christian davenport (aka "science", "bittah ninja" [wutang])

Is It a Civil War? Not Yet Things are truly awful in the US, so is this the time to get pedantic?  Well, maybe.  I posted on bluesky that I was more worried about e...

this is why it is useful to have social scientists (who are actively engaged in high-quality research) involved in public discussions: saideman.blogspot.com/2026/01/is-i...

Venezuela, the Revival of Regime Change and the Decline of Empire ( Tomdispatch.com ) - The Trump administration’s exercise in armed regime change in Venezuela should have com...

www.juancole.com/2026/01/vene...

Personally, I think it should be front page news for at least a month if a sitting US President is using falsified evidence to try and deny due process to a man who has committed no crime, but that’s just me

Rally at Wilmington Airport protests Avelo's role in deportations Protesters line DuPont Highway outside of Wilmington Airport, near New Castle, to protest Avelo Airlines' deal with ICE.

"Protesters lined DuPont Highway outside of Wilmington Airport near New Castle on April 19, demanding Avelo Airlines ground its deportation flights. Avelo Airlines is the only airline that flies commercially out of Delaware." www.delawareonline.com/story/news/l...

sharing some resources. been too busy to post but working on that: humanrightshouse.org/noop-media/d...

recent talk at the university of Rhode Island for their "Democracy in Peril" series. My presentation: "Democratic Solutions, Dead Ends and Don't Knows: How, Why and Why Not Democracy Can Help Us Solve (some of) Our Problems"
www.youtube.com/live/gT9MbPc...

Dr. Christian Davenport, University of Michigan - Bartholomewtown Dr. Christian Davenport, the Mary Ann and Charles R. Walgreen, Jr., Professor for the Study of Human Understanding, Professor of Political Science at University of Michigan, Professor of Political Sci...

recent conversation/interview i had with bill bartholomew regarding democracy being peril.

www.buzzsprout.com/163601/episo...