V.V. Ganeshananthan
@sugi.bsky.social
Writer. BROTHERLESS NIGHT: http://randomhousebooks.com/books/57844/
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ICE/CBP have taken at least 3 Columbia Heights students and 25 families(it’s a small suburb) and they’re staging *in the school parking lot* www.kare11.com/article/news...
Columbia Heights Public Schools closes due to 'credible threat'
This news comes after 25 Columbia Heights parents and at least three students have been detained in the past few weeks.
www.kare11.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:22 PM
ICE/CBP have taken at least 3 Columbia Heights students and 25 families(it’s a small suburb) and they’re staging *in the school parking lot* www.kare11.com/article/news...
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Honoring the Memory of Alex Pretti
—from human rights scholars affiliated with the University of Minnesota’s Human Rights Program in the College of Liberal Arts.
cla.umn.edu/human-rights...
—from human rights scholars affiliated with the University of Minnesota’s Human Rights Program in the College of Liberal Arts.
cla.umn.edu/human-rights...
Honoring the Memory of Alex Pretti
Human rights scholars affiliated with the Human Rights Program honor and mourn the life of Alex Pretti.
cla.umn.edu
January 29, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Honoring the Memory of Alex Pretti
—from human rights scholars affiliated with the University of Minnesota’s Human Rights Program in the College of Liberal Arts.
cla.umn.edu/human-rights...
—from human rights scholars affiliated with the University of Minnesota’s Human Rights Program in the College of Liberal Arts.
cla.umn.edu/human-rights...
Honoring the Memory of Alex Pretti
—from human rights scholars affiliated with the University of Minnesota’s Human Rights Program in the College of Liberal Arts.
cla.umn.edu/human-rights...
—from human rights scholars affiliated with the University of Minnesota’s Human Rights Program in the College of Liberal Arts.
cla.umn.edu/human-rights...
Honoring the Memory of Alex Pretti
Human rights scholars affiliated with the Human Rights Program honor and mourn the life of Alex Pretti.
cla.umn.edu
January 29, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Honoring the Memory of Alex Pretti
—from human rights scholars affiliated with the University of Minnesota’s Human Rights Program in the College of Liberal Arts.
cla.umn.edu/human-rights...
—from human rights scholars affiliated with the University of Minnesota’s Human Rights Program in the College of Liberal Arts.
cla.umn.edu/human-rights...
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“Please get the truth out about our son.”
Read and share the statement from the parents of Alex Pretti, the VA ICU nurse who was shot and killed by border patrol.
Read and share the statement from the parents of Alex Pretti, the VA ICU nurse who was shot and killed by border patrol.
January 25, 2026 at 5:30 PM
“Please get the truth out about our son.”
Read and share the statement from the parents of Alex Pretti, the VA ICU nurse who was shot and killed by border patrol.
Read and share the statement from the parents of Alex Pretti, the VA ICU nurse who was shot and killed by border patrol.
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"Liam, age 5, was the fourth child in the district to be detained by immigration agents in the past two weeks, school officials said.
"Two of them are high-schoolers.
"One is a 10-year-old girl who was apprehended on her way to school..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
"Two of them are high-schoolers.
"One is a 10-year-old girl who was apprehended on her way to school..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
Detention of 5-Year-Old by Federal Agents Incenses Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:50 PM
"Liam, age 5, was the fourth child in the district to be detained by immigration agents in the past two weeks, school officials said.
"Two of them are high-schoolers.
"One is a 10-year-old girl who was apprehended on her way to school..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
"Two of them are high-schoolers.
"One is a 10-year-old girl who was apprehended on her way to school..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
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I met an absolutely lovely academic who asked whether my department back home is affected by ICE -- a question dramatizing how little info is getting out.
For the record, the small example I chose:
My dept has a carpool to pick up grad students of color who can't safely commute to campus alone.
For the record, the small example I chose:
My dept has a carpool to pick up grad students of color who can't safely commute to campus alone.
January 22, 2026 at 7:52 PM
I met an absolutely lovely academic who asked whether my department back home is affected by ICE -- a question dramatizing how little info is getting out.
For the record, the small example I chose:
My dept has a carpool to pick up grad students of color who can't safely commute to campus alone.
For the record, the small example I chose:
My dept has a carpool to pick up grad students of color who can't safely commute to campus alone.
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NEW EPISODE: Performance artist and Xicana feminist scholar Jessica Lopez Lyman @uminnpress.bsky.social joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to talk about Minnesota’s history with state violence and local resistance.
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Jessica Lopez Lyman on the History of State Violence in Minnesota
Interdisciplinary performance artist and Xicana feminist scholar Jessica Lopez Lyman joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to talk about Minnesota’s history with state violence and…
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January 22, 2026 at 2:04 PM
NEW EPISODE: Performance artist and Xicana feminist scholar Jessica Lopez Lyman @uminnpress.bsky.social joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to talk about Minnesota’s history with state violence and local resistance.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
lithub.com/jessica-lope...
