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The Black Think Tank @black-think-tank.bsky.social · Aug 1

📣New Book Alert: Dr. Joseph Winters (Religious Studies) - Disturbing Profane: Hip Hop, Blackness, and the Sacred

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The Disturbing Profane

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Marisol Negrón @marinegron.bsky.social · Aug 5

So many questions...what year did they sign the contract? Did someone else sign because they were under age? Are they fighting for the copyright to the songs *and* the sound recordings? Who arranged the music? Who owns that copyright? Don't know but hope they smash that (metaphoric) entail.

Salt-N-Pepa in fight against record label for music rights

In an ABC News exclusive, the pioneering music group tells "Good Morning America" co-Anchor Robin Roberts why they filed a lawsuit against Universal Music Group.

www.goodmorningamerica.com

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Marisol Negrón @marinegron.bsky.social · Aug 5

Artist Profile: Bad Bunny
"Helping Puerto Rico overcome the lasting devastation caused by Lin Manuel Miranda" 😂

Artist Profile: Bad Bunny

Bad Bunny’s new album Debí Tirar Más Fotos has climbed to No. 1 on the Billboard charts, beating out Taylor Swift. Here is everything you need to know about the artist. Birth Name: Craig Peterson Age:...

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Marisol Negrón @marinegron.bsky.social · Aug 5

Amid book bans, attacks on DEI: How did this young activist learn to think critically & find the confidence to act: In a current events class at an inclusive, secular, inexpensive, and culturally affirming homeschooling cooperative that meets every Wednesday in San Antonio.

Black-Led, Progressive Homeschool Networks Rise Amid Book Bans, Attacks on DEI

As Trump attacks civil rights protections, a growing number of progressive parents are opting out of public schools.

truthout.org

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Marisol Negrón @marinegron.bsky.social · Jun 12

Or anywhere else.

Kaitrin Snodgrass @kaitsnod.bsky.social · Jun 12

What they aren’t showing on Fox News

Marisol Negrón @marinegron.bsky.social · Jun 12

He still faces deportation and not everyone supported his release. There have been taunts on social media, people saying he deserved to be detained and thrown out of the country. Milford police escort him to destinations to and from his home for safety. #AbolishICE #FreePalestine

A Milford teen spent six days in ICE detention without sunlight or a shower. Life back at home isn’t what he expected. - The Boston Globe

For the first few days back home, Marcelo Gomes da Silva barely left the house, his parents warning him to be cautious and to watch out for potential threats.

www.bostonglobe.com

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · Jun 11

new coloring book page just dropped.

chinga la migra, ICE out of LA!

An image of a California Grizzly holding her children, surrounded by california poppies. The text reads CHINGA LA MIGRA, ICE OUT OF LA. chinga la migra translates, more or less, to FUCK ICE.

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Marisol Negrón @marinegron.bsky.social · Jun 11

Fake Images and Conspiracy Theories Swirl Around L.A. #ICEProtests

Misleading photographs, videos and text have spread widely on social media as protests against immigrant raids have unfolded in Los Angeles, rehashing old conspiracy theories and expressing support for President Trump’s actions.

Amid LA Protests, Conspiracy Theories and Fake Images Spread Online

Disinformation spreading on social media platforms has stoked an already tense situation.

www.nytimes.com

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Melissa Hung @melissahung.bsky.social · Jun 7

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Photograph of a protester in Hong Kong, who is dressed in black, covered nearly head to toe, and wearing glasses and various gear including a yellow construction helmet. Title says: Hong Kong Protest Gear Summer 2019. There are various blocks of text and arrows pointing to the various gear the protester is wearing.

- Yellow construction helmet: Protects against rubber bullets, tear gas canisters, flying bricks
- Broad face cover: To counter facial-recognition technology
- Backpack Typically holds snacks, water, change of clothes, tools and sometimes laser pens to shine in officers' eyes.
- Elbow & knee pads: For for falling, crawling and scuffing on city streets
- Loose change: For subway fare, to avoid being tracked through electronic transit passes
- Goggles: For flying debris
- Gas Mask: Protecting against tear gas, which Hong Kong police use liberallv
- Black t-shirt: Uniform adopted by Hong Kong protestors, in contrast to white Ts, worn by Beijing supporters
- Lycra skin covers: To protect against tear gas effects
- Umbrella: Protection against rain and pepper spray
- Heat-resistant gloves: To throw hot tear gas canisters back at police
Photo: Sasa Petricic/CBC

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Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · Jun 6

The Timely Example of Dr. John Carlos

As the 1968 Olympian turns 80, his life provides a lesson for our times: Don’t sell out.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...

