Prudence Carter
@prulcarter.bsky.social
sociologist. educator. leader. mother. lover of nature, music, art & all things beautiful. global citizen. views are my own.
We are living in an era when a vicious regime is bringing academic institutions and nations to their knees to elevate its self-interests at the expense of others’ humanity and inclusion in every facet of society. The clock has been turned back by more than half a century. Shame.
Kudos to Jim Ryan for a terrific tenure as the President of UVA. Again, this is not normal. We should all be alarmed.
“No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates.” –Justice Sonia Sotomayor. One of the most chilling sentences I have ever read.
Justice Sotomayor dissenting on birthright citizenship case: "The gamesmanship in this request is apparent and the Government makes no attempt to hide it. Yet, shamefully, this Court plays along. Because I will not be complicit in so grave an attack on our system of law, I dissent."
Academics and economists have long warned that rapidly advancing artificial intelligence will wipe out jobs and upend the global economy. Now that call is coming from inside the house. cnn.it/43RKTzK
The first screening of Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’ in Clarksdale, Mississippi. This is the first time a lot of people in Clarksdale have been abled to watch the film for the first time. Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Evans, and Miles Caton were all in attendance. 📸: @/Carmen_A_Jude (on X)
“.. European airlines are freezing their transatlantic growth and pulling back from major U.S. cities like New York, Miami, Los Angeles, and Chicago as they redirect flights to Canada, Mexico, Brazil and Caribbean.” $JETS $XAL www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article...
Europe Freezes US Travel as Lufthansa, British , Air France, KLM and More Slash Routes to Major Cities Including New York, Miami, Los Angeles, and Chicago to Tap Soaring Demand Across Canada, Mexico, ...
European airlines are freezing their transatlantic growth and pulling back from major U.S. cities like New York, Miami, Los Angeles, and Chicago as they redirect flights to Canada, Mexico, Brazil and ...
travelandtourworld.com
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez—AOC—gives Congress and this nation the Word, a sermon we all should hear and heed.
Raider@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · last yr.There's nothing holy about writing discrimination into the law.
On this anniversary of the US Supreme Court’s Brown v Board decision, vouchers are expanding rapidly.
ProPublica@propublica.org · 2y ago“If you look at the history of the segregation movement, they wanted vouchers to prop up segregation academies,” a professor who studies school segregation says. “And now they’re getting vouchers in some of these areas to prop up these schools.”
Today’s a great day to remind everyone that Social Security has a fraud rate of 0.00625% That’s FAR lower than private sector retirement programs, btw.
The “fluoride removal” bit is a solution in search of a problem. Fluoride levels in Florida are completely safe, help prevent cavities, and keep kids in school. Where’s the evidence it’s been remotely harmful? There isn’t any. No ethics, no morals, all smoke and mirrors.
In 2024, nearly 38 million children under five were acutely malnourished across 26 nutrition crises. “We cannot respond to empty stomachs with empty hands and turned backs.” - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. Learn more: unicef.link/4klPVdc
A testament to the incredible potential of research and development. This gene-editing near miracle wouldn’t have been possible without federal support of science. This little one now has a chance at living a long life. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...
Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment
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A powerful stance
Alondra Nelson@alondra.bsky.social · last yr."For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging." Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council. I wrote about my decision in TIME. time.com/7285045/resi...
"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging." Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council. I wrote about my decision in TIME. time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
time.com
based on some reading i'm doing at the moment, there is a book to be written — if it already hasn't been — on defense of apartheid south africa as the great international cause of the american right
My guess: The US-UK almost-a-deal may have reduced the average tariff rate Britain charges on American exports from 1% to 0.8%. And the UK is only 3% of US trade. "So if this sounds like small potatoes to you, that's because these aren't potatoes. These are tiny little peas."
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
Pope Leo XIV is a fascinating choice on many levels—one filled with so many levels of symbolism. Also, thinking about how the rule of hypodescent lies at the core of U.S. racial logic, whether Blackness is embraced wholly or not.
Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.
Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions
Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund
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“Hey, “Sinners” fans, fyi, the late sociologist and historian James Loewen wrote a classic text in 1971 entitled **The Mississippi Chinese: Between Black and White,” and it is a good case study of the “middleman minority.” Great teaching tool.
I saw “Purpose” over the weekend and experienced a full spectrum of emotions, including much laughter. Anyone who knows something about family dynamics might appreciate this one. It was EXCELLENT. Congratulations to Branden Jacobs-Jenkins on winning the Pulitzer. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/t...
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins on Winning a Pulitzer for ‘Purpose’
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The VA has abruptly ended the only low-interest, affordable loan modification option for thousands of vets who are behind on their mortgages. If you're a vet at risk of foreclosure, we want to hear your story.
If you're a military veteran at risk of foreclosure, NPR wants to hear from you
The VA has abruptly ended the only low-interest, affordable loan modification option for thousands of vets who are behind on their mortgages. We want to hear your story.
npr.org
1. This is heart wrenching. 2. I feel like every one of us needs to be spelling out SOS with our collective protests. AMERICA, YOU IN TROUBLE GIRL.
Venezuelan detainees at Texas center spell out SOS with their bodies
Men at Bluebonnet fear deportation to El Salvador under wartime law despite maintaining they do not have gang ties
theguardian.com
SCOOP: A young man with no government experience who hasn’t even finished his undergrad degree is working for Elon Musk’s DOGE at the Department of Housing and Urban Development and has been tasked with using AI to rewrite the agency’s rules and regulations.
DOGE Put a College Student in Charge of Using AI to Rewrite Regulations
A DOGE operative has been tasked with using AI to propose rewrites to the Department of Housing and Urban Development's regulations—an effort sources are told will roll out across government.
wired.com
