A GOP outreach center in the metro Atlanta suburbs is now home to a sex toys shop. It is one of at least three GOP offices in Atlanta that have now shuttered after opening to much fanfare and promises of reaching voters of color. #gapol
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In case you were wondering about Indigenous Mesoamerican beliefs about the solar eclipse, here's a quick explainer I wrote up for you:

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Thanks MPSA for a great #MPSA2024 . Next up, the 26th Annual UC Berkeley Travers Conference, where I'll discuss a changing Latino electorate.

One point I'll make: less than half of (potential) Latino voters today were eligible to vote before 2008, versus 2/3 of non-Latinos.

Just in: President Joe Biden’s campaign is hiring nine additional staffers in Georgia and plans to open seven offices across the state this month as the Democrat ramps up efforts to recapture a battleground he narrowly won four years ago. #gapol

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Congrats V. Cruz Nichols/ @vcruznichols@sciences@social!!

Application open; Miriam Jiménez Román Fellowship supports post-doctoral candidates and junior scholars whose research advances the study of Afro-Latinx communities in the U.S. 👇latinxproject.nyu.edu/miriam-jimenez…

Fantastic essay by Amanda Sahar d’Urso on the implications of the new race/ethnicity questions for Latino and MENA identity Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) NBC Latino Suzanne Gamboa Asma Khalid

Super thrilled to share my thoughts on Good Authority (from the team that published TMC) the new OMB changes regarding Hispanic/Latino and MENA identity!

TLDR: although I’m thrilled with MENA label, new changes continue to erase Afro-Latino and Afro-MENA identity, and why it matters.

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It's our day, y'all 🍑

How are you celebrating the A today?

One of my greatest early-career accomplishments has been helping to develop support infrastructure for scholars working at the intersections of Latino politics & American institutions.

Happy to share CLAPR is making 3 awards of $2K each! Apply by May 31:

Center for Latina/os & American Politics Research
Arizona State University

To mitigate the effects of OMB SPD 15 directive to combine #race / #ethnicity into one question, we call for increased testing to ensure the current question does not disproportionately impact marginalized groups, particularly #BlackLatinos . #Census afrolatinocoalition.org/statement-on-n…

Less polarized by race. More polarized about race. Check out the piece:

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