Oklahoma City approves moratorium on new data center projects In a unanimous vote, Oklahoma City leaders approved an emergency ordinance that puts a moratorium on new data center development.

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I'm the daughter of an Army paratrooper who refused orders during our illegal invasion of Vietnam back in the day. He went to LBJ military jail.

Dad taught his girls this: "Just following orders" is NEVER any excuse for anyone who's complicit in war crimes. You MUST refuse heinous orders.

Happening now: an anti-war demonstration is getting underway in Chicago's Federal Plaza, in response to US/Israeli attacks on Iran and Donald Trump's threat to Iran this morning that "a whole civilization will die tonight."

A few dozen people here so far.

We're all being held hostage by this administration.

Far side of the moon released by NASA

Far side of the moon released by NASA today. 🧪🔭

every time i write about wage theft i do a double take because it's so crazy

corporations steal more than $50 bn from workers' paychecks each year, illegally paying workers less than they earned for their labor

that significantly exceeds the combined losses from larceny, burglary, & vehicle theft

This type of organizational #selfcensorship is scary because it's so hard to detect and has such a ripple effect. There is no hiding from Trump! We need our institutions to stand up and act as if their mission statements really guided their work.

On the 58th anniversary of Dr. King's assassination, it's time to reckon with the media's troubling role in the civil rights struggle. (I pitched this to @nytimes.com who found it "fascinating..[but] the news is making deeper & certainly more historical pieces very hard." But they're the news.) A 🧵

White male privilege is Geno getting to disrepect a Black woman peer on national television as his team lost and have sports media run cover for him. #Misogynoir is Dawn getting critiqued for defending herself and her team from said abuse, all while knowing she could never behave the same way.

Opinion | Trump Says Birthright Citizenship Was for ‘the Babies of Slaves.’ He’s Wrong.

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments about birthright citizenship. Here, for the NYTimes and with Kate Masur, I offer a view of what those of you who think historically should be listening for. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/o...

TODAY!! 4:30pm @ CTU (1901 w Carroll Ave)—Dr. David Stovall talking about his powerful new book, Engineered Conflict: Structural Violence and the Future of Black Life in Chicago!! @irrpp.bsky.social @ctulocal1.bsky.social

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Chicago, please join us this Thursday 4/2 @ 6pm for a powerful conversation with Jitu Brown, Jay Travis, and Khalil Cotton--honoring the life and legacy of Karen Lewis! at The Kenwood Oakland Community Organization--4321 S Cottage Grove @haymarketbooks.org @j4jorganize.bsky.social

A flyer with a newspaper print texture background. The words “Sign the Petition” in black color font appears on the top page. Below this is “Defend DEI AT UIC” in red color font followed by a paragraph in black font that says “We, the undersigned UIC faculty, staff, students, and alumni, call on the University of Illinois Board of Trustees, President, and campus leadership to live up to the equity principles that they have so publicly advocated for years by: Ceasing any steps toward preemptive compliance Reversing all university anti-DEI directives Working with faculty experts, staff, students, and stakeholders to rstore, strengthen, and further invest in vital DEI initiatives immediately Below the bullet points is a red bar and underneath the red bar is text that says “Read and sign the full petition” in black color font and underneath it is the web link: https://tinyurl.com/DefendUICDEI in red color font. Next to that text is a QR code.

UIC faculty, staff, students, and alums, please sign & share the petition to Defend DEI at UIC! Demand that University of Illinois leaders live up to the equity principles included as part of the institution's official mission for years! tinyurl.com/DefendUICDEI

Cardboard protest sign w slogans: in black & white: “Stop Ice” & “nobody is illegal on stolen land, oh and fuck Ice!”; orange fist w/ yellow background “fight for your rights”; image of bomb w Red Cross out “ban bombs not books”; “resist” in colors of American flag? Rainbow flag, trans rights flag, image of fist, uterus, books

American flag with peace sign symbol instead of stars

Black & yellow sign: “ end all funding for ICE/DHS! Party for socialism & liberation

Hand made colorful signs: “end all wars, abolish ice”; “no kings”; “stand up for our future”

Out of town and joined a local #NoKings protest with 3 generations of the fam. Good energy, conversations & community building

TODAY @5pm!! If you are in the DC area, please join us!!

Love to Dolores Huerta and survivors everywhere❤️

Book Event - Laboring in the Shadows: Precarity and Promise in Black Youth Work | sankofa-dc Join us for an engaging conversation with author Dr. Bianca J. Baldridge, in dialogue with Brandelyn Anderson.

