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Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 8d

Our next #IdentitiesEvent is open for registration!

'From #Colonial Subjects to #Black Nations: Racializing the Caribbean within Global #Blackness'

www.eventbrite.co.uk...

@uofgsociology.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social

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Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · 1d

No words for this cruelty: Neighbors Warn Neighbors as Fear of ICE Ripples Across Chicago

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

Neighbors Warn Neighbors as Fear of ICE Ripples Across Chicago

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Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · 1d

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Shelly Eversley @shellyeversley.bsky.social · 2d

Hey Y’all! I’m thrilled to share the news that we will hire a #tenuretrack #assistantprofessor in #Black and #Latine studies @blsbaruch.bsky.social #BaruchCollege #CUNY! Please apply! Please spread the word.

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Peter Beinart @peterbeinart.bsky.social · 1d

Why don’t Jewish groups who go on and on about Jewish safety demand David Adler’s release? Because when Jews defy Israel, their safety no longer matters. They stop being Jews because for the American Jewish establishment, "Jew" means "pro-Israel." This is what happens when you make a state your god.

Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 3d

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d

You can find all @pewresearch.org openings here pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Center...

We currently have searches for term-limited LLM analytics lead & assistant audience editor positions.

Salary info is included in all our job ads.

Please share this with anyone who might be interested!

This is a term-limited, grant-funded position expected to extend 15 months.

The Assistant Audience Editor will help connect Pew Research Center’s work with the public by supporting content creation, community engagement, and the day-to-day execution of our audience strategy. This junior role will focus on producing and adapting research content to text, graphics and short-form video for a variety of digital platforms and ensuring that the Center’s findings reach and resonate with broad and diverse audiences. The position will also play a key role in moderating conversations, fostering respectful engagement, and spotting opportunities to bring the Center’s research into discussions of current events. This position reports to the associate director, digital outreach.

The ideal candidate is an adaptable, curious, and detail-oriented collaborator with strong communication and task management skills, driven by a passion for providing nonpartisan information to the public.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

@emanabdelhadi.bsky.social tells these cops about themselves.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7d

my latest is expanding on the observation that your view of the politics of opposition to the administration depend largely on your view of the election (gift link)

Opinion | Trump Has No Mandate to Destroy America

www.nytimes.com

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Childless Dog Lady is PISSED OFF 🍉🌺 @sgbuggs.bsky.social · 9d

Ezra Klein is the perfect embodiment of the white moderate MLK warned us about

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Chronicle of Higher Education @chronicle.com · 22d

Charlie Kirk’s death has stirred a range of emotions among faculty he targeted: sorrow for his family, anger at his ideas, and unease at how the nation is mourning him.

Charlie Kirk’s Watch List Made Some Professors’ Lives a ‘Living Hell’

His murder conjured up for targeted faculty mixed emotions ranging from empathy to contempt.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 10d

A tangential point but it is humiliating as a feminist—and a sign of the ways that endemic misogyny abridges women’s citizenship and dignity—that someone like Klein can be considered authoritatively well informed about American politics while also knowing so little about the politics of abortion.

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 10d

The thing he's said about running anti-abortion Dems in red states is a great example of this, since of course deep red states have voted over & over to protect abortion rights.

He's uniquely poorly situated to talk about this insofar as the problem might be mainly social identity, not policy.

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Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · 8d

This is so real. There's an academia version of this as well ...

JazzReads📚 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 9d

So exhausting..

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Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · 9d

www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

I was undocumented. My sister is a birthright citizen. Trump's order is about fear. | Opinion

What happens to local communities when immigrant families fear going to work or sending kids to school? All Americans should be alarmed.

www.usatoday.com

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Jacob Lypp @jacoblypp.bsky.social · 11d

The LSE Joint Sessions on Critical European Studies are back for a second edition! 🎉 Find the Call for Papers below, spread the word among ECRs, and apply by October 31st!

www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins....

Conference on Europe for early-career researchers

Join us for our LSE Joint Sessions on Critical Europe in February 2026.

www.lse.ac.uk

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Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · 10d

Application review begins next week!!!

Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · Aug 12

Come join me @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social new BRES Program (hiring 2 senior profs) - cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...
#ASA2025

Jobs | City University of New York

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Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · 10d

😢 This Is What Malnutrition Does to Children’s Bodies
Why Gaza’s young are especially vulnerable.

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This Is What Malnutrition Does to Children’s Bodies (Gift Article)

Why Gaza’s young are especially vulnerable.

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Regina Baker @rsbaker.bsky.social · 11d

Indeed, UNC-CH Sociology is hiring again! Check it out and please share. :)

Neal Caren @haphazardsoc.bsky.social · 12d

Carolina Sociology is hiring!

• Tenure-track in computational sociology or advanced quantitative methods
• Open rank in population health.

unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

Assistant Professor

This Assistant Professor position will teach graduate and undergraduate courses, conduct research in the field of Sociology, participate in departmental service, and mentor graduate students.

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Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · 14d

attn sociologists! please nominate your book (from the past 2 years) for the @asanews.bsky.social Distinguished Scholarly Book Award - deadline: Jan 1st

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Distinguished Scholarly Book Award | American Sociological Association

The ASA Distinguished Scholarly Book Award is presented annually to an ASA member for the best single book published in the two calendar years preceding the

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 15d

Nothing says “land of the free” like armed agents of the state saying “show me your papers if you want your daughter back” bsky.app/profile/nbcb...

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Janet Gornick @janetgornick.bsky.social · 29d

Are you a new or soon-to-be PhD? Do you work on socio-economic inequality, poverty, and/or mobility? Do you study income, wealth, or earnings? Are you passionate about research as well as policy analyses? If so, we may be the perfect home for you, starting in fall 2026? Take a look! 🍎 #postdoc 👇👇👇

Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality @stone-lis.bsky.social · 29d

Applications are open for our postdoctoral scholars program! These 2-year positions start in Aug. 2026 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center. One is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Apply by Nov. 3!
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
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Applications Are Open for Two Postdoctoral Positions at the GC CUNY Stone Center - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality

The Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality is seeking applicants for an eighth cohort of postdoctoral scholars. These full-time, two-year positions will begin in August 2026.

stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu

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Michael Yarbrough (he/him) @mwyarbrough.bsky.social · 16d

CUNY @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social is hiring two tenured associate professors in Black, Race, and Ethnic Studies! Review of applications begins October 1. See link for more info.

cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...

Jobs | City University of New York

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Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · 16d

This looks amazing!!

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 25d

In this week’s newsletter I have thoughts on Ezra’s Klein value judgements about the “right way” to do politics.

How to Canonize a White Supremacist

On the brutal murder of Charlie Kirk, the certain blowback, and this country’s raging gun problem.

www.thenation.com

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Crystal Fleming クリスタル @alwaystheself.bsky.social · Aug 7

🚨JOB ALERT🚨

We! Are! Hiring!

The Department of Africana Studies at Smith College invites applications for a tenure-track position in Black
Women’s Studies/Gender Studies at the rank of Assistant Professor, to begin 7/1/26

More info here: apply.interfolio.com/171572

#blackademia #academia #PhDSky

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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 23d

The video of Candace Owens and Charlie Kirk just goes to show that when you don’t let theater kids pursue what they’re born to do it backfires spectacularly

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