Current hostility (on the part of politicians and institutional leaders alike) to even looking at the past is strikingly blunt. It touches many disciplines, but denying history is the key issue.
The backlash against Bouie’s piece on Enlightenment and then the 1619 Project were public turning points
if you want to preorder this bad boy & set some of its very, very good essays on your fall syllabi, you can use NUP2026 to get 25% off —and I bet some of us would love to Zoom into your classes to talk?! 💗
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“Researchers that have attempted to make the university’s connections –and potential obligations– to the Caribbean explicit say their efforts have been stymied. …“The conversation is not happening,” said Carla Martin, a Harvard professor of African and African American Studies. “We all have tried.””
A VCR never sold my private info to a nazi
Hope you'll spend some time w/ this incredible piece by @jazzmyth.bsky.social. It reveals how the underfunded system set up to protect domestic violence survivors is unraveling under immense strain. Expertly done & w/ a lot of heart, told through the eyes of a survivor.
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Nonconsensual condom removal and other forms of reproductive coercion can have grave consequences, but few states offer recourse for survivors.
A partially constructed building with exposed steel framework is shown against a blue sky. A large construction crane is positioned next to the building.
A control room with multiple screens covering the walls. Several people are working at computer stations with multiple monitors displaying various feeds. The central large screen shows a launch pad with a rocket.
A little-known Mexican company has built a $1.27 billion surveillance business. Now it’s expanding into the United States.
Our latest investigation, produced in collaboration with @typeinvestigations.org, examines Grupo Seguritech and its growing role at the U.S.-Mexico border
I wrote about how the playbook of astroturfed, online smear campaigns against celebrity women is inspiring attacks on birth control:
Sign up for a conversation between social justice artist and recent MacArthur “Genius Grant” winner Tonika Lewis Johnson and our Senior Editor Valentina Di Liscia on April 15. This event is for Hyperallergic members only. Join our community and register today if you haven’t already!
The Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair has charged forward and made itself a space to showcase the radical history and present of printmaking. Work about Palestinian liberation, Venezuelan national pride despite American intervention, and protest art about ICE were front and center.
Interactive map tools are emerging as key infrastructure for abolitionist organizing, supporting the survival of people targeted by immigration detention, their loved ones, and the organizers working alongside them.
Read the full article HERE ➡️ https://ow.ly/81Rl50YGwxV
The BMHW26 Virtual Pep Rally is April 13 at 12PM ET and the energy is always unmatched. 💜
Alliance Partners and stakeholders nationwide, all in one virtual room, All showing up for Black Mamas!
Register and share it widely. bit.ly/bmhw26rally
#BMHW26 #BlackMaternalHealth #RootedInJusticeAndJoy
Join us & @blackmamasmatter.bsky.social in celebrating #BMHW26. As we mark 9 years of Black Maternal Health Week, take part in conversations and activities advancing Black Maternal Health in the U.S. and globally. Learn more: blkmaternalhealthweek.com #RootedInJusticeAndJoy #BlackMaternalHealth
Direct Upload Locally Uploaded Image This image was uploaded directly to AltText AI for processing. A group of young children sit together, laughing and clapping enthusiastically. One child dressed in a white astronaut costume smiles with hands held to their face. They are surrounded by other joyful kids and seated adults in the background.
The looks of wonder and excitement on these children’s faces as they watch the Integrity splash down is heart filling. How many of them will go on to become sky sailors? Thank you NASA, Thank you Christina, Victor, Reid and Jeremy, explorers and poets of the moon. Thank you. 🫶
Like I said www.theatlantic.com/politics/202... bsky.app/profile/wash...
John Roberts, working to kill the VRA since he was a 28 year old Reagan appointee. (Poster: Amos Paul Kennedy). Receipts available at National Archives:, Record Group 60, Department of Justice, Accession #60-89-372, Box 30, Folder “John G. Roberts, Jr. Misc”
As the Pentagon purges some minorities and women from high-ranking positions, the message being sent to lower-ranking officers is that “they will be assessed on the basis of their gender, race, or politics, rather than their abilities,” Adam Serwer writes:
My latest for @truthout.org looks at a case that could impact legal access for people held in warehouses ICE plans to buy nationwide to convert into eight mass detention sites. The constitutional right to consult an attorney can make a huge difference in whether someone gets deported.
Thank you, @reneefeltz.bsky.social, for seeing so clearly what I was aiming for with Killers of Roe.
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Reddit has been ordered to appear before a grand jury as the Trump admin tries to unmask anonymous online critics. “We should be very, very, very concerned that they’ve now taken one of these to a grand jury,” EFF’s @davidgreene.bsky.social told @theintercept.com. theintercept.com/2026/04/10/...
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“I don’t think it’s a good precedent to reward people not coming to the table and not doing the work by giving them exactly what they want, which is a clean extension,” @irmck.bsky.social told @theverge.com about Section 702. “Congress is supposed to do hard things.” www.theverge.com/policy/9092...
At the bottom of the article they note that the gender pay gap is actually widening. Amid a resurgent patriarchy and women's rights being stripped away these experts want us to recruit men into healthcare by saying they have to lift heavy things. Un-fucking-believable.
A new ANSIRH study shows that most people seeking medication abortion were able to determine if they were eligible based on a prototype label.
This is part of growing evidence that supports making medication abortions available over-the-counter.
“..in supportive states where abortion has remained legal, maternal mortality has declined by about 21% since 2022, suggesting that access to comprehensive reproductive care saves lives.”
#bansoffourbodies #codifyroe
#maternalhealthcrisis
I've studied so many concentration camps through history that held vulnerable people in just this kind of crowded squalor. You demonize people, you demand more arrests, this is what you get. It already has its own budget and its own momentum, and is on track to go much further, unless we stop it.
The Supreme Court granted states almost unlimited power to legislate pregnancy in Dobbs. Now an important new study finds the deceptive crisis pregnancy center industry received at least $491 million in taxpayer funding across 21 states. With no oversight. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/taxp...
