Adam Harris
@adamhsays.com
Writer exploring education, history, politics, and the South. Author of The State Must Provide. Writing Is This America? | Senior Fellow, New America. Occasionally sharing poems. Work in The Atlantic, NYT, Guardian, and more.
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My essay from April on the dismantling of the department, and the administration’s commitment to returning American education to a time before the Civil Rights Act, when the nation’s most vulnerable students were largely unprotected: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/o...
November 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
My essay from April on the dismantling of the department, and the administration’s commitment to returning American education to a time before the Civil Rights Act, when the nation’s most vulnerable students were largely unprotected: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/o...
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EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Federal judges block Texas from using redrawn congressional maps that would boost the GOP in the 2026 midterm elections.
November 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Federal judges block Texas from using redrawn congressional maps that would boost the GOP in the 2026 midterm elections.
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Speechless and deeply grateful: There Is No Place for Us has been named one of three finalists for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction.
November 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Speechless and deeply grateful: There Is No Place for Us has been named one of three finalists for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction.
McMahon is expected to sign agreements at 2p that could move responsibilities of the office for civil rights, postsecondary education, special education, and elementary education to other departments.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
McMahon Says “Clock Is Ticking” on Education Department
Trump officials are reportedly planning to enact a number of agreements Tuesday that could send key ED responsibilities to other agencies.
www.insidehighered.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
McMahon is expected to sign agreements at 2p that could move responsibilities of the office for civil rights, postsecondary education, special education, and elementary education to other departments.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
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NEW: The White House intervened on behalf of accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate during a federal investigation.
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
NEW: The White House intervened on behalf of accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate during a federal investigation.
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
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It's hard to express what it meant to watch Maurice, Natalia, Celeste, and Rhea tell their stories—in their own voices—this morning.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
November 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It's hard to express what it meant to watch Maurice, Natalia, Celeste, and Rhea tell their stories—in their own voices—this morning.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
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“Texas A&M University System regents voted Thursday to limit how instructors may discuss matters like gender identity and race ideology in classrooms, tightening the rules in a conservative state where debates over academic freedom have flared for months.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
“Texas A&M University System regents voted Thursday to limit how instructors may discuss matters like gender identity and race ideology in classrooms, tightening the rules in a conservative state where debates over academic freedom have flared for months.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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True equity demands shared governance and lasting reform.
↘️ Last month, our senior fellow @adamhsays.com detailed how the “the money came” for Black students in Mississippi, but how “the power stayed where it had always been.”
↘️ Last month, our senior fellow @adamhsays.com detailed how the “the money came” for Black students in Mississippi, but how “the power stayed where it had always been.”
November 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
True equity demands shared governance and lasting reform.
↘️ Last month, our senior fellow @adamhsays.com detailed how the “the money came” for Black students in Mississippi, but how “the power stayed where it had always been.”
↘️ Last month, our senior fellow @adamhsays.com detailed how the “the money came” for Black students in Mississippi, but how “the power stayed where it had always been.”
Really enjoyed this conversation a few weeks back. In case you missed this year's @aeraedresearch.bsky.social Brown Lecture by Dr. James Banks and subsequent discussion, the video now lives here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRQ5...
2025 Brown Lecture in Education Research (Post-Production)
YouTube video by American Educational Research Association
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Really enjoyed this conversation a few weeks back. In case you missed this year's @aeraedresearch.bsky.social Brown Lecture by Dr. James Banks and subsequent discussion, the video now lives here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRQ5...
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Zimbabwe MAIN STORY: The splintering in the UMC is just the latest obstacle for United Methodism in Zimbabwe, and that it’s managed to overcome.
Out there, we witnessed the church's legacy of liberation and what it means for a landmark change in Africa: www.tennessean.com/story/news/r...
Out there, we witnessed the church's legacy of liberation and what it means for a landmark change in Africa: www.tennessean.com/story/news/r...
A liberated Zimbabwe church after UMC splintering points to historic shift across Africa
An expecting mothers' ward, high school, and college for students from across Africa. What the UMC in Zimbabwe says about turning point on continent.
www.tennessean.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Zimbabwe MAIN STORY: The splintering in the UMC is just the latest obstacle for United Methodism in Zimbabwe, and that it’s managed to overcome.
Out there, we witnessed the church's legacy of liberation and what it means for a landmark change in Africa: www.tennessean.com/story/news/r...
Out there, we witnessed the church's legacy of liberation and what it means for a landmark change in Africa: www.tennessean.com/story/news/r...
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Musk and others on the far right are obsessed with things like Lord of the Rings and Dungeons and Dragons because they see fantasy worlds as reinforcing their own beliefs about immutable hierarchies of race, gender, and by extension morality www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Musk and others on the far right are obsessed with things like Lord of the Rings and Dungeons and Dragons because they see fantasy worlds as reinforcing their own beliefs about immutable hierarchies of race, gender, and by extension morality www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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New chalkbeat piece that highlights some of the less well-known realities of our current moment for higher ed. I got to chat at length with Matt about the actual trend in tuition (flat or decreasing at publics) versus the perception in the media.
www.chalkbeat.org/2025/11/11/i...
www.chalkbeat.org/2025/11/11/i...
