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.
Since when have they not??? Clinton and Obama were big fans. Democrats, It’s Time to Embrace School Choice www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/o...
Opinion | Democrats, It’s Time to Embrace School Choice
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Since when have they not??? Clinton and Obama were big fans. Democrats, It’s Time to Embrace School Choice www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/o...
“The new report concludes that the Supreme Court decision reduced the number of students of color at institutions with the highest graduation rates and largest median incomes after graduation, a result that the authors said could lead to persistent racial inequities in income.”
Colleges See Major Racial Shifts in Student Enrollment
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:33 PM
“The new report concludes that the Supreme Court decision reduced the number of students of color at institutions with the highest graduation rates and largest median incomes after graduation, a result that the authors said could lead to persistent racial inequities in income.”
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Do people know that there are almost 1 million Muslims in NYC? Where are the stories about how Muslims are feeling about the first Muslim Mayor in NYC?
January 3, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Do people know that there are almost 1 million Muslims in NYC? Where are the stories about how Muslims are feeling about the first Muslim Mayor in NYC?
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"They pulled her out of Clinton High and moved to Los Angeles at the urging of an uncle of hers who lived there. After finishing school, she began a long career as a pediatric nurse in California."
Jo Ann Allen Boyce Dies at 84; She was one of the Clinton 12, a group of Black students who faced white mobs when desegregating a Tennessee high school in 1956 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/u...
Jo Ann Allen Boyce Dies at 84; Braved Mobs in Integrating a School
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"They pulled her out of Clinton High and moved to Los Angeles at the urging of an uncle of hers who lived there. After finishing school, she began a long career as a pediatric nurse in California."
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At Johns Hopkins, a once-robust diversity office has quietly withered, shrinking from 14 staffers to three, pausing programs for underrepresented scholars and restricting race-based initiatives on campus. The disappearing diversity programs at Hopkins:
www.thebanner.com/education/hi...
www.thebanner.com/education/hi...
The disappearing diversity programs at Johns Hopkins University
Under Donald Trump, Johns Hopkins University has changed policies and scaled back its diversity office.
www.thebanner.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
At Johns Hopkins, a once-robust diversity office has quietly withered, shrinking from 14 staffers to three, pausing programs for underrepresented scholars and restricting race-based initiatives on campus. The disappearing diversity programs at Hopkins:
www.thebanner.com/education/hi...
www.thebanner.com/education/hi...
Grateful to see Integrated on the Best of 2025 list from Fresh.Air.Reads
December 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Grateful to see Integrated on the Best of 2025 list from Fresh.Air.Reads
CNN is covering the manhunt for the Brown shooter!
December 19, 2025 at 12:46 AM
CNN is covering the manhunt for the Brown shooter!
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Integrated is long listed with some great books for the 2026 Pen Galbraith Award!
December 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Integrated is long listed with some great books for the 2026 Pen Galbraith Award!
Integrated is long listed with some great books for the 2026 Pen Galbraith Award!
December 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Integrated is long listed with some great books for the 2026 Pen Galbraith Award!
This is why it’s hard to hit reset.
Gotta say it's mindblowing to me that the Brown shooter is still at large and they don't even seem to have identified who they're looking for.
December 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
This is why it’s hard to hit reset.
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Gotta say it's mindblowing to me that the Brown shooter is still at large and they don't even seem to have identified who they're looking for.
December 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Gotta say it's mindblowing to me that the Brown shooter is still at large and they don't even seem to have identified who they're looking for.
Too many of us have had the experience of our employer, or educational institution writing, texting and calling to say that a shooter is among us, run to safety, barricade the door. And if that’s doesn’t work, fight like your life depends on it. Too many of us have received this message.
December 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Too many of us have had the experience of our employer, or educational institution writing, texting and calling to say that a shooter is among us, run to safety, barricade the door. And if that’s doesn’t work, fight like your life depends on it. Too many of us have received this message.
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For a couple of years now, I've been fascinated with what's happening at small liberal arts colleges, which are running out of money for reasons unrelated to Trump funding cuts. Businessweek let me go deep on the problems, and one college that's trying to blaze a new trail.
Why a College Fighting for Survival Is Slashing Econ and Physics Majors
At Albright in Pennsylvania, the new president is cutting programs, selling art and real estate, and vowing not to hire anyone with tenure. Is this the way forward for liberal arts colleges?
www.bloomberg.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
For a couple of years now, I've been fascinated with what's happening at small liberal arts colleges, which are running out of money for reasons unrelated to Trump funding cuts. Businessweek let me go deep on the problems, and one college that's trying to blaze a new trail.
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The most embarrassing thing about me is I love academia despite its toxicity. For years I’ve been unable to recommend it as a career path. But today as more institutions are relinquishing what ever made these institutions worthwhile I am not sure the enterprise as a whole will last much longer.
November 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The most embarrassing thing about me is I love academia despite its toxicity. For years I’ve been unable to recommend it as a career path. But today as more institutions are relinquishing what ever made these institutions worthwhile I am not sure the enterprise as a whole will last much longer.
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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.
www.npr.org
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!