The Timely Example of Dr. John Carlos

As the 1968 Olympian turns 80, his life provides a lesson for our times: Don’t sell out.

www.thenation.com

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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · Jun 9

Australian reporter shot with rubber bullet while covering anti-Ice protests in Los Angeles

Nine correspondent Lauren Tomasi was filming a piece to camera about LAPD ‘moving in’ on demonstrators when struck by bullet * Australia news live: latest politics updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast An Australian reporter has been shot with a rubber bullet while reporting on protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles, with the incident caught live on camera. US authorities, including the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and national guard troops, clashed with crowds of demonstrators on Sunday. They were protesting against Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · Jun 10

Hundreds of Edgewater neighbors came out in a sea of rainbow yesterday to support
Drag Story Time. blockclubchi.co/3Hy8flr

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · Jun 10

In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and police repression, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about border and police abolition.

We’ve also added a list of additional recommended reading:

FREE Ebooks: Abolish the Border, Abolish the Police

In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and police repression, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about border and poli...

www.haymarketbooks.org

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · Jun 10

"Would the situation somehow be less violent were ICE left to snatch and disappear people without impediment?" interc.pt/4kT2vku

A photo of protesters gathering to demand an end to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement workplace raids in Los Angeles on June 8, 2025, overlaid with the headline, "LA Protesters Aren’t Inviting Violent Authoritarianism, They’re Mobilizing to Stop It."

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Marisol Negrón @marinegron.bsky.social · Jun 11

@haymarketbooks.org *F R E E E-B O O K S* #AbolishICE #AbolishPolice

www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/525-fr...

FREE Ebooks: Abolish the Border, Abolish the Police

In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and police repression, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about border and poli...

www.haymarketbooks.org

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · Jun 9

Another world is possible if we fight for it.

FREE Ebooks: Abolish the Border, Abolish the Police

In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and police repression, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about border and poli...

www.haymarketbooks.org

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WIRED @wired.com · Jun 10

So-called “less-lethal” weapons like those that have been used against demonstrators in Los Angeles can cause severe, lasting harm like nerve or brain damage or blindness. They can also kill. www.wired.com/story/what-t...

What Tear Gas and Rubber Bullets Do to the Human Body

So-called “less-lethal” weapons like those that have been used against demonstrators in Los Angeles can cause severe, lasting harm like nerve or brain damage or blindness. They can also kill.

www.wired.com

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Bobby Rivera @bobbyrivera21.bsky.social · Jun 10

Puerto Rico to Palestine, LA to Laos—Solidarity!

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Marisol LeBrón @marisollebron.bsky.social · Jun 10

There’s always money in the fascist banana stand, Michael.

Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · Jun 10

The deployment of National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles will cost at least $134 million and last at least the next 60 days, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and a senior defense official told lawmakers Tuesday.

Troop deployment to cost $134 million; LAPD looks to assert calm; legal battle over Marines heats up

California to sue Trump over National Guard deployment after four days of isolated clashes between law enforcement and protesters around Los Angeles.

www.latimes.com

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Marisol Negrón @marinegron.bsky.social · Apr 24

Today I screened Massacre River: The Woman Without a Country about Trujillo's 1937 #genocide of Haitians & the denationalization ethnic Haitian Dominicans in my class Borders, Diasporas, & Transnational Belonging. Streaming live? Anti-Haitian march in Santo Domingo by La Antigua Liga Dominicana.

Live stream of protest on left. Image of film on right.

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Marisol Negrón @marinegron.bsky.social · Apr 17

"Resisting the New McCarthyism and Complicity from UMass to Palestine" with Rabab Abdulahdi @UMass Boston
"Zionism will come to an end"

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Marisol Negrón @marinegron.bsky.social · Apr 10

Andres Torres Research Award @ Gastón Institute @ UMass Boston: $5000 research grant for recent PhD (since 2014) to finish a scholarly piece of writing.

Deadline: APRIL 25

Andres Torres Paper Series Award - UMass Boston

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Marisol Negrón @marinegron.bsky.social · Apr 8

Excerpts from the dissenting opinions by #SCOTUS justices #Sotomayor (first two images) and #Jackson. See the full ruling at static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...

Marisol Negrón @marinegron.bsky.social · Apr 8

Estos son los boricuas que se han presentado en “Tiny Desk”

Han sido varios los artistas puertorriqueños que han formado parte del espacio musical creado por la National Public Radio (NPR).

www.elnuevodia.com