Retired Justice Stephen Breyer wants us to know that the SCOTUS justices are friends, and he wishes we could all get along like they do. His op-ed is drivel, but behind its gooberish pablum there's something more sinister at work.
I explain in The Nation
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I wrote a state-by-state guide to all of 2024's state supreme court races, icymi: 82 elections across 33 states.

Abortion, voting rights, civil rights keep coming down to who voters put on bench... These can be under-radar, but now you can prepare too: boltsmag.org/your-state-by-…

If a WOMAN in TEXAS has an ABORTION, she can be charged with MURDER. But if a MAN tries to kill that same baby, he gets 6 months in jail👇👇

Texas attorney who poisoned pregnant wife with abortion medication gets 180 days in jail.

#ItWasNeverAboutBabies

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“Several said that they actively didn’t respond to emails, or acted in an exaggerated disorganised manner. This meant they were assigned fewer tasks, but were also less frequently asked, and thus got away without doing service.”
Shocked? Not!!

I have the honor of delivering the 2024 Michael Mizell-Nelson Lecture at the University of New Orleans this year. It's bittersweet, as Michael and I were classmates together at Ben Franklin High School. He was a valuable fellow historian and collaborator. Still missed.

🧵The New England Journal of Medicine is the world's most influential medical journal. To date, it has made not a single mention of the ongoing genocide in Gaza. It's in this context that today's new essay in the series, 'Recognizing Historical Injustices in Medicine and the...

Morning Joe guest Richard Haass calls for sanctions on Israel, criticizes Biden: 'At some point, the words become empty...there has to be trade sanctions.'

'[Biden] looks weak and impotent.'

Waleed Shahid 🪬 Dear lord a former neo con is calling for bds of Israel, we are in new territory

“But making it illegal to join the largest professional organization for librarians and punishing those who join with steep fines and potentially hard labor is not criticism.
It’s fascism and it’s unconstitutional.” bookriot.com/louisiana-hb-7…

Congratulations!!

“‘I question why our focus is on the elite college campuses and their use of language over the horrific injustices being committed against the Palestinian people,’ wrote Maryam Iqbal, a freshman at Barnard College” theintercept.com/2024/03/28/saf…

via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2024/03/29/us/…

Backlash? nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna1…

He was so serious, and so sure of his right to browbeat this head of state.

via @NYTimes. On the failures of liberals. nytimes.com/2024/03/27/boo…

Join Alexander Grass Humanities Institute at JHU and Hard Histories at Hopkins on on 3/26 for a virtual discussion about the transnational dimensions of Hard Histories work. Featuring Ariela Gross and Leslie Harris in conversation with Martha S. Jones, JD, PhD. More information and registration: snfagora.jhu.edu/event/live-fro…

Why we teach, write and read. nytimes.com/2024/03/18/boo…

More Than 20 Student Groups Protested. A Lawsuit Asks Why Columbia Only Suspended Two. theintercept.com/2024/03/14/pal… by Prem Thakker