Article on voting rights for incarcerated people in MA: boston.com/news/local-new…

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 Governor Greg Abbott and the state of Texas have removed 1 million people from the voter rolls since 2021. If you live in Texas, check your voter register immediately: teamrv-mvp.sos.texas.gov/MVP/mvp.do Pass it on!

Regarding the news that Texas removed "over 6500" noncitizens from voter rolls: "When Texas tried this approach in 2019...it had 98,000 individuals originally identified as non-U.S. citizens...only 80 were actually determined to be ineligible to vote" campaignlegal.org/update/false-c…

It' here. Major thanks to my co-authors & the brilliant UCLA School of Law students who helped us build out and refine what was a ~3-page letter to the UNSR_Education. Plz read, react, share. UCLA Law Review link: uclalawreview.org/the-war-on-hig… SSRN link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

No paywall version! lasvegassun.com/news/2024/aug/…

#BULawProf Jonathan Feingold (Jonathan Feingold) will speak at APSA' "After SFFA v. Harvard/UNC: Affirmative Action and Beyond" roundtable on 9/5.

On Mon i was in TN to observe a legal hearing for Matt Hawn. He was fired in 2021 after assigning a Ta-Nahisi Coates article & sharing a Kyla Jenee Lacey poem. Wondering what went down at the hearing? Tune into the #RaceClass Podcast today at 12:30pm. wnhnfm.org

There are an incredible number of teachers running for office in Arkansas this year, motivated by the dismantling of public education and the erosion of democracy. Support them if you can!

As the semester begins, we are increasingly alarmed at the ramifications of the wave of new campus restrictions on speech & peaceful protest. ➡️indianapublicmedia.org/news/iu-studen…

New #RaceClass Podcast Episode. Last wk I went to TN to observe Matt Hawn's legal hearing. Hawn was beloved teacher & coach fired in 2021 for assigning Ta-Nehisi Coates article & Kyla Jenee lacey poem. Echoes of 1925 Scopes Trial. soundcloud.com/user-808872105…

🙅 School vouchers were never intended to rescue marginalized populations. School vouchers were always intended to pad the pockets of the privileged. 💰

Thrilled to join Janelle S. Wong Deondra Rose Ricardo Ramirez at APSA at 10am to chat SFFA & #AffirmativeAction. I'm gonna say what I've been saying. Want to know what SFFA requires: Read the opinion, not Ed Blum's take. Better yet, read this: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

BREAKING: My fall LGBTQ reporting & virus classes were cancelled & I’m not allowed to teach at Medill while I’m “investigated.” Whatever happens, I’ll be fine— like Medill, I “write boldly & tell the truth fearlessly”— but I’ll neither stay nor go quietly.x.com/democracynow/s…

NC is dumping $400 million more into private school vouchers. Why would it expand vouchers to affluent families w/ perfectly good public schools nearby? And why oh why has it spent past few years claiming boogeymen were lurking in pub schools as teachers? apnews.com/article/north-…

I was one of those spooked professors. If you aren't horrified about what is happening in many parts of higher education, you're not paying attention or don't care. Either way, it's bad news for everyone.

“Our work is surveilled by the state. Intimidation tactics coming from the state & admin have an impact on the kinds of discussions we are able to have in class — leaving our students unfamiliar w/ issues that are crucially important & very complex.” rawstory.com/academic-freed…

👋2 questions for my #ConLaw prof friends. 1. Does your casebook mention Mendez v. Westminster -- aka the federal K-12 deseg case that preceded Brown v. Board but rarely gets mentioned? 2. What % of your students have heard of Mendez v. Westminster?

NEW: DeSantis defended his election police knocking on people's doors asking if they signed the petition overturning the 6-week abortion ban. He also said a state website advocating against it was a "public service announcement." w/Romy Ellenbogen tampabay.com/news/florida-p…