Noliwe Rooks
@nrooks.bsky.social
Chair and Professor, Brown University, Africana Studies. Author of Integrated: How Schools in America Failed Black Children, available 3/18/25 and A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit: The Vision of Mary McLeod Bethune.
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👀 Alex Vitale is a sociologist who wrote a very good book called The End of Policing.
I'm excited to announce that I have been asked to join the Mamdani Transition Team to work on community safety issues. A New Era for NYC.
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
👀 Alex Vitale is a sociologist who wrote a very good book called The End of Policing.
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Honored to serve on Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Transition Committee on Technology. For too long, too many New Yorkers have been left behind. NYC deserves governance that centers affordability, equity, and the public good-looking forward to the work ahead. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announces transition committees
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Monday the creation of 17 transition advisory committees made up of more than 400 people.
www.cbsnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Honored to serve on Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Transition Committee on Technology. For too long, too many New Yorkers have been left behind. NYC deserves governance that centers affordability, equity, and the public good-looking forward to the work ahead. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
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Digging into the data of what's taking place with Black women unemployment and this graph is pretty damning.
You can see the EXACT month Black women's unemployment begins to splinter and that what hit us FIRST is now coming for all other women. This is #TheDoubleTax.
#blacksky #news #econsky
You can see the EXACT month Black women's unemployment begins to splinter and that what hit us FIRST is now coming for all other women. This is #TheDoubleTax.
#blacksky #news #econsky
November 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Digging into the data of what's taking place with Black women unemployment and this graph is pretty damning.
You can see the EXACT month Black women's unemployment begins to splinter and that what hit us FIRST is now coming for all other women. This is #TheDoubleTax.
#blacksky #news #econsky
You can see the EXACT month Black women's unemployment begins to splinter and that what hit us FIRST is now coming for all other women. This is #TheDoubleTax.
#blacksky #news #econsky
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Why is startup culture always “I am inventing a coffeeproof phone you can put in your coffee cup to keep it warm with cell radiation” and never “I’m inventing a new library wholesaler to replace the single company that is shutting down and sending libraries into crisis”
November 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Why is startup culture always “I am inventing a coffeeproof phone you can put in your coffee cup to keep it warm with cell radiation” and never “I’m inventing a new library wholesaler to replace the single company that is shutting down and sending libraries into crisis”
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I honestly don’t understand why those people thought condemning socialism was job 1 today. This is the problem most in need of solving? Really?
November 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I honestly don’t understand why those people thought condemning socialism was job 1 today. This is the problem most in need of solving? Really?
I honestly don’t understand why those people thought condemning socialism was job 1 today. This is the problem most in need of solving? Really?
November 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I honestly don’t understand why those people thought condemning socialism was job 1 today. This is the problem most in need of solving? Really?
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Fall of Freedom starts today. Here’s NPR on the initiative www.npr.org/2025/11/21/n...
This weekend, artists are speaking out across the country
Artists in more than 40 states are spending Friday and Saturday participating in the "Fall of Freedom" – which they say represents a creative resistance to authoritarianism.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Fall of Freedom starts today. Here’s NPR on the initiative www.npr.org/2025/11/21/n...
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Great book! I passed my copy on to a friend who got another friend to read it whose spouse read it afterward…. I lost track at that point but I bet the recommendation kept making the rounds!
November 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Great book! I passed my copy on to a friend who got another friend to read it whose spouse read it afterward…. I lost track at that point but I bet the recommendation kept making the rounds!
Completely thrilled to see my 2025 book, Integrated: How Schools in America Failed Black Children, on the list! www.instagram.com/reel/DRSFYMi...
The New York Public Library on Instagram: "NYPL’s Best Books of 2025 list is officially here! 📚✨
We are thrilled to launch this year's list, featuring hundreds of titles curated by our expert librari...
The New York Public Library's 2025 Best Books of the Year list is now live, featuring hundreds of expertly curated titles for readers of all ages. From romance and thrillers to cookbooks and memoirs, ...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Completely thrilled to see my 2025 book, Integrated: How Schools in America Failed Black Children, on the list! www.instagram.com/reel/DRSFYMi...
Claire Danes in this series!!!!! #TheBeastinMe
November 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Claire Danes in this series!!!!! #TheBeastinMe
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Honored to find The Trouble of Color among so many remarkable books! Thank you TIME! time.com/collections/...
'The Trouble of Color' Is on the 100 Must-Read Books of 2025
Here's why it made the list
time.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Honored to find The Trouble of Color among so many remarkable books! Thank you TIME! time.com/collections/...
