Laura Alexander

We just watched that tonight too! Lots of scenes where people either stand still and wait for the car to run them over, or run in a straight line down an easily drivable road.

I wrote a review of Ross Kane's The Good News of Church Politics for the Christian Century. It's an accessible read, and good for church folks who are trying to live together well in a moment that feels overwhelming.

I agree with this, but how do folks deal with simple lack of class time? Unfortunately, I know my students don't read everything I assign, and if I try to incorporate some lecture/explanation in class, plus discussion, plus assessments, it just makes class time seem almost impossible.

Denial of religious freedom - certainly not the first time this has happened in detention centers, but always a problem.

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I wrote about Christian ethical thought on responsibilities to different neighbors, and how treatment of migrants fits in that tradition. To be sure, Vance and Trump do not approach this issue with any kind of Christian principle. But the moral debate actual ethicists have is worth talking about.

Noting that Elon Musk attacked the Lutheran Church's work providing services, and that JD Vance attacked Catholic Bishops for their work with immigrants. Fair to say that this administration is one of the most hostile to religion and religious freedom that we have seen in recent memory.

Thanks. I'll try to check in with @sandrasulldun.bsky.social as well. I'm sure this stuff is going to keep coming up.

Tisha, I'm trying to write on Christian cosmopolitan and communitarian thought for The Conversation right now, but I think your comments on the ordo amoris may be more poignant. Do you ever write for them? I'd love to give your name to the editor if you're willing, for this or something else.

When Will the U.S. Start Competing for Immigrants? Sooner Than You Think Is the nation about to see the magnetic poles of this conversation reverse? It may seem unlikely in the short term, given Donald Trump’s return to the White House. Immigration formed a major talking…

The United States will need nearly 8 million new caregivers over the next decade, and rural economies, facing aging workforces and declining populations, have relied on migrant labor to fill such labor shortages.

Housing Market Forecaster

I just received a stop-work order from HUD on the grant we won at Urban Institute to support our Housing Market Forecaster.

This work is designed to identify land-use reform strategies that can assist cities in adding housing supply and improve housing affordability.

www.urban.org/projects/hou...

Party of free speech, Cindy! I vaguely remember when it was supposed to be bad for government to be telling private companies how to run their business.

Yep, I've been reporting those. They're not always super contentious even - a bunch of replies saying "Do you like golf?" Or "What do you think about AI?" But some are more confrontational.

I want to make this clear: diversity is extremely popular. THAT is what they’re furious about. They lost that battle in the culture and want to reverse it by force.

They're all written by other Laura Alexanders. It's not even that easy to review them all at once because the "go to the next article to review" button doesn't actually work. I have to imagine this is an AI thing designed to "make my work life easier and more efficient." Blah./2

Okay I have to complain about this somewhere. I go in to do my annual review of my work, and the system my university uses (Watermark, for those who care) has started pulling articles it thinks *might* be mine and asking me to edit or reject them. NONE of them are mine./1

Agree with that. The circumstances would have to be right.

Middle schoolers ALL call each other "bro" now, it seems. But although I don't find it offensive, I do find it interesting that we continue to view the male-coded words as "neutral"

Doesn't offend me, and I still use "guys" myself sometimes, although I prefer y'all. Now I'm thinking of going up to a group of men or mixed gender and greeting them "hey gals" and seeing what happens though!

...that your spouse has behaved in whatever bad way those powers think justifies ending things. We can all imagine cases of mental cruelty that are hard to prove in court. No-fault divorce isn't just about love, it's about whether ppl determine the course of their own lives and relationships. (2/2)

I appreciate the author's history, but I feel like this is a weird way to address no-fault divorce. It's not just about whether you can divorce if you fall out of love, it's about being able to end a bad marriage even if you can't prove to the satisfaction of the powers that be...(1/2)

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Immigrants are unsung heroes of global trade and value creation Migrants play a crucial role in global trade networks.

Immigrants are not economic burdens.

The research is clear: immigrants play pivotal roles in driving innovation, enhancing productivity and fostering economic growth in their adopted countries #immigration

I'm sure there's multiple nuances to this, but it's amazing how differently people can think about "scary 'men'" (sarcasm, trans women are women) "going into women's bathrooms" vs. "my colleague who I know, using the bathroom that's right for her."

About Us - Native American Rights Fund NARF is a non-profit law firm committed to helping Native American individuals and organizations preserve tribal existence and protect their rights.

I know Giving Tuesday is over but I asked my colleague who directs our Native American studies program and he recommends this org, which advocates for Indigenous rights in the US: narf.org/about-us/

Ask Bolts: The Past and Present of Immigrant Detention | Bolts Send us your questions about the history and politics of incarcerating immigrants in the U.S.

Trump has called for “mass deportations,” though the infrastructure to detain immigrants didn’t start with Trump.

What questions do you have about the history of immigration detention in the U.S.? Let us know, and historian Brianna Nofil will answer:
boltsmag.org/ask-bolts/

Shout-out to #aarsbl friends and colleagues, you've made this a great conference. Lots of talk of building communities of mutual support. I hope we can carry the work forward!

Once again, this is unconstitutional, & also if it makes it into any classrooms I would love to see some malicious compliance where students learn the actual teachings of Jesus & the Bible about overturning social hierarchies, rich people giving their wealth to the poor, welcoming the stranger, etc

@jayirwin.bsky.social do you have insight on this? Btw you and Rebecca would get along, I think. Two good friends, both of whom I admire.

Palm Springs to pay $5.9 million to Black and Latino families over razed homes The Palm Springs City Council has approved a $5.9-million settlement with Black and Latino families whose homes were torn down decades ago.

PRRI finds that more than 7 in 10 Americans support various efforts to tell the truth about slavery and discrimination (90%), create more inclusive public spaces (79%), or repair past damage done by violence or discrimination (72%).

Read more in @latimes.com.
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