At The Overseer Class launch at @strandbooks.com we ended w @afeefness.bsky.social reading Refaat Alareer’s “If I Must Die” in Arabic, followed by the entire audience reading Dr. Alareer’s poem together in English. It was one of the most special moments of my life; the angel line evoked my mom.

NEW: The Supreme Court just gutted the Voting Rights Act, enabling the GOP to erase countless districts drawn to protect voters of color at the congressional, state, & local levels. We detailed each Dem VRA congressional seat that the GOP could target by 2028: www.the-downballot.com/p/with-the-v...

If Trump bombs power plants in Iran, the humanitarian crisis will be horrific. Experts tell me to expect water shortages, closed hospitals, many deaths. “We’ve never had a US president so proudly promise to commit war crimes," Sen Chris Murphy says. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2087...

Trump Threatens to Kill Thousands More Iranians in Unnerving Tirades

In a blunt warning, Senator Chris Murphy tells us that “everybody in that chain of command has to think hard” about carrying out such a hideously inhumane order, which he described as “war crimes.”

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The NYT straight up reports that Mossad is responsible for fomenting protest in Iran. Congratulations to all who have collaborated. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u...

Very cool upcoming event with my favorites @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social & @saigrundy.bsky.social ! Come learn more about Boycott, Divestment & Sanction, and join sociologists who are committed to fighting injustice, even when it rears its head in our own professional organization.

Sociologists for Palestine@soc4pal.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Join S4P for a Town Hall on the Palestine exception and the crisis of democracy at the American Sociological Association! Featuring @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social, @saigrundy.bsky.social, Gay Seidman and Howard Winant!

Crimes against humanity upon crimes against humanity

Fal Rising@falrising.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The US reportedly waited to strike the bridge in Iran a second time until rescue workers and others in the area gathered to help the wounded, which then killed at least eight people. Authorities in Iran are describing it as an act of terrorism.

Preordering books is a powerful cultural statement that all readers can participate in, whether buying from a bookstore or requesting from your local public library. If there‘s an author you believe in who has a book coming out, do them a favor and preorder. #BookSky

Pre-Ordering Books Makes You More of a Citizen of Literature

Recently on Bluesky, I was shouting as usual about Lessons in Magic and Disaster, my novel that comes out in about a month. (It's about a young trans woman...

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The U.S., Israel, and Milei’s Argentina, predictably, voted against the resolution. Of course, European countries, the architects of the trans Atlantic slave, abstained.

Fiyah 💜 Angelou 🪮 🏁@fiyahangelou.blacksky.app · 7mo ago

The UN General Assembly just adopted a resolution on the enslavement of Africans as the gravest crime against humanity. 123 in favor. Countries in red - voted against. Countries in yellow - abstained. #BlackskyNews 🥴

COME WORK WITH ME! Our job ad is now up! Molloy University is hiring an assistant professor (TT) in Sociology - preferences toward specialties in health, gender, immigration. Small private college with teaching focus and commuting distance to NYC! #academicjobs workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...

"Black women ...comprise 6 percent of the overall U.S. labor force and 12 percent of the federal labor force. But of the almost 300,000 federal jobs slashed in 2025, Black women were a stunning 33 percent of those cuts."

What Happened to the Black Women Trump Purged From the Federal Work Force?

Over a year later, they are struggling to find financial footing and make sense of the racist backlash that displaced them.

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Israeli forces have killed or wounded the equivalent of a classroom’s worth of children every day in Lebanon in the past two weeks of Israel’s escalation against the country, the UN’s children’s agency has reported.

Israel Has Killed or Wounded Classroom’s Worth of Children Every Day in Lebanon

Israel has forcibly displaced 350,000 children from their homes in southern Lebanon since March 2.

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A forum discussing Pamela Prickett's excellent book "Believing in South Central LA: Everyday Islam in the City of Angels" including Iddo Tavory, Rachel Rinaldo, @profhajaryazdiha.bsky.social and myself. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Believing in South Central: Everyday Islam in the City of Angels

Published in The AAG Review of Books (Ahead of Print, 2026)

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Leqaa Kordia has been released from ICE detention after a year under lockdown. The 33-year-old Palestinian woman and Columbia University student was arrested during Pro-Palestine protests on campus. Read her account of her time under lockdown: zeteo.com/p/leqaa-kord...

EXCLUSIVE: I’m the Palestinian Who Has Been in ICE Detention for Almost a Year

Don't forget us on International Women's Day, writes Leqaa Kordia.

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Leqaa Kordia IS FREE.

Gonna hold on to this croissant metaphor for the rest of my creative life

If you appreciate my stance on this please read Afghan, Iraqi, or Palestinian writers You can also preorder my book from any bookstore or order a signed and personalized copy from Loyalty Books in DC Not doing this event does mean lost sales (long term because this venue won’t ask me again)

The Edge of Space-Time by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein: 9780593701683 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

A fresh, charming, socially conscious tour of the mysteries of space-time, from the award-winning author of The Disordered Cosmos “With this extraordinary book, Prescod-Weinstein cements her status.....

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As Rodney might have put it, what today is the responsibility of the intellectual?

Six years ago today, police killed Breonna Taylor during a no-knock raid at her home. She wasn’t even the target of the investigation. Now the Trump DOJ is doing away with the rules meant to prevent another tragedy like hers. My latest for @us.theguardian.com.

Six years after Breonna Taylor’s death, America is weakening the rules that could have saved her | Jamil Smith

Following Taylor’s death, the US limited no-knock warrants. But the Trump administration has quietly rescinded those limits

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It's my mom's birthday today. I might do a new thread but for now here's last year's.

Daniel Laurison@daniellaurison.bsky.social · 2y ago

Today is my mom, Jenny's birthday. I like to tell the internet why she's great, since she has Alzheimer's & is in a (lovely) nursing home in Seattle & I can't communicate with her. Since trans & queer people are under attack, let me tell you Jenny was 1000% supportive of my queerness - (1/n)

New book from @uncpress.bsky.social: Ongoing Return: Mapping Memory and Storytelling in Palestine by Rana Barakat uncpress.org/978146968030...

a piece shared with me from a Palestinian friend, written by her friend, A. Kayum Ahmed, about the month after Mahmoud Khalil's detention, when he knew he was next. Please read. africasacountry.com/2026/03/the-...

The arrest protocol on my fridge

A year after ICE detained Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil, pro-Palestinian organizers in the United States are living under the threat of arrest, detention, and deportation.

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New in Big Data & Society 🗞️ Alejandra Regla-Vargas, AJ Alvero, and Hajar Yazdiha analyze anti-Asian hate and counter-hate on social media during COVID-19, showing how hate and resistance enact racial projects through shifting frames. 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/2053...

New work with Alejandra Regla-Vargas and @profhajaryazdiha.bsky.social!!

Big Data & Society@bigdatasoc.bsky.social · 8mo ago

New in Big Data & Society 🗞️ Alejandra Regla-Vargas, AJ Alvero, and Hajar Yazdiha analyze anti-Asian hate and counter-hate on social media during COVID-19, showing how hate and resistance enact racial projects through shifting frames. 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/2053...

An ICE agent shot and killed 23-year-old U.S. citizen Ruben Ray Martinez in Texas almost an entire year ago and hid the shooting from the public. It’s only now coming to light, 11 months later, due to Freedom of Information Act requests. What else is the regime hiding from us?

US citizen shot and killed by federal immigration agent last year, new records show

Shooting death of Ruben Ray Martinez, 23, in Texas was not publicly disclosed by Department of Homeland Security

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Join us next Friday!!!

Shai M. Dromi@dromishai.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Looking forward to this ASA Culture Section event: "Diversity in Culture: The Current Landscape and Limitations" with Natasha Warikoo (Tufts University), Ellen Berrey (University of Toronto), and Laura Garbes (University of Minnesota). February 27, 2 PM EST www.eventbrite.com/e/culture-an...

As of this morning 4,500 Starbucks workers are on strike. Don’t cross their picket line. No Starbucks. NO Starbucks gift cards!

Starbucks Workers United@sbworkersunited.org · 10mo ago

JUST IN: This morning, hundreds of baristas have joined our national ULP strike. ☕ The solidarity is strong: For every one barista on strike, dozens more allies have shown up in force to back our cause. Our strike continues to grow in strength and power! #NoContractNoCoffee

Black-led vigilance committees not only protected and aided fugitives but also learned from the formerly enslaved as they built a movement pedagogy together.

The Black People Who Fled Slavery Had a Lot to Teach Their Northern Allies

Black-led vigilance committees not only protected and aided fugitives but also learned from the formerly enslaved as they built a movement pedagogy together.

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My colleague, Dr. Vahid Abedini, was illegally detained by ICE on Saturday. He is currently being held without a court date in sight, despite being in the country legally. Please spread the word! We must ensure his due process rights are upheld. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-prof...

OU College of International Studies professor reportedly arrested by ICE

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reportedly arrested an OU professor at Will Rogers International Airport Saturday.

oudaily.com

⚡️Coming soon: a special symposium on Du Bois’s Black Reconstruction at 90 organized by @alimeghji.bsky.social & Jose Itzigsohn! Early look at my piece here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Check out this new special issue of the Journal of American Ethnic History focused on "Immigration and Citizenship" edited by @migrantherstory.bsky.social and @irpinaingiro.bsky.social: scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/iss...

Volume 44 Issue 4 | Journal of American Ethnic History | Scholarly Publishing Collective

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