Nazita Lajevardi

@nazita.bsky.social

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Political scientist. Scholar of race, religion, and American politics.

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Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Michael W. Kraus, Nazita Lajevardi , and 1 more Caroline Krafft, Michael W. Kraus, Nazita Lajevardi, Michael Jones‐Correa

Russell Sage Foundation @russellsagefdn.bsky.social · 19h

Doctoral students! We now offer grants under our Dissertation Research Grants program.

Meet Anwuli Okwuashi (St. Louis University), a 2025 DRG grantee! She will examine how limited access to banks widens racial homeownership gaps.

#APPAM25 #APPAM2025

www.russellsage.org/apply/grants...

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt, Nazita Lajevardi

Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 2d

The percentage of Americans who say religion is an important part of their lives declined from 66% in 2015 to 49% in 2025. Among the fastest declines in the world.
news.gallup.com/poll/697676/...

Reposted by Nazita Lajevardi, Joanna L. Grossman

John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 2d

"Millions of younger American women are increasingly imagining their futures elsewhere." In a new @gallup.com survey, 40% of younger women in the US (those ages 15-44) say that, if they had the opportunity, they'd like to move permanently to another country. news.gallup.com/poll/697382/...

Line chart showing a sharp increase in the share of younger women in the United States (those ages 15 to 44) who say that, if they had the opportunity, they would like to move permanently to another country. The chart is based on Gallup surveys.

Reposted by Julia Lynch, Nazita Lajevardi

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 2d

#OpenAccess from the latest issue of @journalrep.bsky.social -

Federal Enforcement and Black Political Representation: Evidence from Reconstruction and the Voting Rights Act - cup.org/4drlmAz

- @michaelgreenberger.bsky.social & Jasmine Carrera Smith

#JREP10

JREP abstract discussing the importance of the 15th Amendment and federal enforcement for Black representation in U.S. politics, analyzing periods from 1866 to 1993, and its impact on democracy and political participation.

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, Nazita Lajevardi, Ann Bartow , and 4 more Rosemary A. Joyce, Nazita Lajevardi, Ann Bartow, Catherine J. Frieman, Seth Masket, Virginia Sapiro, David Darmofal

Reposted by American Library Association, Robert C. Richards, Rebecca Tushnet , and 6 more American Library Association, Robert C. Richards, Rebecca Tushnet, Nazita Lajevardi, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Steven Schmidt, Katherine Brickell, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Anne Hilborn

Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 2d

This is far worse than anyone expected.

Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.

All as mass internment camps are being built.

Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants

www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, John Holbein, Nazita Lajevardi , and 1 more Lisa W. Fazio, John Holbein, Nazita Lajevardi, David Darmofal

Kevin Morris @kevintmorris.bsky.social · 2d

New today at Science Advances from @kshoub.bsky.social and me. We revisit the question of whether a local tragedy (mass shooting) influences voter behavior. They do, at least at the local level, with some important caveats and implications for policy. Short thread...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Reposted by Hugo Mercier, Mark J. Brandt, Mary Feeney , and 3 more Hugo Mercier, Mark J. Brandt, Mary Feeney, Jacob Montgomery, Nazita Lajevardi, Georg Weizsäcker

Bastian Jaeger @bxjaeger.bsky.social · 3d

Three preregistered experiments with prolific participants (N = 2,254) found no evidence for experimenter demand effects

osf.io/preprints/ps...

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Jan W. Mueller, Alan Richardson , and 4 more Anna O. Law, Jan W. Mueller, Alan Richardson, Nazita Lajevardi, Christina Ho, Thomas J. Hayes, Nicole Guenther Discenza

Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 3d

Kind of wild that while food assistance was withheld from millions of families, one Trump-supporting billionaire (Ellison) saw his net worth grow more this year than the entire SNAP budget. And the YTD gains of the other four richest men would’ve fully covered salaries for all 2M federal employees.

Table showing the five richest men in the U.S from Bloombergs billionaire list
., all in technology. Elon Musk tops the list with a net worth of $461B and a year-to-date gain of $28.2B. Larry Ellison is second at $300B with a $107B YTD gain. Jeff Bezos has $268B (+$29.5B YTD), Larry Page $250B (+$81.9B YTD), and Sergey Brin $234B (+$75.5B YTD). Each row also lists last-day change, country (all United States), and industry (all Technology).

Reposted by Nazita Lajevardi

PRRI @prri.org · 4d

A growing number of white progressive faith leaders are entering Democratic races ahead of 2026, aiming to counter the Christian right.
PRRI finds that Trump took 85% of the white evangelical vote and 57% of the white mainline/non-evangelical Protestant vote in the 2024 presidential election.

"Shocking" number of white clergy run as Democrats in 2026

"We're tracking about 30 white clergy who are running for office as Democrats around the country."

www.axios.com

Reposted by Cathy N. Davidson, Nazita Lajevardi, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 5d

I think a lot of the anger this morning stems from a feeling that we did our part, but they did not do theirs. This is an oversimplification, but my dudes, no wonder people are like, “OK, let’s try the democratic socialist, then.”

Reposted by David R. Miller, Nazita Lajevardi

Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 5d

When you've lost *checks notes again* Chris Cillizza

The Democratic base clearly does NOT want Senate Democrats to do this deal and re-open the government.

And yet -- they are going to do this deal.

Not listening to your base is a very interesting choice -- especially days after your base delivers you a giant win.

Reposted by Will Jennings, David R. Miller, Nazita Lajevardi , and 1 more Will Jennings, David R. Miller, Nazita Lajevardi, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 5d

Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything

Reposted by Nazita Lajevardi, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 5d

Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, David R. Miller, Nazita Lajevardi , and 1 more Rosemary A. Joyce, David R. Miller, Nazita Lajevardi, Seth Masket

Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 5d

Fight don’t fold.

Reposted by Diane Ravitch, Cathy N. Davidson, Melanie C. Green , and 10 more Diane Ravitch, Cathy N. Davidson, Melanie C. Green, Rebecca Tushnet, Michael W. Kraus, Laura Huenneke, Nazita Lajevardi, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Robert B. Reich, Leah Stokes, Magda Teter, Manisha Sinha, David Darmofal

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 5d

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.

The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.

People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.

And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

Yoni Appelbaum @yappelbaum.bsky.social · 6d

BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Reposted by Joe R. Feagin, Steve Peers, Gerald Friedman , and 2 more Joe R. Feagin, Steve Peers, Gerald Friedman, Nazita Lajevardi, David Darmofal

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Newsom: "Think about the state of mind of the VP. How do you square the circle when you go to a prayer breakfast? Old testament, new testament. What's the fundamental thing that connects John to Matthew to Proverbs? It's this notion of hunger, feeding the poor. It's central to advancing God's will."

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Silvia Secchi, Nazita Lajevardi , and 2 more Anna O. Law, Silvia Secchi, Nazita Lajevardi, Eric D. Knowles, Stephen Pimpare

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 6d

This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.

Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani

It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…

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Reposted by Sara B. Hobolt, Nazita Lajevardi, James Connelly , and 2 more Sara B. Hobolt, Nazita Lajevardi, James Connelly, Tarik Abou‐Chadi, Roman Senninger

Kristina Bakkær Simonsen @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social · 6d

Time to reshare this piece on the pitfalls of following the road Denmark has taken on immigration: ukandeu.ac.uk/denmarks-mig...

Reposted by Alan Richardson, Nazita Lajevardi

Sheryl Weikal, still saying Free Palestine @leftistlawyer.com · 6d

If you're arrested in Illinois for the means by which you acquire food for your family because of the government shutdown or loss of SNAP benefits, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com. As always, I will take as many cases as I can.

Reposted by Marc Lynch, Scott L. Greer, David S. Cohen , and 7 more Marc Lynch, Scott L. Greer, David S. Cohen, Laura Huenneke, Adrian Daub, Nazita Lajevardi, Brian Weatherson, Meredith Farkas, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Virginia Sapiro

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 7d

BREAKING: Cornell caved.

Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...

SIGNATURES
For Cornell University:
Michael I. Kotlikoff
President of Cornell University
Office of the President
300 Day Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Ben the Winited States (including but not limited to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Servives and the U.S, Department of Education):
/N
istant Attorney General
U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20530
For the Department of Health and Human Services:
Paula Matana S
Paula M. Stannard
Director, Office for Civil Rights
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20201
Effective Date:
14/7/2025.

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 7d

For my BlueSky peeps, here are the turnout rates (I cross-post my Substack posts on Xitter, but don't post goodies like this)

Reposted by Will Jennings, Nazita Lajevardi, Eric Hehman , and 1 more Will Jennings, Nazita Lajevardi, Eric Hehman, Stuart J. Turnbull‐Dugarte

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.se · 8d

Immigration raids during Trump II have increased daily student absences by 22 percent in the California Central Valley, with largest increases among the youngest students.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 8d

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands

The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

newyorkermag.visitlink.me

Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 9d

We have just published the call for the Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics. These are 3-year fully-funded postdocs that will allow you to focus on your research in a great academic environment. (And with excellent food)

www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...