Author: The Oldest Vocation; Mystic & Pilgrim #MargeryKempe. Fmr Assoc Dean @HarvardDivinity. Alumna @BCHistoryDept @SmithCollege. Now: #1950s all over again ↩️
Cambridge, MA
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Clarissa W. Atkinson retweeted
In 1898 my great-grandfather argued #WongKimArk @ SCOTUS #BirthrightCitizenship as a requirement of #14A 14th Amendment. He prevailed despite the xenophobia of the era. In the face of Trump's threats & deportations, we must insist on that same argument: oldestvocation.com/2024/01/0…
Clarissa W. Atkinson retweeted
I co-led w/@AdyBarkan a campaign to fund the future opponent of Susan Collins during Kavanaugh.
We raised $4.3 million. Gideon got it
In honor of Ady, this money should fund the referendum on universal healthcare & build capacity for healthcare & disability justice in Maine.
Clarissa W. Atkinson retweeted
Historian here unlawful and unconstitutional searches and seizures.
Clarissa W. Atkinson retweeted
Historian here January 6, 2021 a day that shall live in infamy in American history.
Clarissa W. Atkinson retweeted
Happy Margery Kempe Day. The book from the 1430s,
sometimes termed the first autobiography in English, tells of medieval life, travel, local politics, gender, gossip, piety, heresy, pilgrimage and much more. For my Masters and did an essay ‘The Madness of Margery Kempe?’
Clarissa W. Atkinson retweeted
Now would be a good time for Dems to run wall-to-wall national ads about the fact that Republicans are destroying the nation's social safety net while enriching themselves...
Clarissa W. Atkinson retweeted
Mainers kayaked to the island summer home of Chief Justice Roberts this morning to protest the extremist agenda & demand resistance to tyranny.
By land and by sea Mainers get it done!
#MEpolitics
Clarissa W. Atkinson retweeted
Jared Golden has sworn off town halls but if you slip $100 his way he'll let you chat him up at the home of a Boston-based banker who's hosting alongside a defense attorney for Wall St firms accused of wrongdoing. #MEpolitics
Clarissa W. Atkinson retweeted
Only in America would the press treat the opposition party getting arrested as a "symbol," rather than as a concrete sign of descending authoritarianism.
Clarissa W. Atkinson retweeted
Today @sfc_opinions: What are the parallels between WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans and Trump’s immigration crackdown? @sfchronicle sfchronicle.com/opinion/arti…
Clarissa W. Atkinson retweeted
LISTEN: Prof. @amanda_frost1 discusses Wong Kim Ark, the Chinese American whose #SCOTUS case affirmed birthright citizenship in the U.S. @UpFirst podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
Clarissa W. Atkinson retweeted
New York public schools having more spine and strength than multibillion dollar Ivy League institutions… makes perfect sense actually. 💪🏽
New York public schools tell Trump administration they won’t comply with DEI order cnn.com/2025/04/05/us/new-yo…
Clarissa W. Atkinson retweeted
Hands Off! NYC is massive and growing #FreeAmerica Trump-Musk #Project2025 is STEALING FROM YOU!!! #HandsOff #HandsOffNYC #ImpeachTrump #StopMusk #TeslaTakedown
Clarissa W. Atkinson retweeted
If you are allied with autocrats who have dreamed for years to take down US economic scientific and other power this is what you do. It's sabotage for the benefit of foreign interests.
Clarissa W. Atkinson retweeted
127 years ago today, Wong Kim Ark's Supreme Court victory affirmed birthright citizenship. Norman Wong writes about his family's legacy @sfc_opinions @sfchronicle buff.ly/eKEx28o
Clarissa W. Atkinson retweeted
New post from @OldestVocation. (All too relatable.)
oldestvocation.com/2025/03/2…
Clarissa W. Atkinson retweeted
To borrow an old chant:
Hey hey RFK
How many kids did you kill today?
RFK Jr on the measles vaccine: "There are adverse events from the vaccine. It does cause deaths every year. It causes all the illnesses that measles itself cause."
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
According to the CDC, MMR vaccinations are an effective and safe way to prevent measles. Adverse reactions are a rarity and are, more often than not, mild in nature.
cdc.gov/measles/vaccin…
Clarissa W. Atkinson retweeted
I’d call this a great dot connecting effort by @maddow, but there are no dots – just straight lines. Trump -> Putin
Last night, something incredible finally happened. @maddow did what no other news anchor on ANY MAINSTREAM NETWORK thus far has had the courage to do: and laid out how the Trump administration is doing EVERY POSSIBLE THING to assist Vladimir Putin & Russia. The Kremlin OWNS THEM.
