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Wunpini F. Mohammed, PhD @wunpini.bsky.social · 10h

'Fear and hopelessness': study finds one in four professors consider leaving US south

Survey by American Association of Professors shows nearly quarter of respondents are switching due to states’s politics
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Fear and hopelessness’: study finds one in four professors consider leaving US south

Survey by American Association of Professors shows nearly quarter of respondents are switching due to states’s politics

www.theguardian.com

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Wunpini F. Mohammed, PhD @wunpini.bsky.social · 19h

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education
newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

newrepublic.com

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Wunpini F. Mohammed, PhD @wunpini.bsky.social · 1d

Just finished 📚 🔥

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Wunpini F. Mohammed, PhD @wunpini.bsky.social · May 9

In exactly 7 months, my first monograph will be published. ✨️📚 😊

On the other side of the vehicle is Zogbeli, the neighborhood I was born and raised in.

Thanks to @RutgersUPress for helping me bring Dagbaŋ and Ghana media histories to the world.

Ti diya! 💃🏿

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 3d

Abolish ICE.

Pass it on.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 2d

Italian journalist abducted from the flotilla describes how Israeli prison guards unleashed dogs into cells, poured bleach on mattresses, and overcrowded cells
such that it was impossible to lie down.

x.com/paolomossett...

That night the guards were even more violent. The consul had just left, having gathered more deportation signatures, when special forces burst in. They stormed the cells, pointed rifles at us with laser sights, and called roll. In some cells, they unleashed dogs. In one, they found the word “Palestine” spelled out using scraps of pepper and water. To erase it, they poured bleach on the floor — prisoners slept on mattresses soaked with it.

That night, as punishment, they overcrowded the cells: from ten people to fifteen, leaving no space to lie down. We turned the mattresses sideways so we could all rest our heads. In my cell were Maso Notarianni and a Lombardy Democratic Party councilor, Paolo Romano.

I had the feeling I was in a truly barbaric place, and hoped this barbarity would soon end.

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Wunpini F. Mohammed, PhD @wunpini.bsky.social · 3d

Alhamdulillah for beautiful autumn days 💐

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Wunpini F. Mohammed, PhD @wunpini.bsky.social · 3d

Ayesha
Rewrite, Reclaim

Her writing offers nuanced perspectives, and by focusing on personal stories set within historical and modern realities, she challenges prevailing narratives about the continent.
onemorerevolution.substack.com/p/ayesha?fbc...

Ayesha

Rewrite, Reclaim

onemorerevolution.substack.com

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Mock Trump: he can't take it @lisajane.bsky.social · 3d

"What is piloted on minorities soon drifts into the mainstream."
~~Amandla Thomas-Johnson

Wunpini F. Mohammed, PhD @wunpini.bsky.social · 3d

I had to flee the US – as a foreign, Black, pro-Palestinian activist, I tick every box on Ice’s list

I’ve never been accused of any crimes, let alone prosecuted. My experience sums-up the draconian plight of non-citizens in the US

-Amandla Thomas-Johnson
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I had to flee the US – as a foreign, Black, pro-Palestinian activist, I tick every box on Ice’s list | Amandla Thomas-Johnson

I’ve never been accused of any crimes, let alone prosecuted. My experience sums-up the draconian plight of non-citizens in the US, says journalist Amandla Thomas-Johnson

www.theguardian.com

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Wunpini F. Mohammed, PhD @wunpini.bsky.social · 3d

I had to flee the US – as a foreign, Black, pro-Palestinian activist, I tick every box on Ice’s list

I’ve never been accused of any crimes, let alone prosecuted. My experience sums-up the draconian plight of non-citizens in the US

-Amandla Thomas-Johnson
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I had to flee the US – as a foreign, Black, pro-Palestinian activist, I tick every box on Ice’s list | Amandla Thomas-Johnson

I’ve never been accused of any crimes, let alone prosecuted. My experience sums-up the draconian plight of non-citizens in the US, says journalist Amandla Thomas-Johnson

www.theguardian.com

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 4d

I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America

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Wunpini F. Mohammed, PhD @wunpini.bsky.social · 4d

'Fear and hopelessness': study finds one in four professors consider leaving US south

Survey by American Association of Professors shows nearly quarter of respondents are switching due to states’s politics
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Fear and hopelessness’: study finds one in four professors consider leaving US south

Survey by American Association of Professors shows nearly quarter of respondents are switching due to states’s politics

www.theguardian.com

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Wunpini F. Mohammed, PhD @wunpini.bsky.social · 6d

Malaria deaths drop by 74% in Ghana
www.gbcghanaonline.com/news/health/...

Malaria deaths drop by 74% in Ghana

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has recorded a 74 per cent reduction in malaria deaths, falling from 277 in 2021 to 73 in 2024.

www.gbcghanaonline.com

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Wunpini F. Mohammed, PhD @wunpini.bsky.social · 7d

She Was Fired for a Comment on Her Private Facebook Account

A look at how one state has turbocharged the crackdown on anyone who has criticized Charlie Kirk after his death.

She Was Fired for a Comment on Her Private Facebook Account

www.nytimes.com

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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 7d

So being against racism and fascism and standing with one’s community for self-defense is now considered a crime? Shame on UNC.

