Charlene A. Carruthers
@charlenecarruthers.bsky.social
she|her, Writer, Educator, Filmmaker, and recovering community organizer.
Also, PhD Candidate in Black Studies at Northwestern University. www.charlenecarruthers.com
Also, PhD Candidate in Black Studies at Northwestern University. www.charlenecarruthers.com
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I just wrote my first set of #morningpages. My hand is beyond sore. I hope to gain more stamina with regular practice. I started not because I feel completely blocked. I wanna level up. I'm writing a dissertation, a feature length screenplay, in post on a short, and pre- on another short.
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NEW — South Shore residents who still live in the apartment building that was raided by ICE nearly two months ago in Chicago spoke out about the unlivable conditions there.
“No one paid attention to the fact that people were living here without heat before ICE came.”
thetriibe.com/2025/11/buil...
“No one paid attention to the fact that people were living here without heat before ICE came.”
thetriibe.com/2025/11/buil...
Building raided by ICE now ‘falling apart from the inside out,’ South Shore residents say • The TRiiBE
“No one paid attention to the fact that people were living here without heat before ICE came,” said Infiniti Gant, a housing organizer with Southside Together. “People were living here with mice and r...
thetriibe.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
NEW — South Shore residents who still live in the apartment building that was raided by ICE nearly two months ago in Chicago spoke out about the unlivable conditions there.
“No one paid attention to the fact that people were living here without heat before ICE came.”
thetriibe.com/2025/11/buil...
“No one paid attention to the fact that people were living here without heat before ICE came.”
thetriibe.com/2025/11/buil...
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More than 650,000 people have fled the Sudanese city of el-Fasher for Tawila, and the UN is warning of urgent humanitarian needs.
Sudan’s civil war, which began in April 2023, has killed tens of thousands of people and forced about 13 million from their homes.
#Infograph
Sudan’s civil war, which began in April 2023, has killed tens of thousands of people and forced about 13 million from their homes.
#Infograph
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 AM
More than 650,000 people have fled the Sudanese city of el-Fasher for Tawila, and the UN is warning of urgent humanitarian needs.
Sudan’s civil war, which began in April 2023, has killed tens of thousands of people and forced about 13 million from their homes.
#Infograph
Sudan’s civil war, which began in April 2023, has killed tens of thousands of people and forced about 13 million from their homes.
#Infograph
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Jamil Al Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown has passed. Jamil was a political prisoner, an Imam & leader in the Islamic community, chairman of SNCC, Minster of Justice in the Black Panther Party. A revolutionary & a target of COINTELPRO and U.S. police agencies. Rest in Power
November 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Jamil Al Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown has passed. Jamil was a political prisoner, an Imam & leader in the Islamic community, chairman of SNCC, Minster of Justice in the Black Panther Party. A revolutionary & a target of COINTELPRO and U.S. police agencies. Rest in Power
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Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
The exit economy is here. Black Women are paying the highest price | Fortune
This isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. And it's not a recovery, it's a redistribution of opportunity.
fortune.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
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Unlike YOU, EYE get my news from a RELIABLE source
November 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Unlike YOU, EYE get my news from a RELIABLE source
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Here’s a comprehensive list of Thanksgiving food pantries, meals, and distributions happening throughout Gary and the surrounding Northwest Indiana communities.https://gary.capitalbnews.org/free-thanksgiving-meals-turkeys-gary-indiana/
Free Thanksgiving Meals and Turkeys Available in Gary - Capital B Gary
A roundup of places providing free holiday meals for families preparing for Thanksgiving.
gary.capitalbnews.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Here’s a comprehensive list of Thanksgiving food pantries, meals, and distributions happening throughout Gary and the surrounding Northwest Indiana communities.https://gary.capitalbnews.org/free-thanksgiving-meals-turkeys-gary-indiana/
I hope he ran them all of the money they deserve
November 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I hope he ran them all of the money they deserve
I research industrial schools and have not watched Nickel Boys (which is on brand for me). So why am I proposing a course that would include watching it 😩 what is wrong with me??
November 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I research industrial schools and have not watched Nickel Boys (which is on brand for me). So why am I proposing a course that would include watching it 😩 what is wrong with me??
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Nov 21-25: "Starring Angela Bassett" film series at BAM Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette Ave. Featuring Bassett's #90s hits: What’s Love Got to Do with It? (1993), Strange Days (1995), Waiting to Exhale (1995), and How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998). 🔥 www.bam.org/film/2025/st... #movies #Brooklyn #NYC
November 20, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Nov 21-25: "Starring Angela Bassett" film series at BAM Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette Ave. Featuring Bassett's #90s hits: What’s Love Got to Do with It? (1993), Strange Days (1995), Waiting to Exhale (1995), and How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998). 🔥 www.bam.org/film/2025/st... #movies #Brooklyn #NYC
*faints*
Target could change their name to Target Luther King and I’m still never going back in there.
November 20, 2025 at 3:50 AM
*faints*
I made an appointment at a cvs in nueva York, not realizing it was in a target. I haven’t been since the boycott began.
