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Apparently Stanley Engerman published an essay about slavery reparations in 2009 that was basically just like, hmm, yes, questions abound

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Looks like the ‪@pennpress.bsky.social‬ off summer sale applies to imminent releases! You can get Sweet Taste of Empire: Sugar, Mastery and Pleasure in the Anglo-Caribbean for 40% off!! Use code ENN-SUMMER25 at checkout! www.pennpress.org/978151282786.... It'll be here in August!

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During the current extraordinary surge of book-banning efforts, committed advocacy by library workers & their allies is stemming the tide of censorship attempts in both school & public libraries, with more & more states enacting anti-book-ban laws. americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/06/02/b...

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Gonna go out on a limb and say conforming your methods of protest to public opinion may not be super helpful!

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"Democracies are not to be taken for granted, and the institutions that support democracy should not be taken for granted." #FreePeopleReadFreely Spectacular interview with Dr. Carla Hayden on @cbssundaymorning.bsky.social today. www.cbsnews.com/news/former-...

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Seeing the mexican flag as a "messaging issue" at a protest is a pretty good giveaway that A) you've never been to a single may day or immigrant rights rally. B) you have no actual connection to migrant communities.

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Did you know that University of California Press @ucpress.bsky.social has a metric tonne of books #Free2DownloadAndRead in their Open Access page? All available here: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/o...

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This book had a profound impact on me when I first read it. Highly recommend and RIP Josh Clover.

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Ecuador apologizes to plantation workers who were exposed to 'modern slavery' conditions www.msn.com/en-ca/news/w...

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Hate to admit it, but this is absolutely correct

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I know this is about to do crazy numbers on r/bad_cop_no_donut

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Not that we don’t have some great new colleagues, but AI became the “everything” at Emory—suddenly our focus on race, civil rights in MLK’s city, was gone. Instead, no consultation, this was what we were doing. #academicsky 👇 #OSU news.emory.edu/stories/2023...

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This is also part of why he’s attacking Harvard btw

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The long radical tradition of Los Angeles protests by @pplscitycouncil.bsky.social www.welcometohellworld.com/the-long-rad...

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A classic, but worth repeating: there was never a time in history when a particular protest method was universally deemed acceptable. MLK used to be a “radical.” 🗃️ www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

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who's actually benefitting from this?

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NEW: I analyzed nearly 300 federal cases involving the Trump administration. Federal judges—across the political spectrum—are using language I’ve never seen before. One called government actions “unconscionable.” Another quoted Kafka. They’re begging us to pay attention.

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imo there's no clearer indication that narratives about gen AI's impact on higher education are ideologically driven than claims that the word calculator that makes things up is going to somehow be uniquely destructive to the humanities

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"Truth is On Its Way was born out of more than wanting to capitalize on her poetry and reach a larger audience— Black Judgement sold more than 10,000 copies—but also an attempt to bridge an emerging generational gap within the Black community" #BlackMusicMonth medium.com/@tnimixtape/...

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Leiden to apologize for role in colonialism and slave trade after university study nltimes.nl/2025/06/08/l...

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Descendants of people enslaved by St. Louis University say they cannot participate in formal apology www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...

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In my latest experiment with gen AI, once I prompted it to not make things up and draw only from credible sources, the chatbot told me to just do my own research 😂

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Looks like this may be the end of the twitter menswear guy lol. good riddance

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Oh, wow 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...

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Happy Pride! Never forget how much we owe trans people.

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Texas is making undocumented students ineligible for in-state tuition www.texastribune.org/2025/06/04/t...

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so basically Newsom said no, and they're going to invoke the Insurrection Act to redeploy California National Guard who are currently assisting with fire recovery / rebuilding to babysit ICE and maybe do things we just have to hope don't happen

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Here are all of the companies with active ICE contracts nationwide—searchable map, free to access:

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Excited to see the website is now live for my forthcoming book, The Future That Was: A History of Third World Feminism Against Authoritarianism (PUP, March 2026) press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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Why Are Black Neighborhoods Underwater? Science Points to the Wealthy. capitalbnews.org/richest-10-p...

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You’d think at some point people would give up the myth that personal grievance only animates minoritarian politics

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“Like with the demise of Reconstruction, the struggle over shame is key to understanding the reactionary politics that we see today in the post-BLM era,” writes Brandon Terry in an op-ed for TIME time.com/collections/...

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Universities are complicit in legitimizing profit-driven narratives of inevitability

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If I were in charge of a small liberal arts school, I would start thinking about aggressively marketing my institution as a "knowledge-first" college. One where students can escape the intrusion of constant AI and focus on deep learning and engagement.

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How is this news

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"Black applicants would, on average, need credit scores approximately 120 points higher than white applicants to receive the same approval rate, and about 30 points higher to receive the same interest rate."

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“You cannot understand the endemic violence or economic destitution that forces people to leave Haiti without attending to both the French extortion of the island nation in exchange for their freedom from enslavement, and the United States’ occupation of it.” From @hebagowayed.bsky.social

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Overheard an alum last night complaining about DEI in final clubs. Get a grip

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