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Zohran Mamdani says on NY1 he didn't get a congratulatory call from either Andrew Cuomo or Eric Adams last night.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
November 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Zohran Mamdani says on NY1 he didn't get a congratulatory call from either Andrew Cuomo or Eric Adams last night.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
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TRANSITION CO-CHAIR LINA KHAN!?!?!??!
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
TRANSITION CO-CHAIR LINA KHAN!?!?!??!
apnews.com/article/affi... enrollment is waning at many elite colleges after affirmative action ban, AP analysis finds
Black enrollment is waning at many elite colleges after affirmative action ban, AP analysis finds
An Associated Press analysis finds that the number of Black students enrolling at many elite colleges has dropped in the two years since the Supreme Court banned affirmative action in admissions.
apnews.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
apnews.com/article/affi... enrollment is waning at many elite colleges after affirmative action ban, AP analysis finds
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In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.
October 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.
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😔
BREAKING
The Nashua Police Department in New Hampshire says that multiple people have been shot at the Sky Meadow Country Club.
One suspect has been detained, but the other remains at large, the police say.
The Nashua Police Department in New Hampshire says that multiple people have been shot at the Sky Meadow Country Club.
One suspect has been detained, but the other remains at large, the police say.
September 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
😔
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New publication:
Preserving Rural School Districts from the Threat of Vouchers and Charters (forthcoming, Idaho Law Review)
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Preserving Rural School Districts from the Threat of Vouchers and Charters (forthcoming, Idaho Law Review)
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
September 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
New publication:
Preserving Rural School Districts from the Threat of Vouchers and Charters (forthcoming, Idaho Law Review)
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Preserving Rural School Districts from the Threat of Vouchers and Charters (forthcoming, Idaho Law Review)
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Cuomosexuals in shambles lmao
NY Gov. Kathy Hochul endorses NYC Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/o...
Opinion | Kathy Hochul: Why I Am Endorsing Zohran Mamdani
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Cuomosexuals in shambles lmao
Conservatives across racial lines have long argued for class-based affirmative action and “high achieving/low income” described the one group of Black and Brown kids elites were willing to help and welcome to elite campuses. Now, that path is also blocked, at least for now.
College Board Cancels Tool for Finding Low-Income High Achievers
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September 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Conservatives across racial lines have long argued for class-based affirmative action and “high achieving/low income” described the one group of Black and Brown kids elites were willing to help and welcome to elite campuses. Now, that path is also blocked, at least for now.
Adams is polling at like 7-8 percent. His dropping out is not really impactful, right?
Today’s news confirms it: Cuomo is Trump’s choice for Mayor. The White House is considering jobs for Adams and Sliwa to clear the field.
New Yorkers are sick of corrupt politics and backroom deals. No matter who’s running, we will deliver a better future on November 4.
New Yorkers are sick of corrupt politics and backroom deals. No matter who’s running, we will deliver a better future on November 4.
Trump Advisers Have Discussed a Job for Adams if He Quits Mayor’s Race
www.nytimes.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Adams is polling at like 7-8 percent. His dropping out is not really impactful, right?
Apply!!!! “The Cornell Department of Literatures in English and the Society for the Humanities seek a two-year Mellon Postdoc Fellow for 2026-28. We aim to recruit a candidate specializing in African American literature and culture in any historical period.” academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30459
Cornell University, Society for the Humanities
Job #AJO30459, WDR-00046364 Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Literatures in English, AY 2026-2028, Society for the Humanities, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US
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August 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Apply!!!! “The Cornell Department of Literatures in English and the Society for the Humanities seek a two-year Mellon Postdoc Fellow for 2026-28. We aim to recruit a candidate specializing in African American literature and culture in any historical period.” academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30459
He will definitely make sure Minn is redistricted if called upon to do so, I think.
Walz says Harris "would have been a fantastic president... we wouldn't wake up every day to a bunch of shit on TV. We would wake up to an adult w/ compassion & dignity doing the work, not a manchild crying about whatever is wrong with him. May his fat ankles find something today. Petty as hell."
August 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
He will definitely make sure Minn is redistricted if called upon to do so, I think.
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I think a major factor in so many people being kind of blasé or in denial about ~all this~ is that they’ve been waiting to be given some sort of paternal-ish permission to start freaking out.
So, here ya go. Here’s the permission.
So, here ya go. Here’s the permission.
Gov. JB Pritzker: “I am ringing the alarm.” @wttw.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I think a major factor in so many people being kind of blasé or in denial about ~all this~ is that they’ve been waiting to be given some sort of paternal-ish permission to start freaking out.
So, here ya go. Here’s the permission.
So, here ya go. Here’s the permission.