinar series with
@jennifermccoy.bsky.social, moderated by @bernardtamas.bsky.social!

📅 Tues, Oct. 14
🕓 4pm - 5:15pm

🔗 Register for the event now: scholars.my.salesforce-sites.com/event/home/d...

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Bernard Tamas @bernardtamas.bsky.social · 14d

Please register and join us on Tuesday, October 14

Scholars Strategy Network @scholars.org · 14d

Join Georgia SSN for the first webinar in their "Defending U.S. Democracy" webinar series with
@jennifermccoy.bsky.social, moderated by @bernardtamas.bsky.social!

📅 Tues, Oct. 14
🕓 4pm - 5:15pm

🔗 Register for the event now: scholars.my.salesforce-sites.com/event/home/d...

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Scholars Strategy Network @scholars.org · 14d

Join Georgia SSN for the first webinar in their "Defending U.S. Democracy" webinar series with
@jennifermccoy.bsky.social, moderated by @bernardtamas.bsky.social!

📅 Tues, Oct. 14
🕓 4pm - 5:15pm

🔗 Register for the event now: scholars.my.salesforce-sites.com/event/home/d...

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Scholars Strategy Network-Maine @mainessn.bsky.social · 20d

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...

Opinion: Question 1 is about much more than voter ID

“If the proponents wanted a referendum solely on photo ID, they could have written legislation accordingly. Instead, after getting the bill title they wanted for petitions, they added many absentee vo...

www.bangordailynews.com

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Scholars Strategy Network-Maine @mainessn.bsky.social · 20d

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...

Opinion: LBJ’s Great Society is being unraveled

"Johnson’s ambitious programs generated significant backlash. Ever since the 1970s, Republicans have tried to roll back many elements of his Great Society."

www.bangordailynews.com

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 20d

My latest for @msnbc.com, on the recently announced policy of TrumpRx. While reducing prescription drug costs is vital, it's hard to square with other Trump policies that cut against that goal, on top of which the drugs they mentioned would still be too expensive. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Opinion | ‘TrumpRx’ may disappoint Americans hoping to save money on prescriptions

For many Americans, a trip to the pharmacy means the stresses of figuring out which drugs are covered or how to afford those drugs at all.

www.msnbc.com

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Tiffany D. Joseph @tiffanydjoseph.bsky.social · 22d

ICE enforcement efforts are intensifying across the country and especially in Massachusetts. It is a sad day when children are being used like bait to detain their parents. These children will be traumatized for life.
Full article here: bit.ly/484QPYQ

#ImmigrationPolicy #FamilySeparation

Leominster family says ICE agents held their daughter outside their home so they would turn themselves over - The Boston Globe

“Is that your daughter? Come here so I can see those IDs,” an agent tells the father, waving at him to come out of the house, according to video the family recorded.

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Scholars Strategy Network @scholars.org · 23d

🌟 We’re excited to welcome the third cohort of SSN Media Fellows!

Over the next year, these scholars will work with SSN mentors to grow their media impact and share research with wider audiences.

📰 Learn more: scholars.org/media-fellow...

This image features a group of seven media fellows from various universities, with their names and institutions listed below their photographs. The background shows a collage of newspaper pages, and there is a banner at the bottom with a website link—scholars.org/media-fellowship for more information. The image is associated with the Scholars Strategy Network.

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Sarah Bruhn @sarahbruhn.bsky.social · 23d

I'm so honored and excited to be part of this group! Thank you @scholars.org!

Scholars Strategy Network @scholars.org · 23d

🌟 We’re excited to welcome the third cohort of SSN Media Fellows!

Over the next year, these scholars will work with SSN mentors to grow their media impact and share research with wider audiences.

📰 Learn more: scholars.org/media-fellow...

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 22d

"Data centers are proliferating in VA and a blind man in [MD] is suddenly contending with sharply higher power bills...It’s an increasingly dramatic ripple effect of the AI boom as energy-hungry data centers...[pull]...households into paying for the digital economy" www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring

Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

www.bloomberg.com

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Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University @ipratnu.bsky.social · 24d

IPR welcomed three new fellows this fall who are investigating power and opportunity in American life—from mass incarceration and political communication to clean energy and fair hiring. Click here to read more: spr.ly/63328Ad53y

IPR's new fellows (left to right): Chika Okafor, Elizabeth Thom, and Alexander Coppock

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Joshua Basseches @joshuabasseches.bsky.social · 26d

Now more than ever its critical that academic experts get out of the "ivory tower" and engage with policymakers and practitioners, showing exactly how insights from our research have relevance beyond the academy. (2/2)

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Joshua Basseches @joshuabasseches.bsky.social · 26d

I'm proud to be a member of @scholars.org, whose annual report you can read here: (1/2)
scholars.org/sites/schola...

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Center on Poverty and Social Policy @povertycenter.bsky.social · 27d

New @sbs.nationalacademies.org report shows federal tax credits lifted 2M+ children out of poverty in 2021. Director Chris Wimer served with fellow experts on the study committee. Read the report: nap.nationalacademies.org/resource/291...

Pathways to Reduce Child Poverty: Impacts of Federal Tax Credits

nap.nationalacademies.org

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Hope Harvey @hopeharvey.bsky.social · 28d

New article with @kelleyfong.bsky.social in @socprobsjournal.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1093/socp...

When the house finds you: unanticipated opportunities in the housing “search”

ABSTRACT. Prior research on residential selection generally assumes households find housing by actively searching for it. This assumption has led scholars

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 29d

Over 14,000 physicians currently practicing in the United States, concentrated in underserved Midwestern+Southern states, are currently working on H-1B visas.

This is the high-skill visa program, lifeblood for critical sectors, that the US Administration is sledgehammering.

doi.org/10.1007/s116...

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · Sep 23

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

www.miamiherald.com

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Sep 22

The Trump administration is limiting enforcement of fair housing laws, dismissing them as ideologically driven and DEI in disguise, according to interviews and internal documents reviewed by The New York Times.

Trump Appointees Roll Back Enforcement of Fair Housing Laws

Interviews and internal documents show that signature civil rights protections in housing are being dismissed as ideologically driven and D.E.I. in disguise.

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