Chenjerai Kumanyika
@chenjerai.bsky.social
Study & teach critical media studies of empire Creator and host of Empire City @nyu_journalism Stories/ Political ed @crookedmedia @sceneonradio @uncivilshow @mothstories @streetpoetsinc
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Giving organizers of color power in electoral politics with Maya Meredith
Podcast Episode · Unruly Subjects · 12/11/2025 · 1h 11m
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It’s Unruly O’clock! Episode 3 is out! (I think it’s always Unruly clock on Bluesky)
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this is such a great conversation. made my morning today.
New UNRULY SUBJECTS episode is out now 🎙️ Interview with @theconsciouslee.
George “Conscious” Lee Jr. (orator/educator) breaks down why power analysis sits at the center of his work, what debate taught him (lessons journalists + organizers need
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George “Conscious” Lee Jr. (orator/educator) breaks down why power analysis sits at the center of his work, what debate taught him (lessons journalists + organizers need
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January 15, 2026 at 11:00 PM
this is such a great conversation. made my morning today.
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New UNRULY SUBJECTS episode is out now 🎙️ Interview with @theconsciouslee.
George “Conscious” Lee Jr. (orator/educator) breaks down why power analysis sits at the center of his work, what debate taught him (lessons journalists + organizers need
Listen wherever you get podcasts.
George “Conscious” Lee Jr. (orator/educator) breaks down why power analysis sits at the center of his work, what debate taught him (lessons journalists + organizers need
Listen wherever you get podcasts.
January 15, 2026 at 10:56 PM
New UNRULY SUBJECTS episode is out now 🎙️ Interview with @theconsciouslee.
George “Conscious” Lee Jr. (orator/educator) breaks down why power analysis sits at the center of his work, what debate taught him (lessons journalists + organizers need
Listen wherever you get podcasts.
George “Conscious” Lee Jr. (orator/educator) breaks down why power analysis sits at the center of his work, what debate taught him (lessons journalists + organizers need
Listen wherever you get podcasts.
New UNRULY SUBJECTS episode is out now 🎙️ Interview with @theconsciouslee.
George “Conscious” Lee Jr. (orator/educator) breaks down why power analysis sits at the center of his work, what debate taught him (lessons journalists + organizers need
Listen wherever you get podcasts.
George “Conscious” Lee Jr. (orator/educator) breaks down why power analysis sits at the center of his work, what debate taught him (lessons journalists + organizers need
Listen wherever you get podcasts.
January 15, 2026 at 10:56 PM
New UNRULY SUBJECTS episode is out now 🎙️ Interview with @theconsciouslee.
George “Conscious” Lee Jr. (orator/educator) breaks down why power analysis sits at the center of his work, what debate taught him (lessons journalists + organizers need
Listen wherever you get podcasts.
George “Conscious” Lee Jr. (orator/educator) breaks down why power analysis sits at the center of his work, what debate taught him (lessons journalists + organizers need
Listen wherever you get podcasts.
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It’s time to impeach. I have voted TWICE this year to advance Articles of Impeachment for Donald Trump. After a year of threats on our own soil and our allies—Republicans are finally talking about impeachment. It’s about damn time.
Mr. President, you have been duly warned—now by the GOP.
Mr. President, you have been duly warned—now by the GOP.
January 15, 2026 at 10:26 PM
It’s time to impeach. I have voted TWICE this year to advance Articles of Impeachment for Donald Trump. After a year of threats on our own soil and our allies—Republicans are finally talking about impeachment. It’s about damn time.
Mr. President, you have been duly warned—now by the GOP.
Mr. President, you have been duly warned—now by the GOP.
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One of my favorite things to do when I force people to watch foreign movies and old movies is exclaim, “See, you didn’t think there would be any Black people,” and I get to do it all the time because we were and are everywhere.
More than half of Venezuelans identify as having African ancestry, the highest rate of the world’s Spanish-speaking nations.
https://capitalbnews.org/us-attack-venezuela-afro-venezuelans/
https://capitalbnews.org/us-attack-venezuela-afro-venezuelans/
Why Afro-Venezuelans Oppose U.S. Intervention in Venezuela
More than half of Venezuelans identify as having African ancestry, the highest rate of the world’s Spanish-speaking nations.
capitalbnews.org
January 12, 2026 at 9:49 PM
One of my favorite things to do when I force people to watch foreign movies and old movies is exclaim, “See, you didn’t think there would be any Black people,” and I get to do it all the time because we were and are everywhere.
