Amaka Okechukwu
@phdamaka.bsky.social
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Assoc Professor of Sociology & Africana Studies | Author of To Fulfill These Rights: Political Struggle over Affirmative Action and Open Admissions (2019) | Oral Historian | Social Movements, Race/Place/Space, Black Brooklyn 📍Bmore
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I’m told ICE attacked us—despite us being off the street, courtesy of the state police—to create a spectacle because Kristi Noem was present today. Here’s some footage of her and her team on the roof of Broadview. Everything is content creation to these fascists.
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danvie.bsky.social
Palestinian scholar and feminist Eman Abdelhadi arrested today in Chicago. Here she is calling shame on the cops and demanding they question their life choices.
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costasamaras.com
Every time your electricity bill goes up for the next 10 years, it can be traced back to this Administration’s actions.

They are making solar and wind power illegal to build in the United States. They are artificially restricting supply while demand is going up.
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chanda.blacksky.app
How university administrations handled pro-Palestine protest is what has enabled the large scale attack on the academy that is now impacting scientists and scientists refuse to speak honestly about being wrong and actually yes that is a problem because that’s not how you build trust
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shobitap.org
My PhD student's NSF grant was terminated today. Her dissertation investigates why air pollution monitoring, metrics, and regulations don't properly capture the harms experienced by marginalized communities--esp in the most polluted Detroit neighborhoods. She and I are happy to talk with press etc.
NSF Award Search: Award # 2240343 - Constructing Credible Knowledge and Expertise in Air Pollution Regulation and Monitoring: The Problem of Quantification Lock
www.nsf.gov
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ashtonpittman.bsky.social
NEW: Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has declared April 2025 as Confederate Heritage Month.

He did so at the behest of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a neo-Confederate organization that espouses “Lost Cause” ideology, which whitewashes the role of slavery in the Civil War. 🧵
Mississippi Governor Declares April Confederate Heritage Month
Gov. Tate Reeves declared April 2025 as Confederate Heritage Month in Mississippi, keeping alive a 32-year-old tradition that began in 1993.
www.mississippifreepress.org
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sjjphd.bsky.social
Resegregation
washingtonpost.com
Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
www.washingtonpost.com
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jessicacalarco.com
Anti-trans policies don't just hurt trans people. They hurt anyone who doesn't fit neatly into a pink box or a blue one. And they hurt the rest of us by creating pressure to ensure that we always fit neatly into our box.
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akpress.org
Join us on 4/30 to celebrate 𝘈 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦! Virtual event with Garrett Felber & Ruth Wilson Gilmore hosted by @haymarketbooks.org. Don't miss it, RSVP: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
A flyer for a virtual event titled "A Continuous Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Martin Sostre" on April 30th at 5pm ET. Author photos show the conversants, Ruth Wilson Gilmore and Garrett Felber. Logos of Haymarket Books and AK Press appear below the authors.
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megsmith.bsky.social
Dissolution of the Office of Digital Humanities is confirmed. #DigitalHumanities
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Grant Application HT-308154
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This is to inform you that NEH Grant Application
HT-308154 for project "Null Results: Dealing with Failure in the Digital Humanities" has been withdrawn by the NEH.
Thank you so much for applying to the NEH's Institute for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities. Unfortunately, all the programs under the Office of Digital Humanities have been cancelled. So we are unable to review your proposal and have marked it as Withdrawn by Agency in our system. I realize that writing a proposal takes a long time and I'm so sorry we can't fund your excellent work anymore.
thanks,
Brett Bobley
Director, Office of Digital Humanities
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joshuajfriedman.com
Imagine trying to deport someone for their "expected beliefs"
(SBU) Under INA section 237(a)(4)(C)(i), an alien is deportable from the United States if the Secretary of State has reasonable ground to believe that the alien's presence or activities in the United States would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States. Under INA section 237(a)(4)(C)(ii), for cases in which the basis for this determination is the alien's past, current, or expected beliefs, statements, or associations that are otherwise lawful, the Secretary of State must personally determine that the alien's presence or activities would compromise a compelling U.S. foreign policy interest.
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chadstanton.blacksky.app
Someone in the administration learned about necropolitics and said “exactly.”
phdamaka.bsky.social
Went to go renew my ASA (sociology) membership and it’s almost 500 dollars. Not including registration for the conference. And I’m supposed to be organizing sessions this year?
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chanda.blacksky.app
If you are in danger unless you comply with a regime, you are in danger whether you comply or not
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adamlmahoney.bsky.social
Altadena's Black community west of Lake Ave waited hours for evacuation orders during the Eaton Fire—long after flames consumed homes. 17 residents, many elderly or with mobility challenges, died unaware of the inferno.

My latest on why they weren't warned: capitalbnews.org/eaton-fire-l...
Why Were Black Altadena Residents Not Warned to Evacuate in Time?
Delayed evacuation orders and profit-driven utility failures robbed families of safety in a close-knit Black community, residents say.
capitalbnews.org