Kate Kushner

How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism Moderation used to help Democrats win, but its advantages now have been greatly exaggerated.

I especially appreciated @lilygeismer.bsky.social's response! www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...

I'm so excited to read this!

Mississippi Law | Justin Randolph | University of North Carolina Press In the segregated American South, policing was war. Ungovernable police discretion came to the backroads and cattle pastures of America's rural countryside ...

My book on policing and resistance under Jim Crow authoritarianism is available for pre-order from @uncpress.bsky.social! Code 01SOCIAL30 saves 30%!

Better yet, suggest its purchase at your local library.

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the destruction of chattel slavery is one of the great accomplishments in our nation's history and the reason conservatives hate celebrating it is because doing so legitimizes the black counter-narrative of the united states

The Richards Center is excited to welcome Halee Robinson and Joshua Strayhorn to the community as the 2025-2026 incoming postdoctoral scholars. Halee will receive her PhD later this month from Princeton University and Joshua received his PhD degree from Duke University. Welcome Halee and Joshua!! 🎉

Just absolute monsters whose entire reason for being is to inflict maximal cruelty while enriching
themselves.

the ending...wow.

I love his performance of "Nothing Can Change This Love" on that album. It's *such* a good live album.

the clear sign that they just don’t see these kids as real people is the endless concern over hypotheticals and the indifference to the reality that actual children are more likely to kill themselves because of these bans

Dictators for a Day South Korea and America

What can Americans learn from Yoon Suk Yeol's less-than-a-day dictatorship?
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