Target said it doesn’t think holiday sales will be enough to turn around a tough year.
Target Predicting Week Holiday Sales As Consumer Angst Weighs On Season
Target said it doesn’t think holiday sales will be enough to turn around a tough year.
www.forbes.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I made an appointment at a cvs in nueva York, not realizing it was in a target. I haven’t been since the boycott began.
remember the students who reported live from the campus building? Was it Hinds Hall?
“The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, according to Columbia Journalism School dean Jelani Cobb, had lost the funding it needed to stay at the school.”
www.poynter.org/business-wor...
www.poynter.org/business-wor...
What happened to the Dart Center at Columbia? - Poynter
When the center lost a major funder this past spring, it found itself stranded at a university besieged by political and financial attacks
www.poynter.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:47 AM
remember the students who reported live from the campus building? Was it Hinds Hall?
I would have at least googled “Arabic numbers” first.
November 20, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I would have at least googled “Arabic numbers” first.
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I will note here, for anyone interested, that UMass Amherst has one of the strongest faculty/librarian unions in the country.
TT job here at UMass in 20th cen African American history; application deadline is December 1; more info here: careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u... 🗃️
Details - Assistant Professor/20th Century African American History | Human Resources | UMass Amherst
careers.umass.edu
November 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I will note here, for anyone interested, that UMass Amherst has one of the strongest faculty/librarian unions in the country.
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If you are ready to join us, wherever you might be in our state, go to defendandrecruit.org/charlotte.
We’ve got work to do.
We’ve got work to do.
Show up for Charlotte // Vamos por Charlotte - Defend and Recruit
*En español abajo* Charlotte is under threat of an incursion by Border Patrol agents. Now more than ever, we need to join in community to defend each other and build power so that we and our neighors ...
defendandrecruit.org
November 18, 2025 at 6:18 AM
If you are ready to join us, wherever you might be in our state, go to defendandrecruit.org/charlotte.
We’ve got work to do.
We’ve got work to do.
I watched Eraserhead the other day, and what in the high hell.
November 19, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I watched Eraserhead the other day, and what in the high hell.
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If you can help, Walid is raising money for winter clothing for his children in Gaza. And food of course. chuffed.org/project/1253...
November 19, 2025 at 12:56 AM
If you can help, Walid is raising money for winter clothing for his children in Gaza. And food of course. chuffed.org/project/1253...
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1) This fucking guy.
2) Gracie Mansion is going to need so much saging.
2) Gracie Mansion is going to need so much saging.
Adams Boosts Budget, Leaving a $4.7 Billion Hole for Mamdani
Looming budget deficits, no provisions for federal aid cuts and new commitments mark the departing mayor’s last word on the city’s financial plan.
www.thecity.nyc
November 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
1) This fucking guy.
2) Gracie Mansion is going to need so much saging.
2) Gracie Mansion is going to need so much saging.
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in the last 5 days these laid-off VIBE staffers have only made it to 31% of their GoFundMe goal after being laid off. please show them the same support you showed Teen Vogue!!
November 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
in the last 5 days these laid-off VIBE staffers have only made it to 31% of their GoFundMe goal after being laid off. please show them the same support you showed Teen Vogue!!
Thanks for the reminder for me to follow up on the last email. Assholes.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Thanks for the reminder for me to follow up on the last email. Assholes.
I think I’m fried from writing right now. Applying to academic jobs and post docs, writing a dissertation, writing a feature length screenplay, applying for film workshops, and then some. How many words do I have left 😩
November 17, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I think I’m fried from writing right now. Applying to academic jobs and post docs, writing a dissertation, writing a feature length screenplay, applying for film workshops, and then some. How many words do I have left 😩
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Black women in LA County are leading a movement that demands a transition that prioritizes community health, equitable redevelopment, and reparative justice.
In the Shadow of Oil Rigs, Black Women Are Reclaiming Their Neighborhoods
From the courts to city streets, Black women organizers are proving climate solutions start at the neighborhood level.
capitalbnews.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Black women in LA County are leading a movement that demands a transition that prioritizes community health, equitable redevelopment, and reparative justice.
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Two weeks into a new program that gives New Mexico children free childcare, officials are opening up about the surge that happened day one & how it’s been moving forward. In just a short time, the state said thousands of children are now enrolled in free childcare, & daycares are lining up to join.
www.krqe.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Two weeks into a new program that gives New Mexico children free childcare, officials are opening up about the surge that happened day one & how it’s been moving forward. In just a short time, the state said thousands of children are now enrolled in free childcare, & daycares are lining up to join.
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“One of the things that really gives me joy is the fact that there are so many amazing, brilliant, creative disabled people out there. But part of my rage — and it’s a very real rage — is that most people don’t really know about them.”
Obit:
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Alice Wong, Writer and Relentless Advocate for Disability Rights, Dies at 51
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
“One of the things that really gives me joy is the fact that there are so many amazing, brilliant, creative disabled people out there. But part of my rage — and it’s a very real rage — is that most people don’t really know about them.”
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