Is college enrollment plummeting?
Reports of the death of the bachelor’s degree have been greatly exaggerated.
www.chalkbeat.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
New chalkbeat piece that highlights some of the less well-known realities of our current moment for higher ed. I got to chat at length with Matt about the actual trend in tuition (flat or decreasing at publics) versus the perception in the media.
www.chalkbeat.org/2025/11/11/i...
www.chalkbeat.org/2025/11/11/i...
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"She tells of a student who kept trying to save her meal to carry home, because she didn’t have anything to eat there. Seiber-Garland and her staff found a way to provide her with a second meal for the evening."
All Praise to the Lunch Ladies — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
Blessed are the women who watch over America’s children.
bittersoutherner.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"She tells of a student who kept trying to save her meal to carry home, because she didn’t have anything to eat there. Seiber-Garland and her staff found a way to provide her with a second meal for the evening."
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The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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For the cover of Businessweek’s December issue, I wrote about the reigning queen of America’s strip malls: Ulta Beauty, the country’s biggest beauty retailer (yes, bigger than Sephora) and quietly one of the more fascinating retailers in the country. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
How Beauty Behemoth Ulta Conquered the American Strip Mall
The retailer built an $11 billion business by acting more like Home Depot than like Sephora.
www.bloomberg.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
For the cover of Businessweek’s December issue, I wrote about the reigning queen of America’s strip malls: Ulta Beauty, the country’s biggest beauty retailer (yes, bigger than Sephora) and quietly one of the more fascinating retailers in the country. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Adrienne!
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Adrienne Green, José Criales-Unzueta, Marisa Meltzer, and more join Vanity Fair www.vanityfair.com/news/story/v...
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Adrienne!
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Cornell agrees to include Bondi's anti-DEI/anti-trans memo as a "training resource to faculty and staff" (see: www.justice.gov/ag/media/140...)
November 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Cornell agrees to include Bondi's anti-DEI/anti-trans memo as a "training resource to faculty and staff" (see: www.justice.gov/ag/media/140...)
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Farmers' Almanac says it will cease publication after 208 years, citing financial challenges
Farmers' Almanac says it will cease publication after 208 years, citing financial challenges
A 208-year-old publication that farmers, gardeners and others keen to predict the weather have relied on for guidance will be publishing for the final time.
apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Farmers' Almanac says it will cease publication after 208 years, citing financial challenges
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For perspective: There were 8 special elections for Mississippi Senate yesterday and 2 for Mississippi House.
Mississippi Democrats flipped 2 of the 4 GOP-held Senate seats that were on the ballot and the sole GOP-held House seat that was on the ballot.
Democrats held the other 5 seats.
Mississippi Democrats flipped 2 of the 4 GOP-held Senate seats that were on the ballot and the sole GOP-held House seat that was on the ballot.
Democrats held the other 5 seats.
NEW: Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the state Senate tonight for the first time since 2011.
It came as Democrats flipped 2 Senate seats and 1 House seat.
“Mississippi just broke the supermajority—and the people have taken back their power,” the party says.
It came as Democrats flipped 2 Senate seats and 1 House seat.
“Mississippi just broke the supermajority—and the people have taken back their power,” the party says.
Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
For perspective: There were 8 special elections for Mississippi Senate yesterday and 2 for Mississippi House.
Mississippi Democrats flipped 2 of the 4 GOP-held Senate seats that were on the ballot and the sole GOP-held House seat that was on the ballot.
Democrats held the other 5 seats.
Mississippi Democrats flipped 2 of the 4 GOP-held Senate seats that were on the ballot and the sole GOP-held House seat that was on the ballot.
Democrats held the other 5 seats.
"This win was only possible because the Voting Rights Act ensures fair representation. If the Supreme Court dismantles these protections, we risk silencing the very voices that made last night’s historic outcome possible."
November 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
"This win was only possible because the Voting Rights Act ensures fair representation. If the Supreme Court dismantles these protections, we risk silencing the very voices that made last night’s historic outcome possible."
"The surveillance tools are still operational. The war authorizations haven’t expired. The emergency powers remain open-ended. The only difference is tone. Trump made no pretense of national security. He ran the presidency the way Cheney designed it — only louder, and without the lawyers."
Cheney did everything he could to expand presidential power.
The current president is taking advantage.
Commentary from @alexiscoe.bsky.social: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The current president is taking advantage.
Commentary from @alexiscoe.bsky.social: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
"The surveillance tools are still operational. The war authorizations haven’t expired. The emergency powers remain open-ended. The only difference is tone. Trump made no pretense of national security. He ran the presidency the way Cheney designed it — only louder, and without the lawyers."
my parents were in town this weekend and I played catch with my dad for like 30 minutes and just talked and it was the absolute best time.
November 4, 2025 at 3:32 AM
my parents were in town this weekend and I played catch with my dad for like 30 minutes and just talked and it was the absolute best time.