Christine M. Slaughter, PhD
@cmslaughter
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Moorman-Simon Assistant Prof, Boston University Political Science | 1881 💁🏾♀️| 1913 🔺| UCLA PhD | Princeton Postdoc & 💭 are mine.
Boston, MA
Joined April 2009
🚨 Our paper w/ @chayacrowder, and @Dr_CMGreer Black Women: Keepers of the Democracy, the Democratic Process and the Democratic Party is now on available on Politics and Gender (@politicgenderj), here’s a thread 🪡🧵(1/n) https://t.co/9d7ysQIsTi
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Black Women: Keepers of Democracy, the Democratic Process, and the Democratic Party - Volume 20 Issue 1
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Adelita Grijalva is finally getting sworn into the House today. Her 50-day stint as a congressperson-elect is by far the longest this century.
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At the UNCF/Mellon Programs 2025 Annual Programs Conference, nearly 100 members gathered for the Opening Plenary and Reception — a celebration of scholarship, community, and collaboration. The evening featured a warm welcome from Dr. Cynthia Neal Spence, C’78, UNCF/Mellon
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If/When the Voting Rights Act gets completely gutted in the next few weeks maybe then some folks will finally understand why some of us took last year's election loss so hard. It's not a "ball up top" situation. This is generational.
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This group drove 12 hours from Alabama to rally outside of the Supreme Court as it hears a significant case that could undercut the Voting Rights Act
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It’s been on ice since 2012, and 2016 accelerated it.
The Supreme Court's conservative justices appeared likely to gut Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, a decision that would have massive consequences for the future of Black political representation in the South https://t.co/xBpYSgfmoq
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Yes, and if we care about the outcome of future elections, we should be angered by this.
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Wow - a literal soundtrack. The cornerstone of the neosoul genre.
Rest in Peace to the legendary D’Angelo! Here’s a quick mix of just 17 of his songs! Album cuts, hits, remakes, and features. Which ones are your favorite?
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Joy (Kamala) is not a strategy 😡 Joy (Zohran) is fresh, new and exciting; a perfect counter to the fear and negativity of the right. ☺️
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In addition to providing free books to our local community in LA, we also ship books to our incarcerated book club members nationwide. Our book pick this month is one of the first books they receive. For $1/month you can help us continue this work https://t.co/ucXFOfI0ym 🤍
Happy 4 year anniversary to my baby 🥹 Radical Hood Library This space is sustained by love from community here in LA and our Patreon subscribers. In a time where libraries are closing down, books written by black and socialist authors are being banned, I’m happy we have this!
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In celebration of the 20th anniversary of @PoliticsGenderJ past and current journal editors were asked to identify some of their favorite articles published during their editorial terms - https://t.co/lSXiZmgFRO Enjoy free access until the end of 2025.
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Name another Black female politician that has this effect for young college aged voters!
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I traveled across rural MS to learn how Black women are feeding their communities. The story is part of a series in collaboration w/ 8 newsrooms & the Rural News Network. My story publishes on Monday, but you can catch a preview in tomorrow’s newsletter.
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So much talk of political violence in the headlines these days, but what do the ANES 2024 Time Series data say?
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"When Democracy hasnt been a sucess for you, you don't miss it's absence" - Stacey Abrams, #WinWithBlackWomen
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This isn’t a catfish, but an audit experiment.
Aliyah Jones, a young African American woman, created a fake LinkedIn account of a white woman for eight months and found the catfish account had more recruiter enquiries than her real profile. https://t.co/GdpiLxgGNx
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Hundreds of economists defend Lisa Cook, Fed's independence in open letter against Trump efforts
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Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook is suing President Donald Trump to block him from firing her, saying that his mortgage fraud allegations are not true.
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Congrats to LDF client & newly re-elected Mayor of Newburn, AL Patrick Braxton! He reps the majority Black town where elections were suppressed for decades and he was shut out of office until our legal team challenged-a win for Mr. Braxton & for democracy.
nytimes.com
Patrick Braxton won the first mayoral election in a half century in the small town of Newbern, five years after its leaders put up roadblocks to his assuming office.
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