I did something that's big news for me, and not typically what academic political scientists do:
I wrote a parenting book about our subject.
This is a medium-long thread on why/how.
If you are teaching high school social studies/civics/AP US Gov, etc - there is a resource that I have used in my classes, and I have nothing but good things to say about it:
everythingpolicy.org/policy-…
I got to talk to @EllenLWeintraub - FEC commissioner & four-time chair from 2002-2025!
It's here: piped.video/watch?v=cFKn3e6v…
**And while I have you, it's free to subscribe to the YouTube channel & helps me a lot on the backend - this is a request/plea if you've got an account**
Lindsey Cormack (@DCInbox) discusses the challenges of teaching children about government when communities have experienced broken trust on #CivicParenting.
🎧 Listen to Episode 8: sbrew.link/cKxdcTnI
The CEO of United Airlines said this in the NYTimes this morning:
(but the headline they ran was: United’s C.E.O. Says It Should Cost More Not to Sit in the Middle Seat)
I have a lot of events happening in October. If you are in:
Utica, NY
Manhattan, NY
Shrewsbury, MA
Marlboro, NY
San Antonio, TX
Greencastle, IN
or
Brooklyn, NY
I'd love to see you at one of these - making my internet people into my IRL 3D people is one of my favorite things.
I had a very nice conversation with Tim Peters on Copper Country Today about How to Raise a Citizen and why helping young people understand government and see themselves as part of civic life matters so much right now.
Thanks for caring about this topic!
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Using the @AllSidesNow Media Bias sorting of media outlets, here's how how many official e-newsletters members of Congress have sent referencing different news sources form 2010-2025: