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IU Indianapolis sociologist | religion, politics, disability | Kettering Foundation Research Fellow | Christian Nationalism books: http://linktr.ee/andrewwhitehead | https://andrewwhitehead.substack.com/ | https://tinyurl.com/42wspc8m | all views my own .. more

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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 28d
NEW RESEARCH

Americans who embrace Christian nationalism more likely to agree situation f/ people with disabilities is good as it is, disabled people demand too much from rest of society, & there have been enough societal efforts in favor of people w/ disabilities.

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Screen grab of the webpage for the journal article titled, Christian nationalism and ableism in the United States by Andrew Whitehead.

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 15h
WOW! Autism Society of America, The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, the Autism Science Foundation, the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network and Autism Speaks put out a statement denouncing the CDC changing its website on vaccines
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
Leading Autism and Disability Organizations Statement on CDC's Vaccines and Autism Page
As national organizations dedicated to advancing the well-being of autistic individuals and partners across the disability and public health sectors, we are deeply disappointed by the latest update to...
autisticadvocacy.org

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Kettering Foundation @kettering.org · 19h
Tonight, @pbs.org debuts “A More Perfect Union,” a companion special to the new PBS series #TheAmericanRevolution filmed at the @constitutionctr.bsky.social with support from the Kettering Foundation.
A More Perfect Union | Trailer
Explore America’s founding ideals in A More Perfect Union, premiering Nov 24 at 9p ET on PBS.
video.kpbs.org

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 1d
When Frustration Threatens Desire, by Kerry James Marshall, 1990, 📸 by @drewhallowell

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d
the economic success of the U.S. is significantly built on the land grant universities and in particular their excellent agricultural science tradition.
alanallport.bsky.social Alan Allport @alanallport.bsky.social · 1d
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
jackiantonovich.bsky.social Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 1d
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.

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Alan Allport @alanallport.bsky.social · 1d
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
jackiantonovich.bsky.social Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 1d
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.

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Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 2d
Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
The exit economy is here. Black Women are paying the highest price | Fortune
This isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. And it's not a recovery, it's a redistribution of opportunity.
fortune.com

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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 2d
Good grief.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3d
Trump also just posted these photos to Truth Social, including the one with Mamdani standing next to a portrait of FDR. Trump mentioned Mamdani asked if he could have his picture taken there.

"It's an amazing portrait in the cabinet room," Trump said. "So he's a big fan of the New Deal, I guess..."
Zohran Mamdani standing in front of a portrait of FDR at the White House Zohran Mamdani and Donald Trump standing next to each other with their backs turned, just outside the White House Zohran Mamdani and Donald Trump (who's got his hand giving a thumbs up) in front of the portrait of FDR at the White House Zohran Mamdani and Donald Trump (who's got his hand giving a thumbs up) in front of the portrait of FDR at the White House

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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 3d
I was grateful to be in the room with you all!

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Derek Barker @dwmbarker.bsky.social · 3d
Research fellow @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social does a great job of capturing the energy of our Democracy Prize celebration honoring Alexei Navalny and Judith Browne Dianis. andrewwhitehead.substack.com/p/courage-is...
Courage is Contagious.
Reflections on the importance of recognizing the courageous ones, allowing art to feed our souls, and that we the people can build the country we deserve.
andrewwhitehead.substack.com

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 3d
you’ll never believe the newest meme pair for “Find someone who looks at you like…”

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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 3d
New post with reflections on the @kettering.org Democracy Prize ceremony from earlier this week.

"It’s in the doing that we embody the democracy we deserve & that we the people, all of us together, have plenty of courage. And courage, it’s contagious."

andrewwhitehead.substack.com/p/courage-is...
Courage is Contagious.
Reflections on the importance of recognizing the courageous ones, allowing art to feed our souls, and that we the people can build the country we deserve.
andrewwhitehead.substack.com

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Kettering Foundation @kettering.org · 3d
Experience the full reflection and see the event video on our website. bit.ly/4iy9Vdf
Inaugural Kettering Democracy Prize Ceremony Honors Alexei Navalny and Judith Browne Dianis
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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 3d
I guess the perfect title to a news article does exist.
lilymasonphd.bsky.social Lily Mason @lilymasonphd.bsky.social · 3d
In 2023 a photographer from the Newfoundland town of Dildo captured images of a penis-shaped iceberg off the Canadian coast in Conception Bay.

www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 3d
And the GOP senator above is actually FOR redistricting. Just not adamant enough, apparently.

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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 3d
I don't know how many of you are aware of what's going on in Indiana, but there have been repeated instances of swatting and bomb threats made against the GOP state senators who rebuffed the Governor's request to redraw the congressional map at the prez's request.

