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SSN FL member Alex Piquero appeared on WBUR's On Point today to discuss the supposed rise of organized retail theft: www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023...

Is shoplifting getting worse in the U.S.?www.wbur.org You've seen baby formula and razor blades locked behind plastic cases. Retailers say it's partly because of a rise in shoplifting. But analysts say there’s no clear data to back up that claim.

We're sure his U of Miami colleagues will be glad to have Dr. Alex Piquero back after his time in the Biden Administration. He recently gave this testimony to the US Commission on Civil Rights (starting at minute 31): www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lvW...

Public Briefing on Racial Disparities in Violent Crime Victimization in the United Stateswww.youtube.com The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will hold a briefing on, Friday, November 17, 2023, on racial and ethnic disparities in violent crime victimization in th...

Congratulations to Courtney Rejano, from University of South Florida, on this honor!

⚕️📢We're excited to announce the 2023-24 cohort of the Health Equity Scholars Program! In collaboration with RWJF, we're kicking off a year of support for 18 early-career scholars conducting research on social determinants of health. Meet the cohort: scholars.org/HESP-2023

If you teach at a FL public university you are probably wondering: can I teach about race? Do we still have tenure? How do new laws and pending court cases affect my research? Join us on October 11 on Zoom. Registration link: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Catch Ciara Torres-Spelliscy in this Supreme Court preview: www.acslaw.org/video/suprem...

Supreme Court Preview 2023-2024 | ACSwww.acslaw.org

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Resistance and Resilience in Florida. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/...

After Florida restricts Black history, churches step up to teach itwww.washingtonpost.com More than 260 houses of worship have signed onto the effort. “We don’t want to whitewash anything,” one organizer says. “We want to tell the truth.”

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GOP states announce new voter roll systems. Are they as secure as ERIC?www.cityandstatefl.com An expert in elections administration and one of the founders of ERIC says the new systems could suffer from low data quality, high costs and inadequate security.

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Just out in Political Science Research and Methods, by Shino, McKee, and Smith, "The fall of Trump: Mobilization and vote switching in the 2020 presidential election." Back to school with V.O. Key. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

From Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, Trump's first amendment claims are not likely to succeed: https://electionlawblog.org/?p=137913

Torres-Spelliscy: "Why Trump’s First Amendment Defense is Likely to Fail: SCOTUS Won’t Buy It." ...electionlawblog.org The following is a guest post from Ciara Torres-Spelliscy: Donald Trump may wish to invoke the First Amendment to unravel the Special Counsel’s case against him related to January 6th. It won’t wo...

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