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You can’t reform this.
Two Portland Police officers are facing scrutiny after one was caught on camera repeatedly punching a protester while another was reassigned after he was filmed defending the deadly shooting of Renee Good by ICE agents in Minnesota.
"Sometimes Criminals Get Shot": Portland Police Officer Defends Minnesota Shooting of Renee Good
While Portland’s police chief has encouraged residents to exercise their First Amendment rights in response to recent shootings by federal agents, videos show his own officers exhibiting violence agai...
www.portlandmercury.com
January 11, 2026 at 11:12 PM
You can’t reform this.
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This podcast is like if “worse than you thought” and “you can’t write this shit” had a baby
@cerisecastle.bsky.social
@cerisecastle.bsky.social
You know I’ve gotta drop the link to some of the best reporting I’ve ever fucking read ESPECIALLY about goddamn cops :) Cerise Castle is a personal hero of mine knock-la.com/tradition-of...
A Tradition of Violence: The History of Deputy Gangs in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Departmen...
Independent journalists telling the real story of LA
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November 16, 2024 at 3:34 PM
This podcast is like if “worse than you thought” and “you can’t write this shit” had a baby
@cerisecastle.bsky.social
@cerisecastle.bsky.social
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☎️ We're re-sharing our first UNRULY HOTLINE segment that originally aired in Ep 2.
In this edition, @chenjerai.bsky.social listens and reacts to callers that responded to the question: “How do you balance your love life with the struggle?”
Listen here: pod.link/1849696769/e...
In this edition, @chenjerai.bsky.social listens and reacts to callers that responded to the question: “How do you balance your love life with the struggle?”
Listen here: pod.link/1849696769/e...
January 8, 2026 at 1:58 PM
☎️ We're re-sharing our first UNRULY HOTLINE segment that originally aired in Ep 2.
In this edition, @chenjerai.bsky.social listens and reacts to callers that responded to the question: “How do you balance your love life with the struggle?”
Listen here: pod.link/1849696769/e...
In this edition, @chenjerai.bsky.social listens and reacts to callers that responded to the question: “How do you balance your love life with the struggle?”
Listen here: pod.link/1849696769/e...
I'm attending Indivisible's event, “Rapid Response Call: ICE Killing and Lawlessness in Minneapolis” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Rapid Response Call: ICE Killing and Lawlessness in Minneapolis · Indivisible
Join us Thursday, January 8th, at 8:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm PT to discuss the killing by ICE in Minneapolis and their lawlessness and harm in communities across the country.
We will talk with local and n...
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January 8, 2026 at 3:24 PM
I'm attending Indivisible's event, “Rapid Response Call: ICE Killing and Lawlessness in Minneapolis” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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i’ve shared personal experiences with many across the globe 🌏 & everyone told me that i need to write ✍️ a book(s)📕
even as a storyteller in other forms
the words of @chenjerai.bsky.social in the introduction of “How To Tell A Story” are making me feel a little less scared about this process 😮💨
even as a storyteller in other forms
the words of @chenjerai.bsky.social in the introduction of “How To Tell A Story” are making me feel a little less scared about this process 😮💨
January 8, 2026 at 12:31 AM
i’ve shared personal experiences with many across the globe 🌏 & everyone told me that i need to write ✍️ a book(s)📕
even as a storyteller in other forms
the words of @chenjerai.bsky.social in the introduction of “How To Tell A Story” are making me feel a little less scared about this process 😮💨
even as a storyteller in other forms
the words of @chenjerai.bsky.social in the introduction of “How To Tell A Story” are making me feel a little less scared about this process 😮💨
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Local people protested, people raised money and showed up for court support. Local press covered what happened which is how folks on here came to know this happened. Local people didn't abandon her.
They shot an undocumented man here on a busy street in the middle of the day.
They put “5 shots, 7 holes” (agents bragging words) in a Latina woman. Lied about the reasons. Charged her with attacking them then dropped it all.
There wasn’t enough outrage.
They put “5 shots, 7 holes” (agents bragging words) in a Latina woman. Lied about the reasons. Charged her with attacking them then dropped it all.