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Lily Mason @lilymasonphd.bsky.social · 3d
In 2023 a photographer from the Newfoundland town of Dildo captured images of a penis-shaped iceberg off the Canadian coast in Conception Bay.

www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

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Indiana Capital Chronicle @indianacapitalchronicle.com · 3d
Senate Republican reports business bomb threat

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Senate Republican reports business bomb threat • Indiana Capital Chronicle
After a week of swatting attempts, GOP Sen. Andy Zay on Friday confirmed a bomb threat at his personal business.
indianacapitalchronicle.com

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 4d
NEW from @bmietana.bsky.social, @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social and me: Viral warnings of planned ICE raids on churches have pastors worried.

And yes, we did some digging about *that* viral church raids story that has been floating around. religionnews.com/2025/11/20/v...
Viral warnings of planned ICE raids on churches have pastors worried
(RNS) — Rumors and viral reports about potential ICE raids have immigrant church leaders worried about their congregations. DHS says it doesn’t have plans to raid churches — but won’t rule it out.
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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 4d
Now that’s a lede.

Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.

Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, an emblem of fascism and white supremacy inextricably linked to the murder of millions of Jews and that more than 400,000 U.S. troops died fighting against in World War II, as a hate symbol, according to a new policy that takes effect next month.

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Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 4d
Two Florida Atlantic University professors suspended after posting comments about conservative commentator Charlie Kirk’s death have been cleared and reinstated following an outside review. www.wpbf.com/article/flor...
FAU reinstates 2 professors suspended over social media posts about Charlie Kirk’s death
Two Florida Atlantic University professors suspended after posting comments about conservative commentator Charlie Kirk’s death have been cleared and reinstated following an outside review.
www.wpbf.com

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Lily Mason @lilymasonphd.bsky.social · 5d
Not the point of @gelliottmorris.com piece, but look at this divide among Republicans on social issues. Half of them look like normal people and the other half are way out of step with the rest of the country. There’s a bit of a mirror on the left but much smaller.
Graph showing distributions of ideal social policy ideology for Democrats, Independents, and Republicans. X-axis ranges from -10 (furthest left) to 10 (furthest right). Independents approximately normally distributed around -1 (left of center) with slightly more on the left end of the spectrum. Democrats’ mean around -3 with the highest peak at -2 and another much smaller peak around -7. Republicans are almost equally distributed in a bimodal distribution with a mean of 2.5 but one slight larger peak around -1 (liberal positions!) and another slightly smaller peak around 7. The divide between moderate and extreme wings is just much more apparent in the GOP.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 5d
Initially, some moms of autistic kids eagerly accepted vaccine lies, because that way they could reject the "refrigerator mother" hypothesis, which blamed autism on "cold" mothering.

Now, those same tired vaccine lies will likely be used to blame moms who choose to vaccinate their kids.
Screenshot of CDC website titled Vaccine Safety, which now features debunked misinformation about vaccines: KEY POINTS The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities, HHS has launched a comprehensive assessment of the causes of autism, including investigations on plausible biologic mechanisms and potential causal links.

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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 6d
I was honored to attend the inaugural Kettering Democracy Prize ceremony this evening. I’ll have more to share soon. It was an incredibly inspirational evening, w/ two amazing laureates.

The Truth: democracy is up to us and we all, together, can build the country we deserve.
kettering.org Kettering Foundation @kettering.org · 6d
As we conclude tonight’s program, we thank you for joining us for the inaugural #KetteringDemocracyPrize and for standing alongside those whose extraordinary courage and steadfast commitment continue to shape a more inclusive democratic future.

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Kettering Foundation @kettering.org · 6d
As we conclude tonight’s program, we thank you for joining us for the inaugural #KetteringDemocracyPrize and for standing alongside those whose extraordinary courage and steadfast commitment continue to shape a more inclusive democratic future.

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Kettering Foundation @kettering.org · 6d
We are thrilled to welcome @profmmurray.bsky.social back with us tonight. She joins @jbrownedianis.bsky.social for a conversation about expanding inclusion and strengthening trust in our democratic life. Together, they bring deep insight and a shared vision for a democracy that serves all of us.

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Kettering Foundation @kettering.org · 6d
Our program continues with a conversation between Yulia Navalnaya and historian @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social.

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John Palfrey @palfrey.org · 6d
It is a rare thing to be able to award a $100 million grant but today we do so @macfound.org. I’m thrilled to share the Broad Institute’s Sentinel project is @macfound 100&Change Award Recipient!

www.macfound.org/press/press-...
Sentinel Awarded $100 Million to Prevent Pandemics
www.macfound.org

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Kettering Foundation @kettering.org · 6d
Progress never comes from one person alone. John C. Yang, president of @aaaj-aajc.bsky.social and a leading civil rights advocate, joined us on #TheContext to share how the civil rights victories we rely on today were built by thousands of everyday people who refused to give up.

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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 7d
This is good. We need reminders.

I've been sitting here trying to communicate something on this, but I've got nothing.

So, those of us who are out of words--you're not alone.
kevinmkruse.bsky.social Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7d
If you're the parent of a disabled kid, I just want to tell you I know it's hard and I know you feel like you're failing constantly, but you're doing it and you're doing the best you can and your kid absolutely loves you for it.