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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social Historian: White Flight; New Suburban History; Fog of War; One Nation Under God; Fault Lines; Voter Suppression; Myth America. CAMPAIGN TRAILS: campaign-trails.ghost.io
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Diana Butler Bass @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social Author - "A Beautiful Year" and 11 other books on faith, culture, politics & history. Duke PhD. Myriad bylines. The Cottage newsletter: https://dianabutlerbass.substack.com. Opposed to theocrats. Struggling gardener and dog mom.
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social Scholar, author, policy advisor
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Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social Justice Correspondent for The Nation Magazine. Author of Allow Me to Retort and Bad Law.
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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social Author of bestselling memoir,
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social Martial Artist. Executioner of Mediocrity.
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