Your first ever section 2AAAA volleyball champion is EPHS Volleyball, beating Chaska in straight sets through grit, resilience, and a few heaters from Kendall Minta. Cameron Berger, Lillian Ekness and Piper Lange also made big contributions. MN VB Coaches Assoc. #mshsl

Scholars Alvin B. Tillery, Jr, Michael Minta Jamil Scott discuss the growing power of Black & Latino Congresspeople relative to the #BLMmovement & if Congress & more mainstream Black & Latino civil rights orgs are addressing the priorities of the BLM movement: ow.ly/eHvz50HcvKN

NPR is losing some of its Black and Latino hosts. Colleagues see a larger crisis. washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/medi…

Thank you!

For the folks in the Legislative Studies Section of APSA Michael Minta, please share your thoughts about our late colleague Burdett Loomis for a tribute panel at MPSA. See below

Really pleased to receive Evelyn Simien's new edited volume in the mail. My chapter with Laurel Elder on Ilhan Omar included. Honored to have a chapter alongside Sharon Wright Austin, Evelyn, Michael Minta, Chelsea Jones, Lauren E. Jones, and Crystal Robertson,Lorrie Frasure!

Enjoyed engaging in this wonderful conversation regarding the relevancy and effectiveness of civil rights organizations! PoliSciUMN UMN Liberal Arts Hilary Shelton Janet Murguía MALDEF LULAC National Urban League The Leadership Conference

Love this episode of Almanac! How to Pronounce the Many Dakota Minnesota Place Names tpt.org/almanac/video/… via @TPT

Calling all Political Economists of Democratic Backsliding! Carlo Prato Zhaotian Luo @edogrilloecon and I are organizing a workshop on March 4, 2023. Deadline for proposals: September 25, 2022. Please circulate widely the call below Formal Political Theory Research APSA Political Economy Section

Please check out the new issue of the APSA Legislative Studies Section newsletter APSA

Tiffany D. Barnes Burdett Loomis Thank you and Michael Minta at the Legislative Studies Section of APSA for providing this opportunity to honor the work of a wonderful scholar, mentor, and teacher. Women in Legislative Studies tinyurl.com/4pat9vfz

It's #HispanicHeritageMonth! Citizens & Scholars are celebrating the work of Hispanic scholars across our network and beyond. Dr. Danielle Clealand is one scholar broadening perspectives through her work. 🧵#latinx #HispanicHeritageMonth2022

UPDATE: Former Eden Prairie boys basketball players and their families angry about the coach's reinstatement sat in the bleachers at tonight’s home game against Prior Lake. One mother held a sign reading, “Do you inspire each? No.” startribune.com/eden-prairie-b…

"[RCV] is a promising and simple change we can make to counter our divisive politics, make our elections more inclusive, & strengthen our democracy, & with this year's legislation, MN can expand RCV & continue to lead the way." -Michael Minta in The Fulcrum thefulcrum.us/leading-the-wa…

A great piece by UMN Poli Sci prof Michael Minta on the simplicity of #RankedChoiceVoting and the power this reform to transform our politics for the better. #MoreCivil #MoreInclusive #MoreRepresentative💥

In honor of her passing, we are ungating articles from "Hanna Pitkin's 'Concept of Representation' Revisited," a Critical Perspectives symposium published in Politics & Gender 8(4) in 2012. All articles will be available🌟open access 🌟through June 2023⬇️ cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Kaomi Lee Twin Cities Jazz Festival Jeremy Olson The Minnesota Star Tribune Mary Lahammer Ken Martin - Dominic @Papatola contemplates success and failure - A panel of Cindy Rugeley, Steve Schier, & Michael Minta discuss this week's headlines Tune in or stream live. tpt.org/almanac

- Poli Sci Professor Panel: David Schultz, Michael Minta and Steve Schier, Carleton College, on the first presidential debate - And more! Tune in or stream live. tpt.org/almanac/

Hey local folks, I'll be on Almanac tonight talking about the police union contract! (And, yeah, still a sociologist though always happen to be mistaken for a historian 😉)

Important commentary from scholars who study Black political behavior. | The Guardian theguardian.com/us-news/articl…