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We have an important announcement today about our site and its future. Our partnership with
@washingtonpost
will end on December 31, 2022. That will be our last day publishing on their site.
We're excited to continue as an independent site beginning in the spring of 2023.
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We are very pleased to announce the addition of three new editors here at TMC! They are:
Nadia Brown of Purdue University (
@BrownPhDGirl
)
Vlad Mendenica of the Univ. of Delaware (
@vladmedenica
)
Christopher Stout of Oregan State (
@christophestout
)
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Are hate crime shootings inspired by racist rhetoric? Hard to know. But consider this:
Counties that hosted a 2016 Trump rally saw a 226 percent increase in hate crimes
Assuming essentially 50-50 split in
#PA18
, here's how much Democrats have beaten the 2016 presidential vote margin in 90 special elections in 2017-2018 (h/t
@DKElections
data).
Average is 13 points better.
Lamb is 20 points better.
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We're very pleased to announce that Professor
@jessicacweiss
of Cornell University has joined The Monkey Cage editorial team. Her particular focus will be reviewing and expanding our coverage of East Asia. Welcome, Jessica!
"Since the ban went into effect, 98 percent of people from affected countries who applied for a visa were rejected, and the other 2 percent received a waiver,"
@VahidNiayesh
writes.
@ahauslohner
We are hiring! TMC seeks 2 political scientists with expertise in American politics and political behavior, and esp. race and ethnic politics. Interested scholars should email monkeycageblog
@gmail
by 12/1.
Here's more information:
And here's a thread.