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Dr. Christine M. Slaughter
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writing a book about Black perseverance, industriousness, and resilience in American politics

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daniellaurison.bsky.social
Last week, I published a report - the "Political Disconnect" -based on interviews with 144 low-income & working-class people, across racial groups, who don't usually vote. They are the experts on why, and today I want to share their words.
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Multicolored background with speech bubble that reads “Voting in a sense feels like a privilege. And that’s pretty weird because people are like, ‘It’s your duty to vote.’ But it’s like, a lot of times things don’t change even if you do vote.” Text below reads “John, a 27-year-old Black UPS worker” Multicolored background with speech bubble that reads “Politicians have a very predictable script at this point, and I’m kind of done hearing it.” Text below reads “Sylvia, an unemployed 33-year-old White woman”
February 10, 2026 at 5:27 PM
cmslaughter.bsky.social
Did you present an APSA (@apsa.bsky.social) paper addressing intersectionality in Vancouver? This joint award from the Women and Gender Politics Section and the Race, Ethnicity and Politics Section recognizes the Best Paper on intersectionality!

Due April 1st!
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February 10, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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January 26, 2026 at 2:10 PM
cmslaughter.bsky.social
Join us on March 5th in Washington, DC, for the Peopling Politics symposium!
wendyyli.bsky.social Wendy Y. Li @wendyyli.bsky.social · 18d
I am so excited to share that registration for the first-ever PEOPLING POLITICS SYMPOSIUM is now open! Please join us on March 5 at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center in Washington DC for an amazing lineup of speakers and discussions. RSVP at go.rutgers.edu/peoplingpoli...
February 10, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Reposted by Dr. Christine M. Slaughter
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Black History Month is a reminder of the complex array of views among Black people.

Here's what Clarence Thomas’s ideological journey tells us about Black political thought.

Read our latest from @brownphdgirl.bsky.social & @cmslaughter.bsky.social: goodauthority.org/news/what-cl...
What Clarence Thomas's ideological journey tells us about Black political thought
February 2026 marks the Centennial celebration of Black History Month, which was originally called Negro History Week in 1926. Black […]
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February 9, 2026 at 2:40 PM
cmslaughter.bsky.social
A new leader comes in and cleans house!
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 27d
The incoming Democratic governor of Virginia, Abigail Spanberger, has asked at least five members of the board overseeing the University of Virginia who were appointed by her Republican predecessor to resign, according to people briefed on the matter.
Some U.Va. Board Members Asked to Resign as Gov. Abigail Spanberger Takes Power
After months of upheaval at the state’s flagship university, a new Democratic governor appeared ready to shake up the school’s leadership.
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January 16, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Reposted by Dr. Christine M. Slaughter
daniellaurison.bsky.social
Lower-income people are less likely to vote than higher-income people, across racial groups - and that gap has been growing.

That’s a real problem for the future of US democracy.

It’s not apathy or ignorance - for many, it’s a sense that politics is not for or about them.

In a report out in Jan +
Chart with Turnout on the Y axis & election year (2016, 2020, and 2024) on the X axis. 6 lines, 3 for White, Black, and Hispanic in households making over $100k/year, 3 for the same groups in households making under $30k/year. Overall you can see turnout increasing among higher-income people in all three racial groups, and declining (White and Black) or staying flat (Hispanic) among low-income people; the turnout gap by income is much larger in 2024 than in 2020 or 2016. from 2016 -> 2024: - White $100k turnout goes from 65% to 78% while white under $30k turnout goes from 55% to 49% - Black over $100k turnout goes from 51% to 64% while Black under $30k turnout goes from 48% to 33% - Hispanic over $100k turnout goes from 52% to 67% while Hispanic under $30k turnout stays flat at about 36% (higher in 2020 at 42%). Caption: "Our analysis, Cooperative Election Survey Data, Validated Votes." image of a report cover, with a US flag in the background, and the text "The Political Disconnect: Working-Class and Low-Income People on What Politics Means to Them and How They Might be Mobilized”
December 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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jeannetheoharis.bsky.social
Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
December 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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sifill.bsky.social
Looking forward to reading this new research. We need scholarship that continues to expose the disastrous effects of the Roberts’ Court’s assault on the Voting Rights Act.

