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White letters on a black background read Support these data centers; schools, libraries, bookstores
Buffalo representing!
Rejections used to be more elegant (c. 1957)
Wondering if protests actually work? Here is one that did (with a now working link).
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...
Excited to visit University of Detroit Mercy on February 5 to talk about my book Freedom Enterprise!
www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
I've asked several lawyers and legal historians this and keep coming up empty, so I'm going to throw it out to the internet in desperation.
When exactly did U.S. lawyers first start conducting background checks on potential members of a trial jury, as part of their prep for void dire?
This is sickening. UB scientist being held by ICE despite valid visa and no criminal history. Just for making a wrong turn.
www.investigativepost.org/2026/01/14/w...
New article now up-exploring the history of the hunger strike in the U.S. context through the lens of gender. If you are interested in this topic I'd also recommend Nayan Shah's "Refusal to Eat," a global history of hunger strikes.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
This week on the podcast, @vwidgeon.bsky.social tells us about her book The Embodied Resistance of Eroseanna Robinson: Athleticism and Activism in the Cold War Era.
Listen: creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
Transcript: www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/u...
Had a great time doing this podcast on my new book project about the Black pacifist and extraordinary athlete, Eroseanna Robinson!
creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/o...
Hey Buffalo, possible ICE activity at Hutch Tech & surrounding in the Chippewa/Elmwood area, multiple unmarked trucks/SUVs with non-uniformed but geared up (vests etc) people going in.
Good morning from Buffalo!
If you've done in-person research at any of the following presidential libraries in the last 8 months, can you please follow me/contact me—soon—for a story I'm working on (can be off the record)?
Hoover
FDR
Truman
Eisenhower
JFK
LBJ
Ford
Carter
And either way, can you please share this request? 🙏
I am proud to announce Erie County, NY through our Erie County Department of Health will be offering 3 community COVID-19 vaccine clinics in October, available for any resident age 6 months and older. Erie County is following the scientific COVID-19 vaccine recommendations put forth in September 2025 by the Northeast Public Health Collaborative. 📍 Clinic Dates & Locations: Wed. Oct. 8 | 2-6 PM – Bowmansville Fire Company (36 Main St., Bowmansville) Mon. Oct. 13 | 2-6 PM – Elim Christian Fellowship (70 Chalmers Ave., Buffalo) Tue. Oct. 16 | 2-6 PM – Chestnut Ridge Casino (6121 Chestnut Ridge Rd., Orchard Park) 🌐 A full and updated schedule with registration options is available at www.erie.gov/vax walk-ins are welcome, appointments are strongly encouraged. Patients should bring their health insurance card and photo ID. People without insurance will be able to receive a vaccine at no cost. Children under 18 years old will need a parent or legal guardian with them. Please contact your doctor with specific questions about your health and risks for COVID-19 illness.
🧵 I am proud to announce our Erie County Dept of Health will be offering 3 COVID-19 vaccine clinics in October, available for any resident age 6 months and older.
Erie County is following the COVID-19 vaccine recommendations put forth in September 2025 by the NE Public Health Collaborative... 1/4
Are we calling this the third red scare, with all the caveats of how it differs from the first two?
In celebration of radical, intersectional histories of struggles for Latinx Liberation, we're offering 40% off all the books on our Latinx Liberation Reading List.
Looking forward to digging into this new book! If Korea is the forgotten war, then the protests against it are even more forgotten.
All of the lessons that The Biggest Loser taught—from disordered eating to ruthless self talk—all of that came because we culturally thought it was beneficial & entertaining to abuse fat people. Anti-fat bigotry was the spoonful of sugar that helped the medicine go down. It was a feature, not a bug.
this is the entire trajectory, as the history of ed-tech partnerships reveals.
grifter-welfare at mostly public expense is why faculty, staff, and students need to fight tooth and nail, through collective bargaining language and more, to make such deals subject to the community they must serve
Working on a short piece about civil defense protests in the 1950s. This Catholic Worker flyer (1955) spoke to me.
Every cut that the government makes to social services is effectively a tax on women. Because they're the ones who will be expected to fill in the gaps.
"The President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Budget proposes to terminate the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and provides $38 million to conduct an orderly shutdown of the Agency." bit.ly/4kEnEPo
Love and honor to Miss Geraldine.
“What happened to Geraldine Pointer and Martin Sostre reminds us never to underestimate the lengths to which the state will go to violently attack dreams of Black liberation and the power of everyday people.” hammerandhope.org/article/gera...
The AHA seeks to collect information about the working conditions of historians employed as contingent faculty. We hope the survey results will empower faculty to engage in evidence-based negotiations about their working conditions. 🗃️
Projection of Trump and Poilievre on Niagara Falls with the text "DON'T TRUMP CANADA"
Sometimes, a single moment captures everything we stand for. Tonight, at Niagara Falls, we are shouting with lights: DON’T TRUMP CANADA!
Join the movement >> act.gp/42pGl3b