There wasn’t enough outrage.
Deadly Minneapolis ICE shooting echoes Franklin Park, Marimar Martinez shootings during Operation Midway Blitz
The deadly Minneapolis shooting by an ICE agent that killed a woman Wednesday morning recalls shootings by federal immigration agents in Chicago during the height of Operation Midway Blitz in the fall...
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January 8, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Local people protested, people raised money and showed up for court support. Local press covered what happened which is how folks on here came to know this happened. Local people didn't abandon her.
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The victim of today's ICE shooting in Minneapolis has been identified by her mother as Renee Nicole Good, 37.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
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Live: Mother identifies woman shot and killed by ICE agent in Minneapolis
Video of the shooting shows an agent firing at a vehicle as it drives toward him. The governor and Minneapolis mayor called for calm after the incident. ICE said the agent acted defensively.
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January 7, 2026 at 9:29 PM
The victim of today's ICE shooting in Minneapolis has been identified by her mother as Renee Nicole Good, 37.
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“When I look at Mamdani, I didn’t see some radical departure from the past. I see him as the heir to an old and venerable Jewish tradition – that of Yiddish socialism – which helped build New York” — powerful essay by the inimitable @mollycrabapple.bsky.social
They tried to smear him as an antisemite – but Mayor Zohran Mamdani walks in a rich Jewish tradition | Molly Crabapple
When I look at Mamdani, I don’t see some radical departure. I see him as an heir to the Yiddish socialism that helped build New York
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January 1, 2026 at 11:29 PM
“When I look at Mamdani, I didn’t see some radical departure from the past. I see him as the heir to an old and venerable Jewish tradition – that of Yiddish socialism – which helped build New York” — powerful essay by the inimitable @mollycrabapple.bsky.social
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I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
January 1, 2026 at 11:07 PM
I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
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Fenway Park concession workers just made history. They led the first strike in the park’s history and turned it into higher pay, clearer staffing standards, and protections for the future.
Huge congratulations to all the workers who made this possible.
Huge congratulations to all the workers who made this possible.
Fenway concession workers ratify new contract with Aramark, citing wage and staffing gains - The Boston Globe
Non-tipped workers will receive a $10 increase over five years and tipped workers will receive $5 more over the same period, the union said.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Fenway Park concession workers just made history. They led the first strike in the park’s history and turned it into higher pay, clearer staffing standards, and protections for the future.
Huge congratulations to all the workers who made this possible.
Huge congratulations to all the workers who made this possible.
In this Ep (4) Daryl Li discusses a new report on the Weaponization of Civil Rights Law to Repress Campus Speech on Palestine by the AAUP & Middle East Studies Association. We discuss the history of Title VI, academic freedom, and the roles Democrats and Republicans played in how we got here.
December 23, 2025 at 1:23 AM
In this Ep (4) Daryl Li discusses a new report on the Weaponization of Civil Rights Law to Repress Campus Speech on Palestine by the AAUP & Middle East Studies Association. We discuss the history of Title VI, academic freedom, and the roles Democrats and Republicans played in how we got here.
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Update: After last weeks talk w/ Hands Off NYC, Chenjerai and his wife Saadiqa attend an action in NYC. Our main interview is w/Darry Li on Discriminating Against Dissent: the Weaponization of Civil Rights Law to Repress Campus Speech on Palestine”, by @AAUP & MESA
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December 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Update: After last weeks talk w/ Hands Off NYC, Chenjerai and his wife Saadiqa attend an action in NYC. Our main interview is w/Darry Li on Discriminating Against Dissent: the Weaponization of Civil Rights Law to Repress Campus Speech on Palestine”, by @AAUP & MESA
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December 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Update: After last weeks talk w/ Hands Off NYC, Chenjerai and his wife Saadiqa attend an action in NYC. Our main interview is w/Darry Li on Discriminating Against Dissent: the Weaponization of Civil Rights Law to Repress Campus Speech on Palestine”, by @AAUP & MESA
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December 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Update: After last weeks talk w/ Hands Off NYC, Chenjerai and his wife Saadiqa attend an action in NYC. Our main interview is w/Darry Li on Discriminating Against Dissent: the Weaponization of Civil Rights Law to Repress Campus Speech on Palestine”, by @AAUP & MESA
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At the Turning of the Tide: How to Fight Our Way out of the Trump Era
crimethinc.com/TurningTide
In this analysis, we revisit the structural forces behind Trump’s return to power, review the events of 2025, and propose a strategy for how to fight our way out of the Trump era together.
