Joanna Kenty
@jokenty.bsky.social
Former professor of Latin/Roman history, author of Cicero’s Political Personae (2020). I write Humanist, a blog about teaching humanities in higher ed (humanist.ghost.io), and write about democracy for The Renovator (therenovator.substack.com). She/her
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And Theda Skocpol brings the HEAT here:
November 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
And Theda Skocpol brings the HEAT here:
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also I want to stress that ordinarily a person's health is nobody's business but maybe their own and /or their loved ones. But he made his health our business when he became a senator and it seems to be increasingly affecting his capacity to serve his constituents
November 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
also I want to stress that ordinarily a person's health is nobody's business but maybe their own and /or their loved ones. But he made his health our business when he became a senator and it seems to be increasingly affecting his capacity to serve his constituents
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November 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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A basic requirement of government is to support its people in meeting their needs. As cost of living continues to rise throughout our country, our people deserve more investment from their government than what we delivered today—which is why I voted no.
November 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
A basic requirement of government is to support its people in meeting their needs. As cost of living continues to rise throughout our country, our people deserve more investment from their government than what we delivered today—which is why I voted no.
This podcast was incredible on the subject of women’s pain (serious content warning…)
www.thisamericanlife.org/804/the-retr...
www.thisamericanlife.org/804/the-retr...
The Retrievals - This American Life
Patients at a fertility clinic experience excruciating, unexpected pain. For months the reason for that pain remains hidden. Then they get a letter from the clinic.
www.thisamericanlife.org
November 13, 2025 at 12:29 AM
This podcast was incredible on the subject of women’s pain (serious content warning…)
www.thisamericanlife.org/804/the-retr...
www.thisamericanlife.org/804/the-retr...
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All-party primaries give us higher rates of participation that reconnect our political institutions to the people and require them to be responsive to the people, and require positive governance strategies that sustain majoritarian coalitions. (For the opposite, see the White House right now.)
New York Just Ran the Election the Rest of America Needs
Real Choice, Real Turnout, Real Legitimacy: Lessons from New York’s De Facto All-Party Primary
therenovator.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
All-party primaries give us higher rates of participation that reconnect our political institutions to the people and require them to be responsive to the people, and require positive governance strategies that sustain majoritarian coalitions. (For the opposite, see the White House right now.)