prithi
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Sometime last year, a CUNY alum contacted me saying they’d found some photos they took at the 1995 protest against budget cuts and would I please take them so they could clear out their attic?
They arrived today and they DID NOT DISAPPOINT
They arrived today and they DID NOT DISAPPOINT
December 1, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Sometime last year, a CUNY alum contacted me saying they’d found some photos they took at the 1995 protest against budget cuts and would I please take them so they could clear out their attic?
They arrived today and they DID NOT DISAPPOINT
They arrived today and they DID NOT DISAPPOINT
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Uttara Shahani, RSC Research Fellow in the History of Forced Migration, has co-authored this insightful Op-ed in the Times of India commenting on the enduring impacts of Partition on the Sindhi Hindu community 70 years on. The image shows the full article: timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-ed...
December 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Uttara Shahani, RSC Research Fellow in the History of Forced Migration, has co-authored this insightful Op-ed in the Times of India commenting on the enduring impacts of Partition on the Sindhi Hindu community 70 years on. The image shows the full article: timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-ed...
Kemi 🔥🔥🔥
The @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social arts and culture transition committee for those who (like me) are into such matters:
November 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Kemi 🔥🔥🔥
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The @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social arts and culture transition committee for those who (like me) are into such matters:
November 24, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social arts and culture transition committee for those who (like me) are into such matters:
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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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Spain has too rosy a view of Franco’s regime. Let’s remind ourselves of its horrors | Giles Tremlett
Spain has too rosy a view of Franco’s regime. Let’s remind ourselves of its horrors | Giles Tremlett
Little is taught about the murderous, incompetent dictatorship – and now almost one in five young people say Franco was good for the country, says historian Giles Tremlett
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Spain has too rosy a view of Franco’s regime. Let’s remind ourselves of its horrors | Giles Tremlett
Join Obden Mondésir (Haitian Studies Institute CUNY) & myself as we reflect on an essay we co-created years ago on seditious speech & the 19th C. historic community of Weeksville #falloffreeedom @veralistcenter.bsky.social •
3:30pm Fri Nov 21 studiesintodarknessareading.splashthat.com
3:30pm Fri Nov 21 studiesintodarknessareading.splashthat.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Join Obden Mondésir (Haitian Studies Institute CUNY) & myself as we reflect on an essay we co-created years ago on seditious speech & the 19th C. historic community of Weeksville #falloffreeedom @veralistcenter.bsky.social •
3:30pm Fri Nov 21 studiesintodarknessareading.splashthat.com
3:30pm Fri Nov 21 studiesintodarknessareading.splashthat.com
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thread. We published a pamphlet about her by LaShawn Harris that focuses in particular on how police violence and corruption played a major role in Madame Queen's life. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2092-m...
November 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
thread. We published a pamphlet about her by LaShawn Harris that focuses in particular on how police violence and corruption played a major role in Madame Queen's life. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2092-m...
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Stunning. Archives are everything.
‘We don’t even know all of what we have.’ Howard University fights to preserve Black newspapers. www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/... Last year, during a move, workers found two whole boxes of Frederick Douglass’s’ The North Star’s first year of publication.
‘We don’t even know all of what we have.’ Howard fights to preserve Black newspapers.
Across the United States, scholars are working to preserve the history of the Black press before the brittle pages are lost forever. In a basement at Howard University, uncovered treasures have includ...
www.csmonitor.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Stunning. Archives are everything.
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If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
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Ah the 1970s.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Ah the 1970s.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
Today — join me & Peggy King Jorde at Museum of the City of New York as we discuss why Public History is critical to our city’s future
Tix here: www.mcny.org/event/robert...
More from Peggy King Jorde: www.theguardian.com/news/2024/ma...
Tix here: www.mcny.org/event/robert...
More from Peggy King Jorde: www.theguardian.com/news/2024/ma...
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Today — join me & Peggy King Jorde at Museum of the City of New York as we discuss why Public History is critical to our city’s future
Tix here: www.mcny.org/event/robert...
More from Peggy King Jorde: www.theguardian.com/news/2024/ma...
Tix here: www.mcny.org/event/robert...
More from Peggy King Jorde: www.theguardian.com/news/2024/ma...
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I am. Read the 3 chapters and join me!
🗓️This Saturday, Nov. 15 at 1:30-4 PM ET in Brooklyn: Our co-founder @prisonculture.bsky.social is facilitating a discussion circle focused on the contributions of radical Black women activists and theorists in the U.S. from 1910-1960. If you're in NYC and interested in joining, register now to join!
Communiversity Catalog: Black Radical Women in the U.S. 1910–1960: A Study and Discussion Circle — Interrupting Criminalization
www.interruptingcriminalization.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I am. Read the 3 chapters and join me!
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My new piece for @truthout.org: Zohran Mamdani’s victory opens political space we haven’t seen in decades.