Thanks @kevintmorris.bsky.social and @michaelgmiller.bsky.social.
November 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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The NBER Race and Stratification Working Group will have its annual meeting on Friday, March 27, 2026. Francisca Antman, Bocar Ba, Robynn Cox and I are organizing the program. Submit your paper by the December 11, 2025 deadline! @nber.org #EconSky

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Economics of Race and Stratification, Spring 2026
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November 12, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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boltsmag.org
Maine voters overwhelmingly rejected a measure with restrictions on voting, 64 to 36 percent. “It sends a strong message that Mainers agree: We should not be making it harder for people to have their voices heard,” the Maine secretary of state told Bolts.
Five Ways Tuesday’s Results Will Affect Voting Rules and Democracy
From felony disenfranchisement and mail voting to mid-decade gerrymanders, Tuesday delivered verdicts on election law across these five states.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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JUST IN: Soren Stevenson, who lost an eye due to a projectile fired by the police during the BLM protests of 2020 in Minneapolis, has won a seat on city council.

@pascalsabino.bsky.social reported on his candidacy last month in a must-read: boltsmag.org/minneapolis-...
As Minneapolis Votes, Some Struggle to Keep Police Violence in the Spotlight - Bolts
Five years after George Floyd, the mayor and his allies on city council claim credit for vast improvements, but critics keep pressing the case for more discipline and police alternatives.
boltsmag.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM
cmslaughter.bsky.social
I just solved Black Crossword's puzzle "Wednesday, October 29, 2025" in 1:42. Can you beat my time? Visit blackcrossword.com to play. crosshare.org/crosswords/c...
October 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Reposted by Dr. Christine M. Slaughter
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#OpenAccess from the latest issue of the Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics -

Rage Against the Machine? Why System Justification Drives (Some) Asian Americans to Spurn Racial Solidarity - https://cup.org/4qoWJL1

- @efrenpolipsy.bsky.social, et al

#JREP10
JREP abstract discussing how solidarity among people of color might alter systemic discrimination, focusing on Asian American experiences and proposing research into systematic injustices and racial dynamics between racial minorities in the U.S.
October 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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GEORGIA: VOTE EARLY NOW THROUGH OCTOBER 31 OR ON ELECTION DAY, NOVEMBER 4. Visit peachvote.com for more information 🗳
October 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Happy birthday @jhppl.bsky.social! 🎉Our special issue celebrating 50 years of JHPPL and the past and future of health politics and policy just dropped. Start with our opening essay w/ @oberlanderunc.bsky.social and follow along for more. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...
Cover of JHPPL special issue "JHPPL at 50"
October 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
October 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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As predicted.
marcelias.bsky.social Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Oct 20
NEW: Four years after GOP lawmakers in Georgia enacted one of the most aggressive anti-voting laws in the country, new evidence filed in federal court shows that Senate Bill 202 has drastically deepened racial inequalities in voting access in the state. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Georgia’s Sweeping Anti-Voting Law Suppressed Black Votes, New Data Shows
Read more here.
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October 21, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Drawing attention to Black Americans' persistent disapproval of the President.
polltracker.bsky.social Poll Tracker 📊 @polltracker.bsky.social · Oct 21
Net job approval for Donald Trump at the start of his second term | now among...
White Americans +17 | +1
Hispanic Americans -5 | -42
Black Americans -31 | -74
October 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Net job approval for Donald Trump at the start of his second term | now among...
White Americans +17 | +1
Hispanic Americans -5 | -42
Black Americans -31 | -74
October 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
cmslaughter.bsky.social
If anyone asks why research on Black politics is absent in the top political science journals, know that it’s not because we aren’t submitting it. It’s getting rejected!
October 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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I don't feel bad for Curtis Siwa standing in the middle of these two.

A reminder: you can be in the center, but not the center of attention.
October 16, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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This is such a powerful piece from @reptroycarter.bsky.social and @repfields.bsky.social on the importance of the Voting Rights Act.

As the Supreme Court hears arguments on this legislation, it is so vital that we all remember WHY it was enacted.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/o...
Opinion | The Shadow of Jim Crow Looms Over the Supreme Court
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October 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
cmslaughter.bsky.social
Since Sept 2, The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects.

Here's a gift article

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says
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October 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
cmslaughter.bsky.social
and so it begins, requiring re-registration after being falsey purged initially is voter suppression. It also places great demands on community organizers to re-reregister previously purged voters
boltsmag.org Bolts @boltsmag.org · Oct 14
In 2023, Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray oversaw a purge of voter rolls that removed over 80,000 names. If anyone was purged by mistake, they’ll now have to meet Wyoming’s more restrictive requirements to reregister.
Wyoming Is Now Requiring Would-be Voters to Document Their Citizenship
The rules were pushed by Wyoming’s ultraconservative secretary of state despite no pattern of noncitizen voting. A lawsuit warns it risks tripping up eligible citizens who wish to register.
boltsmag.org
October 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM