As described in our piece, this figure shows the spikes in protest activity in Trump-leaning counties (above 0 on the y-axis) vs in Harris-leaning counties (below 0 on the y-axis) over time across his two administrations. Since April, the modal protest county voted for Trump.

Privileged to write this editorial with @gretchentg.bsky.social of @ucs.org in @science.org: "Scientists’ role in defending democracy." www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Here is the chart showing the growth of reported protest over time, 2025 vs. 2017, referenced in the piece below.

Mobilization has also been nationwide. Anecdotal evidence suggests that some activists are intentionally demonstrating in their local town rather than just traveling to a nearby big city for events.

My team and I at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman@bsky.social, Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) have a new piece out: wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/amer.... In it, we show that through May 2025, the size and scale of anti-Trump protests have dwarfed those in 2017. 🧵

If you ever wondered why @harvard.edu is so vigorously defending the right for international students to enroll here, just read about Magaga Enos, a new HGSE admit from Kenya. Our whole community benefits when students like him are among us. Excerpts here, full story linked below.

The 245-year-old American Academy of Arts & Sciences releases a statement rejecting assaults on scholarly and cultural institutions, the rule of law, & open inquiry--and calls on all Americans to "help fortify" democratic civic culture. www.amacad.org/news/board-s...

My university has a policy that our leadership won't take positions on public or social issues outside of its core mission. But the policy also says they *must* speak out in situations like the one we currently face, according to the policy's authors (from last May): www.nytimes.com/2024/05/28/o...

Yesterday my colleague Steve Levitsky and I sat down to share where we are in the US in the context of democratic backsliding and what can be done about it. Grateful as always to be in conversation with him and with the folks who attended. You can watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS-n...

ICMYI: reported protests in the US in 2025 are almost certainly outpacing protests during Trump 1.0. In March 2025, we recorded significant growth in the number of cumulative events, and also an uptick in the rate of events (# of protests/week).

4/ When we compare the volume of events so far in 2025 against those in 2017, we estimate that March 2025 was a much more active month than March 2017, from what we were able to observe then and now.

2/ In March 2025, we saw protests in all 50 states, including in deep red parts of the country.

Lately I've seen many references to the 3.5% rule. A few years ago I pulled together this Q&A on potential uses and misuses of this statistic. www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/defaul...

Powerful remarks by Northwestern District Attorney David E. Sullivan in Northampton MA at a Patrick's Day Breakfast on March 17. 1/2

Chart of cumulative protests reported from Jan 22 - Feb 28, 2017 vs 2025: