Omar Valerio-Jiménez
@omarvaleriojimenez.bsky.social
Professor of History, Latinas/os, borderlands, immigration, U.S. West, history and memory of US-Mexico War. Remembering Conquest: bit.ly/49iuqFv
“When academics in more comfortable political climates declare it unethical for the rest of us to remain and to fight, they undercut the solidarity necessary to help move toward the kind of world they want to see.” www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
How Not to Talk About Colleagues in Texas, Florida (opinion)
We’re not fighting a lost cause.
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Excited to share the anthology I’m editing on racial justice & policing in Texas. Anticipated publication date is September 2026. www.oupress.com/978080619723...
Looking for Justice in Texas - University of Oklahoma Press
Communities of color have long been subject to extreme policing and surveillance in Texas. Despite such formidable challenges, these communities have launc...
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Looking forward to having @omarvaleriojimenez.bsky.social join us this week at Brown! Thursday, March 5, 10:30am-noon in the history department’s Pavillion Room @brownhist.bsky.social
Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools the federal government just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freedom across America. alumni.controlshift.app/petitions/tr...
STAND WITH YOUR SCHOOL: Trump attacks 9 universities. Sign the alumni petition now.
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The person who did all of these things was called a “tyrant…unfit to be the ruler of a free people” in 1776. Yup. Give it a read…
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 11mo agoJust gonna keep tapping the sign* *𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦
"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Censorship Is the Authoritarian’s Dream
The right to free expression must include the right to say horrible and evil things.
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We are proud to welcome 17 U.S. historians to the OAH Lectureship Program! 🎉 From classrooms to community events, OAH Lecturers make history accessible, engaging, & inspiring. #OAHLecturer 👉 Explore the new speakers: ow.ly/RVoe50WVQRj
Absolutely brilliant satire. "These “Guess Stops” will be staffed by special agents known as Guess Stop Officers, or “Guess-Stop-O” for short. The Guess-Stop-O will make crime disappear by making undesirable people disappear."
McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net · 12mo ago"As you’re smashing car windows and pulling people out of their cars, you might be wondering how to determine whether the person is undocumented or not, or even whether you should be violently detaining them in the first place."
Join us this afternoon.
Immigration and Ethnic History Society@iehs.bsky.social · last yr.***Tomorrow*** Join us at 4:15 PM EST on Tuesday, August 12 for our next online book event with @emilymitchelleaton.bsky.social and @omarvaleriojimenez.bsky.social. Hongdeng Gao will moderate the discussion. Register: iehs.org/event/online...
"At Tuesday night’s city council meeting... Arroyo revealed that city police had recently investigated her citizenship status and required her to prove her citizenship." kansasreflector.com/2025/08/06/p...
Police investigate a Kansas city council member's citizenship after a complaint left via voicemail • Kansas Reflector
Lenexa City Councilwoman Melanie Arroyo speaks out after city police investigate her citizenship status and require her to prove her citizenship.
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Really looking forward to this event next week! I can’t wait to learn from @emilymitchelleaton.bsky.social and @omarvaleriojimenez.bsky.social. This promises to be another great @iehs.bsky.social online book event! Registration details 👇🏽
Immigration and Ethnic History Society@iehs.bsky.social · last yr.***A week from today*** Join us at 4:15 PM EST on Tuesday, August 12 for our next online book event with @emilymitchelleaton.bsky.social and @omarvaleriojimenez.bsky.social. Hongdeng Gao will moderate the discussion. Register: iehs.org/event/online...
All those Trump surrogates who touted this, and news orgs that reported it credulously, owe Americans a big fat apology www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
White House has no plan to mandate IVF care, despite campaign pledge
President Donald Trump has said he wants a “baby boom,” but critics say his administration has yet to make significant family policy changes — and that Medicaid cuts will hurt.
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Bendick on Valerio-Jiménez, 'Remembering Conquest: Mexican Americans, Memory, and Citizenship' | H-Net
Valerio-Jiménez, Omar. Remembering Conquest: Mexican Americans, Memory, and Citizenship. The David J. Weber Series in the New Borderlands History. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2024...
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***Summer Online Book Event*** Join us at 4:15 PM EST on Tuesday, August 12 for our next online book event with @emilymitchelleaton.bsky.social and @omarvaleriojimenez.bsky.social. Hongdeng Gao will moderate the discussion. Register here: iehs.org/event/online...
Summer 2025 Online Books Series
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***Summer Online Book Event*** Join us at 4:15 PM EST on Tuesday, August 12 for our next online book event with Emily Mitchell-Eaton and @omarvaleriojimenez.bsky.social . Hongdeng Gao will moderate the discussion. Please register here! iehs.org/event/online...
www.axios.com/2025/06/15/a... Padilla says FBI and National Guard escorted him into Noem's press conference
My interview with Choice about my book Remembering Conquest. @uncpress.bsky.social www.choice360.org/tie-post/tie...
TIE Talks with Omar Valerio-Jiménez - Choice 360
Omar Valerio-Jiménez discusses his latest book, Remembering Conquest: Mexican Americans, Memory, and Citizenship.
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I really enjoyed speaking with Kate Carpenter of @draftingthepast.bsky.social about my writing routine, engineering background, & latest book. I was honored to be interviewed since it is one my favorite podcast. @uncpress.bsky.social
Drafting the Past@draftingthepast.bsky.social · last yr.New! A true pleasure to talk with @omarvaleriojimenez.bsky.social about his book Remembering Conquest and about his writing routine, the importance of exercise, and whether his engineering background translates to his writing (hint: a work log!). Listen: draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...
It’s great to read a fabulous review of Remembering Conquest in Public Books. www.publicbooks.org/borders-may-...
Borders May Change, But People Remain - Public Books
The legacies of conflict—and their increasingly accessible images in a global age—frame the shared bonds of trauma in keeping the memories of these conflicts alive.
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NEW: I heard from a *bunch* of federal employees tonight with more backbone that Chuck Schumer. Spread the word! "Shutdowns suck, but what we’re experiencing is something much much worse and now is the moment to stand against it or you’re abdicating your duty as an elected official.”
'If You Don't Fight, You Can't Win': Federal Employees Want Chuck Schumer and the Democrats to Grow a Spine
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
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Matamoros honors Catarino Garza with a monument near Gateway International Bridge.
The House is considering cutting up to $880 billion dollars from Medicaid. This would have a catastrophic impact on people with disabilities. Congress needs to keep their hands off Medicaid.
Sweeping safety-net cuts have GOP centrists questioning Johnson’s budget
Conservatives are no longer the only concern for House GOP leaders.
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