Tarah Williams

A short 🧵 so everyone can learn that political violence is nothing new in America.

Of the 1,331 Black officials who served during Reconstruction, 158 (10.4%) were subjected to political violence. 1/7

21.09.2025 18:27 — 👍 227    🔁 116    💬 2    📌 5

I have many thoughts about Charlie Kirk—and perhaps even more about the white elites, including some on the left, who insist we can’t hold multiple realities at once. We can. And we must.

A brief 🧵

13.09.2025 17:08 — 👍 434    🔁 133    💬 1    📌 0

📣 Calling all mid-career scholars studying religion, politics, and culture! The 2025-2026 PRRI Public Fellows application is now live.

Be sure to apply by July 25, 2025.

Learn more: prri.org/open-call/

#ReligiousStudies #Humanities #SocialSciences

30.06.2025 22:59 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 1

'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …

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ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.

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29.04.2025 14:15 — 👍 22035    🔁 13805    💬 1295    📌 2229

Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

18.03.2025 13:11 — 👍 92263    🔁 23628    💬 1646    📌 2090

A screenshot of a social media post from Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) dated March 4, 2025, at 4:30 AM. The post states: “All Federal Funding will STOP for any College, School, or University that allows illegal protests. Agitators will be imprisoned/or permanently sent back to the country from which they came. American students will be permanently expelled or, depending on on the crime, arrested. NO MASKS! Thank you for your attention to this matter.”

When Donald Trump threatens student protests, consider why: throughout modern history, student movements have repeatedly been the catalyst that toppled dictatorships. Authoritarian leaders fear campus activism precisely because it works. Below is a list of 36 student-led pro-democracy movements.🧵

05.03.2025 21:52 — 👍 1402    🔁 578    💬 25    📌 37

BREAKING: We're sending an open letter to universities across the country, offering support and urging them to reject pressure to punish international students and faculty for exercising their First Amendment rights.

Schools must hold firm against the Trump administration's censorship attempts.

04.03.2025 20:05 — 👍 4314    🔁 1204    💬 37    📌 37

Are Stealth Democrats Really Committed to Democracy? Process Preferences Revisited | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core Are Stealth Democrats Really Committed to Democracy? Process Preferences Revisited - Volume 22 Issue 1

The appetite for strongman leadership helps explain a decent portion of stealth democrats in recent years www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

25.02.2025 01:13 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0