Hey DMV folks:

Come join me next Friday at the legendary Sankofa bookstore as I talk about my new book, Laboring in the Shadows: Precarity and Promise in Black Youth Work! See details below!

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DC area friends, please join me in conversation about Karen Lewis's memoir with the brilliant @drmchatelain.bsky.social
Next Wednesday, March 25th, 5pm, 111 Massachussetts Ave, NW Celebrate Women's History Month and #LaborSpring with us! @aftteach.bsky.social @haymarketbooks.org

A copy of THE YOUNG LORDS SPEAK on a wooden table

Happy pub day to one of our most anticipated books of the year, THE YOUNG LORDS SPEAK edited by Jacqueline Lazú (thanks for the pic, @haymarketbooks.org!)
Check it out:
www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/item/UfU8gx4...

Blue and cream-colored “I voted!” Sticker—comic book style. With “I voted!” in several languages. Sticker includes red stars from Chicago flag. Sticker on gray sweater

Chicago, any voter can vote at these regional voting sites today + same day registration available chicagoelections.gov/voting/early...
Polls open until 7pm!

📚 Join us March 25 for a Women’s History Month Labor Spring event celebrating Karen Lewis. @etoddbreland.bsky.social and @drmchatelain.bsky.social will discuss I Didn’t Come Here to Lie: My Life and Education. @rweingarten.bsky.social @aft.org @ctulocal1.bsky.social @wtuteacher.bsky.social

DMV area family, please join us on March 25th!!

Interview: Elizabeth Todd-Breland on Writing Karen Lewis’ (Auto-)Biography, <em>I Didn’t Come Here to Lie</em> | Third Coast Review “We blew past that,” she recalls. “The stories poured out of her, and each one was more profound than the previous. She was an amazing storyteller. Jill and I were like, ‘Oh, this book is going to wri...

I interviewed @etoddbreland.bsky.social about her new bio of CTU President/education activist Karen Lewis. Lewis planned to write the book, but a stroke and cancer stopped her. Fortunately, the two conducted many interviews before Lewis' death.

thirdcoastreview.com/lit/2026/03/...

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We're hosting the venerable Dr. David Stovall on April 1 for a community discussion about his latest book, where he'll be joined by another one of our favorite collaborators, Dr. Elizabeth Todd-Breland @etoddbreland.bsky.social.

Register for free here: addcal.co/e/IRRPPStova...

Beige flyer with Blue and red text and an image of yellow and orange flames over a word cloud with “diversity” “equity” “inclusion”: Title: Mission Betrayal: Community Responses to Higher Education’s Abandonment of Democracy, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion; Friday 3/13, 2:30-4pm, Illinois Room, Student Center East, 750 S Halsted, speakers will include: National legal experts, community stakeholders, uic faculty, students, and alums

TOMORROW Friday 3/13 @ 2:30pm, UIC & University of Illinois faculty, staff, students, alums & concerned community members, please come out for an important public forum about higher education’s abandonment of democracy & DEI nationally & at our university & how folks are fighting back!

Read and Black title: I Didn't Come Here to Lie: Book Discussion & Celebration, Thursday March 12th at 4pm PT, 6pm CT, 7pm ET. Cierra Kaler-Jones, Jesse Hagopian, and Elizabeth Todd-Breland. rethinking schools. Gold and white background with headshots of the speakers and the cover image of the book, which includes a picture of Karen Lewis wearing a red shirt and sunglasses with her hands lifted

This Thursday, March 12th, join me for a virtual conversation with @rethinkingschools.bsky.social @jessehagopian.bsky.social & Cierra Kaler-Jones! Zoom link when you register here: www.classy.org/event/%22i-d...

“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.”

James Baldwin

“Fascism, it’s always about using nationalism, and the nation, as a bludgeon to generate support for death policies, on behalf of death governments. For violence and repression and exploitation, internationalism is the antidote, always.” —Robin D. G. Kelley

We Must Defend Black History — It Fuels Freedom Dreams of Students Under Attack Historian Elizabeth Todd-Breland discusses how schools have become a key site of struggle amid rising fascism in the US.

New interview on the last day of Black History Month! Thanks to @truthout.org & George Yancy for reaching out! @haymarketbooks.org

truthout.org/articles/we-...

Robin D. G. Kelley: It’s Not Enough to Abolish ICE — We Have to Abolish the Police “What’s happening now has happened before,” Kelley said, underscoring the anti-Blackness foundational to US fascism.

Premature death at the hands of armed agents of the state is merely a hazard of being Black in America. It’s not enough to “abolish ICE”; we have to abolish the police force and replace it with a radically different form of public safety.