But we can’t expect Mamdani to save us. Even the best politician can’t deliver the world we deserve—that can only be achieved by mass movements.
#WorkersPower
truthout.org/articles/if-...
But we can’t expect Mamdani to save us. Even the best politician can’t deliver the world we deserve—that can only be achieved by mass movements.
#WorkersPower
truthout.org/articles/if-...
If Capital Strikes Against Mamdani, Organized Worker Power Can Strike Back
Let’s study how Wall Street sank Mamdani-style municipal plans back in 1975 — and get prepared for a similar fight.
truthout.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:47 PM
My new piece for @truthout.org: Zohran Mamdani’s victory opens political space we haven’t seen in decades.
But we can’t expect Mamdani to save us. Even the best politician can’t deliver the world we deserve—that can only be achieved by mass movements.
#WorkersPower
truthout.org/articles/if-...
But we can’t expect Mamdani to save us. Even the best politician can’t deliver the world we deserve—that can only be achieved by mass movements.
#WorkersPower
truthout.org/articles/if-...
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
An honor to be in conversation w/ Peggy King Jorde for The Robert A. & Elizabeth R. Jeffe Distinguished Lecture in Urban History at Museum of the City of New York
We’ll discuss why Public History is critical to our city’s future www.mcny.org/event/robert...
www.theguardian.com/news/2024/ma...
We’ll discuss why Public History is critical to our city’s future www.mcny.org/event/robert...
www.theguardian.com/news/2024/ma...
November 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
An honor to be in conversation w/ Peggy King Jorde for The Robert A. & Elizabeth R. Jeffe Distinguished Lecture in Urban History at Museum of the City of New York
We’ll discuss why Public History is critical to our city’s future www.mcny.org/event/robert...
www.theguardian.com/news/2024/ma...
We’ll discuss why Public History is critical to our city’s future www.mcny.org/event/robert...
www.theguardian.com/news/2024/ma...
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What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Shout out to Schomburg & Weeksville colleagues hosting 100 young New Yorkers today to learn our city’s history
& thank you to the young person in the Schomburg Junior Scholar’s Program who asked if I was a contestant on Bake Off because of my Scouse accent — I wish, kid, just a dork historian 🎂🧁🥮
& thank you to the young person in the Schomburg Junior Scholar’s Program who asked if I was a contestant on Bake Off because of my Scouse accent — I wish, kid, just a dork historian 🎂🧁🥮
November 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Shout out to Schomburg & Weeksville colleagues hosting 100 young New Yorkers today to learn our city’s history
& thank you to the young person in the Schomburg Junior Scholar’s Program who asked if I was a contestant on Bake Off because of my Scouse accent — I wish, kid, just a dork historian 🎂🧁🥮
& thank you to the young person in the Schomburg Junior Scholar’s Program who asked if I was a contestant on Bake Off because of my Scouse accent — I wish, kid, just a dork historian 🎂🧁🥮
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Great framing.
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Great framing.
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Take a lesson from the Black Panthers who understood how to feed people
If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
October 26, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Take a lesson from the Black Panthers who understood how to feed people
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ICYMI: Drop everything and spend 13 minutes with Amy Sherald--with her singular vision and talent, with her clarity about her central place in the jagged American story. You will be stirred by it all. www.cbsnews.com/video/amy-sh...
Artist Amy Sherald: The 60 Minutes Interview
Amy Sherald spent years painting in obscurity, and almost died from a rare heart condition. Now 52, the artist behind Michelle Obama's official portrait is one of America's most celebrated painters.
www.cbsnews.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
ICYMI: Drop everything and spend 13 minutes with Amy Sherald--with her singular vision and talent, with her clarity about her central place in the jagged American story. You will be stirred by it all. www.cbsnews.com/video/amy-sh...
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Article Abstract, "Rethinking the Early Black City" by Leslie M. Alexander journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... “How might our understanding of Black political consciousness and community creation be enhanced if we viewed Black communities as a form of urban marronage?"
Rethinking the Early Black City - Leslie M. Alexander, 2025
Over the past twenty years, historians have made significant advances in researching and analyzing the Black urban experience in the early nineteenth century. T...
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October 26, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Article Abstract, "Rethinking the Early Black City" by Leslie M. Alexander journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... “How might our understanding of Black political consciousness and community creation be enhanced if we viewed Black communities as a form of urban marronage?"
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Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
Loved seeing this @asadfromnyc.bsky.social Shout out to this wonderful CUNY colleague
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The Man Behind the Radical Walking Tours of New York City
Asad Dandia sued the NYPD after it spied on his family and community. Now he uses people’s history to reclaim the streets from the systems that surveilled him.
www.thenation.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Loved seeing this @asadfromnyc.bsky.social Shout out to this wonderful CUNY colleague
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Joy, light & justice this Deepavali 🪔
October 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Joy, light & justice this Deepavali 🪔