🧵⬇️
crimethinc.com/TurningTide
In this analysis, we revisit the structural forces behind Trump’s return to power, review the events of 2025, and propose a strategy for how to fight our way out of the Trump era together.
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December 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
At the Turning of the Tide: How to Fight Our Way out of the Trump Era
crimethinc.com/TurningTide
In this analysis, we revisit the structural forces behind Trump’s return to power, review the events of 2025, and propose a strategy for how to fight our way out of the Trump era together.
🧵⬇️
crimethinc.com/TurningTide
In this analysis, we revisit the structural forces behind Trump’s return to power, review the events of 2025, and propose a strategy for how to fight our way out of the Trump era together.
🧵⬇️
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🚨New ep of Unruly Subjects w/ @chenjerai.bsky.social!
Featuring an interview about the report, “Discriminating Against Dissent: the Weaponization of Civil Rights Law to Repress Campus Speech on Palestine”, published by @aaup.org & Middle East Studies Association.
Listen: pod.link/1849696769/e...
Featuring an interview about the report, “Discriminating Against Dissent: the Weaponization of Civil Rights Law to Repress Campus Speech on Palestine”, published by @aaup.org & Middle East Studies Association.
Listen: pod.link/1849696769/e...
December 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
🚨New ep of Unruly Subjects w/ @chenjerai.bsky.social!
Featuring an interview about the report, “Discriminating Against Dissent: the Weaponization of Civil Rights Law to Repress Campus Speech on Palestine”, published by @aaup.org & Middle East Studies Association.
Listen: pod.link/1849696769/e...
Featuring an interview about the report, “Discriminating Against Dissent: the Weaponization of Civil Rights Law to Repress Campus Speech on Palestine”, published by @aaup.org & Middle East Studies Association.
Listen: pod.link/1849696769/e...
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American Academy of Pediatrics has consistently pushed back against RFK Jr's anti-vax policies & this is payback for their unwillingness to "lend our name or our expertise to a system that is being politicized at the expense of children’s health.” #IllnessPolitics
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
American Academy of Pediatrics loses government funding after criticizing RFK Jr
Cuts, which affect projects focused on issues including early identification of autism, made without prior notice to AAP
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:15 AM
American Academy of Pediatrics has consistently pushed back against RFK Jr's anti-vax policies & this is payback for their unwillingness to "lend our name or our expertise to a system that is being politicized at the expense of children’s health.” #IllnessPolitics
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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"We can’t build the vision of higher ed that we all want without first standing up to fascism. We are going to have to scale up our organizing to build with other sectors, all under attack in different ways. We need to make militant moves if we’re going to win in this moment."
— Todd Wolfson
— Todd Wolfson
In an Attempt to Cause Fear and Demobilize, the Trump Administration Increases Threats on Higher Education
Educators and organizers from the AAUP how the Trump administration is systematically dismantling higher education as we know it.
inthesetimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
"We can’t build the vision of higher ed that we all want without first standing up to fascism. We are going to have to scale up our organizing to build with other sectors, all under attack in different ways. We need to make militant moves if we’re going to win in this moment."
— Todd Wolfson
— Todd Wolfson
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OH WAIT YOU MEAN THE ONE THEY BLAMED ON DEI??!!?
The U.S. government admits negligence in the helicopter-plane collision last January that killed 67 in Washington, D.C.
US government admits negligence in helicopter-plane collision that killed 67 in Washington
The U.S. government has admitted that the Federal Aviation Administration and the Army played a role in causing the collision last January between an airliner and a Black Hawk helicopter near the nation’s capital that killed 67 people.
bit.ly
December 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
OH WAIT YOU MEAN THE ONE THEY BLAMED ON DEI??!!?
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BREAKING: Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by immigration agents and asked to prove his citizenship.
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by ICE
Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar said federal immigration agents pulled over her son on Saturday and asked him to prove his citizenship.
cbsn.ws
December 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
BREAKING: Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by immigration agents and asked to prove his citizenship.