@literaryhub.bsky.social
lithub.com/jessica-lope...
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The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality. - James Baldwin
The Columbia Heights school district says ICE detained four of its students, including a 5-year-old boy, as "bait" to draw out family members.
ICE detains 5-year old Minnesota boy; lawyer says agents used him as ‘bait’
The Columbia Heights school district says federal agents have detained four children in their district. School officials and a lawyer for the family say agents used 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramo as “bai...
www.mprnews.org
January 22, 2026 at 4:09 AM
The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality. - James Baldwin
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The UMN Twin Cities AAUP calls on the university to reduce operations on Friday, January 23rd to allow members of the university community the time and space to exercise their fundamental right to free speech on a day of deep importance to our community.
www.umn-tc-aaup.org/day-of-truth...
www.umn-tc-aaup.org/day-of-truth...
Day of Truth and Freedom
The following email was sent by the EC to President Cunningham, Provost Ritter, and the Board of Regents on Tuesday, January 20, 2026. Dear President Cunningham, Provost Ritter and Board of...
www.umn-tc-aaup.org
January 21, 2026 at 2:03 PM
The UMN Twin Cities AAUP calls on the university to reduce operations on Friday, January 23rd to allow members of the university community the time and space to exercise their fundamental right to free speech on a day of deep importance to our community.
www.umn-tc-aaup.org/day-of-truth...
www.umn-tc-aaup.org/day-of-truth...
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Noticing even in work meetings that, while most people might end the meeting with "Have a good one" or "See you soon," people in Minneapolis reflexively stay, "Stay safe"
January 13, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Noticing even in work meetings that, while most people might end the meeting with "Have a good one" or "See you soon," people in Minneapolis reflexively stay, "Stay safe"
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While many of you are likely yelling "GO INDIANA!" or "GO MIAMI!" I'm yelling "GO AAUP and academic freedom!"
Wild that Indiana is going to finally win a national football championship in the year that IU’s leaders & the state’s government decided it was no longer a serious research university.
So, here it is. Thanks to a new state law that was NEVER DEBATED, Indiana University has committed itself to abolishing majors in African-American/African Diaspora Studies: American Studies; Art History; French; Italian; Religious Studies etc. DOZENS of majors. www.ipm.org/news-section...
January 20, 2026 at 1:21 AM
While many of you are likely yelling "GO INDIANA!" or "GO MIAMI!" I'm yelling "GO AAUP and academic freedom!"
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“Like the agent who slipped on ice, they have misjudged the ground beneath their feet: a state full of ordinary people … who’ve decided that watching their neighbors being dragged away is an intolerable sin.” ❤️🔥
I went to Minneapolis last week. What I saw was horrifying and inspiring in equal measure. Gift link to my latest column: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
January 19, 2026 at 1:48 PM
“Like the agent who slipped on ice, they have misjudged the ground beneath their feet: a state full of ordinary people … who’ve decided that watching their neighbors being dragged away is an intolerable sin.” ❤️🔥
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Minneapolis and Saint Paul have basically mobilized into a war economy of mutual aid and non-violent defense. I’ve never seen anything like it, even during Covid. People who barely vote are guarding their schools from ICE and doing the shopping for neighbors in hiding.
This is so smart. I’m so impressed with all the different ways you’re helping your neighbors.
January 19, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Minneapolis and Saint Paul have basically mobilized into a war economy of mutual aid and non-violent defense. I’ve never seen anything like it, even during Covid. People who barely vote are guarding their schools from ICE and doing the shopping for neighbors in hiding.
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A Minneapolis man died in El Paso after being abducted by ICE www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Man detained in Minneapolis dies in ICE custody in Texas
A man arrested by immigration officials in Minneapolis died in federal detention in Texas.
www.mprnews.org
January 19, 2026 at 4:32 AM
A Minneapolis man died in El Paso after being abducted by ICE www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
the spoons are gone and I am now on sporks and fpoons.
January 16, 2026 at 9:15 PM
the spoons are gone and I am now on sporks and fpoons.
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Please take care of each other, but again, the harm is not necessarily bad harm, because many of our biggest donors are deeply enmeshed in it. Perhaps the harm is more of an opportunity for care and a learning experience."
January 14, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Please take care of each other, but again, the harm is not necessarily bad harm, because many of our biggest donors are deeply enmeshed in it. Perhaps the harm is more of an opportunity for care and a learning experience."
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Please take care and be flexible as you navigate difficult but morally ambiguous factors that we can not name. Our community is resilient, but we are resilient about things that we don't necessarily oppose, but respectfully observe and experience.
January 14, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Please take care and be flexible as you navigate difficult but morally ambiguous factors that we can not name. Our community is resilient, but we are resilient about things that we don't necessarily oppose, but respectfully observe and experience.
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U of M statements right now all read like:
"This is a time of great stress and uncertainty. Many community members are concerned about events that we view as neither good or bad but as potentially neutral depending on your perspective.
"This is a time of great stress and uncertainty. Many community members are concerned about events that we view as neither good or bad but as potentially neutral depending on your perspective.
January 14, 2026 at 9:45 PM
U of M statements right now all read like:
"This is a time of great stress and uncertainty. Many community members are concerned about events that we view as neither good or bad but as potentially neutral depending on your perspective.
"This is a time of great stress and uncertainty. Many community members are concerned about events that we view as neither good or bad but as potentially neutral depending on your perspective.
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Insomuch as there's a point to these articles, it's worthwhile to note that so many politicians that only represent the Twin Cities are fighting for us (not all, Jacob!) while those who represent the state refuse to draw the line that under no circumstances are you allowed to invade Minneapolis.
January 15, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Insomuch as there's a point to these articles, it's worthwhile to note that so many politicians that only represent the Twin Cities are fighting for us (not all, Jacob!) while those who represent the state refuse to draw the line that under no circumstances are you allowed to invade Minneapolis.
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I love the bait. I gotta have it. A dollar bill attached to a fishing line? All mine. A carrot dangled in front of my face while on a treadmill? Call me Usain Bolt. A delicious cheeseburger under a cardboard box held up by a precarious stick? You know I'm there.
January 15, 2026 at 5:33 PM
I love the bait. I gotta have it. A dollar bill attached to a fishing line? All mine. A carrot dangled in front of my face while on a treadmill? Call me Usain Bolt. A delicious cheeseburger under a cardboard box held up by a precarious stick? You know I'm there.
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One of the stories that makes me the saddest out of this ICE invasion is one out of the Minnesota Star Tribune today about ICE agents eating at a little Mexican restaurant in the small town of Willmar, Minn, —and then, when they were done, arresting some of the workers.
January 16, 2026 at 12:56 AM
One of the stories that makes me the saddest out of this ICE invasion is one out of the Minnesota Star Tribune today about ICE agents eating at a little Mexican restaurant in the small town of Willmar, Minn, —and then, when they were done, arresting some of the workers.
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Highlighting this one in particular because I know that many, many, many Minneapolis-area instructors are struggling with how to make classes that were going to be fully in person work in a hybrid format (to support students who aren’t safe coming to campus).
Educational developer here. Always happy to talk higher ed pedagogy with anyone—I can consult with faculty trying to figure out how to adapt courses for online or hybrid formats and how to modify assessments, policies, and schedules in light of everything.
January 16, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Highlighting this one in particular because I know that many, many, many Minneapolis-area instructors are struggling with how to make classes that were going to be fully in person work in a hybrid format (to support students who aren’t safe coming to campus).
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Two things that I have not successfully conveyed to people without deep Minnesota ties are the scale and extent of the ICE occupation (a word I don't use lightly), and likewise of the community resistance.
They have quite an operation going.
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
Minneapolis church has delivered more than 12,000 boxes of groceries to families in hiding
DHH church has hundreds of volunteers packing and delivering groceries to families who have been too scared to leave their homes during the immigration operation.
www.mprnews.org
January 16, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Two things that I have not successfully conveyed to people without deep Minnesota ties are the scale and extent of the ICE occupation (a word I don't use lightly), and likewise of the community resistance.
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NEW EPISODE: Award-winning writers and longtime friends @vauhinivara.bsky.social and Karan Mahajan join co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss Vara’s recent New Yorker essay “What If Readers Like AI-Generated Fiction?”
@literaryhub.bsky.social
lithub.com/vauhini-vara...
@literaryhub.bsky.social
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Vauhini Vara and Karan Mahajan on When AI Tries to Sound Like Us
Award-winning writers and longtime friends Vauhini Vara and Karan Mahajan join co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V. V. Ganeshananthan to discuss Vara’s recent New Yorker essay “What If Readers Like AI-G…
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January 15, 2026 at 3:30 PM
NEW EPISODE: Award-winning writers and longtime friends @vauhinivara.bsky.social and Karan Mahajan join co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss Vara’s recent New Yorker essay “What If Readers Like AI-Generated Fiction?”
@literaryhub.bsky.social
lithub.com/vauhini-vara...
@literaryhub.bsky.social
lithub.com/vauhini-vara...
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Sound your voice! I scale mountains or dive in the sea after you.
January 11, 2026 at 4:49 AM
Sound your voice! I scale mountains or dive in the sea after you.