Dr. Christine M. Slaughter
@cmslaughter.bsky.social
writing a book about Black perseverance, industriousness, and resilience in American politics
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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 +
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 +
December 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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 +
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 +
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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
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.
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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.
Thanks @kevintmorris.bsky.social and @michaelgmiller.bsky.social.
November 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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.
Thanks @kevintmorris.bsky.social and @michaelgmiller.bsky.social.
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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
www.nber.org/conferences/...
www.nber.org/conferences/...
Economics of Race and Stratification, Spring 2026
www.nber.org
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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
www.nber.org/conferences/...
www.nber.org/conferences/...
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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.
boltsmag.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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.
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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-...
@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
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-...
@pascalsabino.bsky.social reported on his candidacy last month in a must-read: boltsmag.org/minneapolis-...
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
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...
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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
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
October 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
#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
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
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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
GEORGIA: VOTE EARLY NOW THROUGH OCTOBER 31 OR ON ELECTION DAY, NOVEMBER 4. Visit peachvote.com for more information 🗳
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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...
October 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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...
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Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
October 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
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As predicted.
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.
www.democracydocket.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:42 AM
As predicted.
Drawing attention to Black Americans' persistent disapproval of the President.
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
White Americans +17 | +1
Hispanic Americans -5 | -42
Black Americans -31 | -74
October 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Drawing attention to Black Americans' persistent disapproval of the President.
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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
White Americans +17 | +1
Hispanic Americans -5 | -42
Black Americans -31 | -74
October 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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
White Americans +17 | +1
Hispanic Americans -5 | -42
Black Americans -31 | -74
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
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!
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.
A reminder: you can be in the center, but not the center of attention.
October 16, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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.
A reminder: you can be in the center, but not the center of attention.
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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...
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
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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...
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...
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...
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
www.nytimes.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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...
Here's a gift article
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
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
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
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
B2Z
October 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
B2Z
The polarization we see in politics today is a racial polarization. It's rooted in anti-Blackness. It's meant to suppress on the basis of race. There's no other way to put it.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The polarization we see in politics today is a racial polarization. It's rooted in anti-Blackness. It's meant to suppress on the basis of race. There's no other way to put it.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
trib.al
October 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Call for Applications: APSA Diversity Fellowship Program – Fall Cycle
Applications are now open for the 2026-2027 APSA Diversity Fellowship Program! The fall application cycle provides financial support to undergraduate seniors, recent graduates, or other individuals who are currently in the…
Applications are now open for the 2026-2027 APSA Diversity Fellowship Program! The fall application cycle provides financial support to undergraduate seniors, recent graduates, or other individuals who are currently in the…
Call for Applications: APSA Diversity Fellowship Program – Fall Cycle
Applications are now open for the 2026-2027 APSA Diversity Fellowship Program! The fall application cycle provides financial support to undergraduate seniors, recent graduates, or other individuals who are currently in the process of applying to political science PhD programs for Fall 2026 admission. Fellows will receive $5000, disbursed over two years. Applications are due on October 26, 2025. Completed applications will include:
politicalsciencenow.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Call for Applications: APSA Diversity Fellowship Program – Fall Cycle
Applications are now open for the 2026-2027 APSA Diversity Fellowship Program! The fall application cycle provides financial support to undergraduate seniors, recent graduates, or other individuals who are currently in the…
Applications are now open for the 2026-2027 APSA Diversity Fellowship Program! The fall application cycle provides financial support to undergraduate seniors, recent graduates, or other individuals who are currently in the…
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Traveling while Black during Jim Crow was about survival as well as mobility. The Green Book Project website documents that story. Share your family’s Green Book memories and help us preserve this rich history:
greenbookproject.org.ohio-state.edu #GreenBookProject #CommunityMap #EconSky
greenbookproject.org.ohio-state.edu #GreenBookProject #CommunityMap #EconSky
October 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Traveling while Black during Jim Crow was about survival as well as mobility. The Green Book Project website documents that story. Share your family’s Green Book memories and help us preserve this rich history:
greenbookproject.org.ohio-state.edu #GreenBookProject #CommunityMap #EconSky
greenbookproject.org.ohio-state.edu #GreenBookProject #CommunityMap #EconSky
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To mark the 20th anniversary of @politicsgenderj.bsky.social past and current journal editors were asked to identify some of their favorite articles -
https://cup.org/4gbsfr7
Where not #OpenAccess these articles are free to read until the end of 2025.
https://cup.org/4gbsfr7
Where not #OpenAccess these articles are free to read until the end of 2025.
October 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
To mark the 20th anniversary of @politicsgenderj.bsky.social past and current journal editors were asked to identify some of their favorite articles -
https://cup.org/4gbsfr7
Where not #OpenAccess these articles are free to read until the end of 2025.
https://cup.org/4gbsfr7
Where not #OpenAccess these articles are free to read until the end of 2025.