This is Dwayne Dixon. I know Dwayne and the students testifying to how great of a professor he is in the comments on Instagram are as shocked as I am.

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Wunpini F. Mohammed, PhD @wunpini.bsky.social · 8d

Judge rules Trump policy to deport students over pro-Palestinian views is unconstitutional

Judge ruled that noncitizens have same free speech rights as US citizens, saying the first amendment unequivocally protects them
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Judge rules Trump policy to deport students over pro-Palestinian views is unconstitutional

Judge ruled that noncitizens have same free speech rights as US citizens, saying the first amendment unequivocally protects them

www.theguardian.com

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Wunpini F. Mohammed, PhD @wunpini.bsky.social · 9d

"African feminism is inextricably linked to the anti-colonial and anti-imperial struggles, and Palestine is no different. African countries have for decades recognized the state of Palestine and actively supported Palestinian freedom."
africanfeminism.com/my-withdrawa...

My Withdrawal and Protest at Goethe-Institut’s African Feminisms Gathering - African Feminism (AF)

The Goethe-Institut Johannesburg is currently hosting the House of African Feminisms / African Feminisms Gathering from 25 to 28 September 2025. I had been invited to the space, and after reflection, ...

africanfeminism.com

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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 11d

Faculty should strike. Shut it all down. We teach from research not the whims of dummies.

Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 12d

Breaking: Texas Tech chancellor limits academic mentions of transgender and nonbinary identities at five universities.

Texas Tech chancellor limits academic mentions of transgender and nonbinary identities at five universities

Advocacy groups say the new state law, presidential executive order and gubernatorial letter Tedd Mitchell cited do not prohibit classroom discussions of particular LGBTQ+ identities.

www.texastribune.org

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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 11d

The thing regular people don’t often grasp about ‘academic freedom’ is that if you don’t allow experts to research & teach in their fields of expertise, guided by their professional judgment & decades of training, you have effectively given up on the concept of knowledge & shut down your university

Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · 11d

Universities are moving rapidly to comply with laws that don't exist.

Texas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 11d

“I’m emotionally shellshocked right now,” said one professor in the Texas Tech system. “What does it say about academic freedom? It says we don’t have it.” The professor spoke by phone from the inside of a car to avoid being overheard by colleagues.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

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Wunpini F. Mohammed, PhD @wunpini.bsky.social · 14d

Solidarity🙏🏿 @durba.bsky.social

A Surprise Tenure Denial in Harvard’s Gender Studies Program Leaves Some Faculty Shaken

Mitra’s colleagues thought she was a near-perfect tenure candidate. When her bid was shot down in June, they were left questioning the process www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

A Surprise Tenure Denial in Harvard’s Gender Studies Program Leaves Some Faculty Shaken | News | The Harvard Crimson

Durba Mitra’s colleagues thought she was a near-perfect tenure candidate. When her bid was shot down in June, they were left questioning the process.

www.thecrimson.com

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Dr. Lorgia García Peña @laprofelgp.bsky.social · 16d

Shame on #harvard
Durba Mitra’s brilliance is just too much to handle for a place of so much darkness. Triggered and pissed all over again www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

A Surprise Tenure Denial in Harvard’s Gender Studies Program Leaves Some Faculty Shaken | News | The Harvard Crimson

Durba Mitra’s colleagues thought she was a near-perfect tenure candidate. When her bid was shot down in June, they were left questioning the process.

www.thecrimson.com

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Wunpini F. Mohammed, PhD @wunpini.bsky.social · 14d

Congratulations again, Prof! 🎊🥳

I can't wait to read and cite this book. 📚

Keep up the good work 👏🏿

Durba Mitra @durba.bsky.social · 16d

My book, The Future That Was, is about the extraordinary rise of global research on women.

It also about the attacks on & starvation of gender research today by universities who leave only the shell intact, dismantling entire fields of knowledge built by women

press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

The Future That Was

How Third World women seized the means of knowledge production to fight against rising authoritarianism and imagine a future freer than our present

press.princeton.edu

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Durba Mitra @durba.bsky.social · 16d

My book, The Future That Was, is about the extraordinary rise of global research on women.

It also about the attacks on & starvation of gender research today by universities who leave only the shell intact, dismantling entire fields of knowledge built by women

press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

The Future That Was

How Third World women seized the means of knowledge production to fight against rising authoritarianism and imagine a future freer than our present

press.princeton.edu

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Monica L. Mercado @monicalmercado.bsky.social · 15d

Stunned by this news. I've long been an admirer of Durba Mitra's scholarship, her advocacy for the Schlesinger Library, and her vision for what WGSS history (and teaching!) can be. Harvard, of course, disagrees.

vijay iyer @vijayiyer.bsky.social · 16d

Everyone in academia should read this piece about our dear, brilliant colleague @durba.bsky.social

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

A Surprise Tenure Denial in Harvard’s Gender Studies Program Leaves Some Faculty Shaken | News | The Harvard Crimson

Durba Mitra’s colleagues thought she was a near-perfect tenure candidate. When her bid was shot down in June, they were left questioning the process.

www.thecrimson.com

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Durba Mitra @durba.bsky.social · Jun 21

I am so lucky to have amazing mentees and students who made these stickers for me with the key phrase of my forthcoming book

press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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