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OK, whew, I'm seeing a LOT of confusion about this. The Court did not hold that transgender people are not a protected class. Did not. Yes, that matters. Holdings are harder to undo. Here's the key paragraph.
June 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
OK, whew, I'm seeing a LOT of confusion about this. The Court did not hold that transgender people are not a protected class. Did not. Yes, that matters. Holdings are harder to undo. Here's the key paragraph.
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Northwestern has not received any NIH funds since March. No written communication about why or what can be done. Thank you Ben Singer for raising awareness at #ATS2025
May 18, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Northwestern has not received any NIH funds since March. No written communication about why or what can be done. Thank you Ben Singer for raising awareness at #ATS2025
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“First pope from the U.S.” “First Augustinian pope” — no. First pope with an opinion on Juan Uribe.
And the Sun-Times got a photo of the new pope at a Sox Game (yes yes the 2005 World Series) — chicago.suntimes.com/religion/202...
Chicago high school cheers White Sox fan Pope Leo XIV — 'He's one of us'
While Robert Francis Prevost didn’t attend St. Rita of Cascia High School in Ashburn, his connection to the school runs deep. In the 1980s, he was a substitute and summer school teacher at the school ...
chicago.suntimes.com
May 9, 2025 at 1:53 AM
“First pope from the U.S.” “First Augustinian pope” — no. First pope with an opinion on Juan Uribe.
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As someone who has written a little about performance and legislative politics, I am begging people to stop using "performative" pejoratively. Politics *is* performance. All human interaction is performance.
April 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
As someone who has written a little about performance and legislative politics, I am begging people to stop using "performative" pejoratively. Politics *is* performance. All human interaction is performance.
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Via "One First," I take a quick look at (some of) the legal questions arising out of the arrest, detention, and potential removal of Mahmoud Kahlil; why the government might have at least a *bit* of a leg to stand on; and why that's deeply troubling unto itself:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/131-five-q...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/131-five-q...
131. Five Questions About the Khalil Case
The government's arrest and detention of a pro-Palestinian Columbia student (and green card holder) raises difficult questions about both technical immigration statutes and the First Amendment.
www.stevevladeck.com
March 11, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Via "One First," I take a quick look at (some of) the legal questions arising out of the arrest, detention, and potential removal of Mahmoud Kahlil; why the government might have at least a *bit* of a leg to stand on; and why that's deeply troubling unto itself:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/131-five-q...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/131-five-q...
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I really liked this idea of using a histogram as a legend in a choropleth map (since land isn't unemployed; people are), so I made a little guide to doing it with #rstats, {ggplot2}, and {patchwork}
www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2025/02...
www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2025/02...
February 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I really liked this idea of using a histogram as a legend in a choropleth map (since land isn't unemployed; people are), so I made a little guide to doing it with #rstats, {ggplot2}, and {patchwork}
www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2025/02...
www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2025/02...
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What is the legal status of ICPSR/NACJD?
It has the National Prisoner Stats, NCRP, NCVS, the wonky State Court Processing Stats, and a bunch of others.
Is it, like IPUMS, more or less above all this?
(Most?) crime data should be safe at Jacob Kaplan's OpenICPSR site:
It has the National Prisoner Stats, NCRP, NCVS, the wonky State Court Processing Stats, and a bunch of others.
Is it, like IPUMS, more or less above all this?
(Most?) crime data should be safe at Jacob Kaplan's OpenICPSR site:
February 6, 2025 at 4:34 AM
What is the legal status of ICPSR/NACJD?
It has the National Prisoner Stats, NCRP, NCVS, the wonky State Court Processing Stats, and a bunch of others.
Is it, like IPUMS, more or less above all this?
(Most?) crime data should be safe at Jacob Kaplan's OpenICPSR site:
It has the National Prisoner Stats, NCRP, NCVS, the wonky State Court Processing Stats, and a bunch of others.
Is it, like IPUMS, more or less above all this?
(Most?) crime data should be safe at Jacob Kaplan's OpenICPSR site:
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I've spent the last couple of years w/ young people in Chicago for research on illegal gun carrying. Here're reflections from them (& seasoned experts) and how they've reshaped my thinking on gun research and policy. vitalcitynyc.org/articles/a-better-conversation-on-guns @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social
Vital City | A Better Conversation on Guns
For the U.S. to make lasting progress against firearm violence, it must change the way it talks about — and talks to — people who carry.
vitalcitynyc.org
January 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I've spent the last couple of years w/ young people in Chicago for research on illegal gun carrying. Here're reflections from them (& seasoned experts) and how they've reshaped my thinking on gun research and policy. vitalcitynyc.org/articles/a-better-conversation-on-guns @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social