Chenjerai Kumanyika
@chenjerai.bsky.social
Study & teach critical media studies of empire Creator and host of Empire City @nyu_journalism Stories/ Political ed @crookedmedia @sceneonradio @uncivilshow @mothstories @streetpoetsinc
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The NYPD Is Tossing Out Hundreds of Misconduct Cases — Including Stop-and-Frisks — Without Even Looking at Them
The department has killed more than 400 cases of alleged misconduct this year that an oversight board had investigated and substantiated. It’s part of a lax attitude toward discipline under the curren...
www.propublica.org
1) Here’s a small sampling of what the NYPD has been up to and or what we’ve learned about the NYPD just in the last five months since Empire City came out:
1) September 11, 2024
NYPD Buried Hundreds of Misconduct Cases"
www.propublica.org/article/nypd...
1) September 11, 2024
NYPD Buried Hundreds of Misconduct Cases"
www.propublica.org/article/nypd...
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Statements before the UN from LA, Chicago, Philadelphia officials on human rights abuses in the US.
LIVE FROM GENEVA: human rights group testifies on U.S. human rights abuses www.youtube.com/live/hjNnVjq...
Information Meeting on the UPR process in the United States of America
YouTube video by UNOG ICTS Event Support Services
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November 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Statements before the UN from LA, Chicago, Philadelphia officials on human rights abuses in the US.
LIVE FROM GENEVA: human rights group testifies on U.S. human rights abuses www.youtube.com/live/hjNnVjq...
Information Meeting on the UPR process in the United States of America
YouTube video by UNOG ICTS Event Support Services
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
LIVE FROM GENEVA: human rights group testifies on U.S. human rights abuses www.youtube.com/live/hjNnVjq...
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Time to listen to “Empire City”, hosted & conceived by the amazing @chenjerai.bsky.social
Historic parallels are uncanny.
Historic parallels are uncanny.
Reggie Williams was walking to a corner store when armed authorities aggressively asked him if he was from Ethiopia or Ghana, he said
He and other Black Memphis residents have been reporting harassment by Trump’s police task force: "I don't feel safe"
He and other Black Memphis residents have been reporting harassment by Trump’s police task force: "I don't feel safe"
“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force
A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...
www.propublica.org
November 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Time to listen to “Empire City”, hosted & conceived by the amazing @chenjerai.bsky.social
Historic parallels are uncanny.
Historic parallels are uncanny.
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The latest, 11pm:
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG; & gain in House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—Krasner & Bragg win
—JD's half-brother loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
+ Dem are leading to flip so many local offices.
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG; & gain in House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—Krasner & Bragg win
—JD's half-brother loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
+ Dem are leading to flip so many local offices.
November 5, 2025 at 4:11 AM
The latest, 11pm:
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG; & gain in House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—Krasner & Bragg win
—JD's half-brother loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
+ Dem are leading to flip so many local offices.
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG; & gain in House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—Krasner & Bragg win
—JD's half-brother loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
+ Dem are leading to flip so many local offices.
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Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books:
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down
Why it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library.
www.404media.co
October 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books:
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
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Can't wait, I'm in, comrades!
October 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Can't wait, I'm in, comrades!
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Have loved your stuff in the past—sure this will also be good. Looking forward to checking it out.
October 31, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Have loved your stuff in the past—sure this will also be good. Looking forward to checking it out.
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At 7 pm tonight, catch our LIVE interview. Waldemar Oliveira of @Hammerandhope and Pedro Borges from @Alma Preta unveil the details and politics of what is being described as Rio's most deadly police raid and what it means for our communities.
youtube.com/live/qnAw4L5...
youtube.com/live/qnAw4L5...
THE POLITICAL NATURE OF RIO"S DEADLY POLICE RAIDS AND HOW BLACK COMMUNITIES ARE RESPONDING
YouTube video by Chenjerai Kumanyika
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October 31, 2025 at 10:34 PM
At 7 pm tonight, catch our LIVE interview. Waldemar Oliveira of @Hammerandhope and Pedro Borges from @Alma Preta unveil the details and politics of what is being described as Rio's most deadly police raid and what it means for our communities.
youtube.com/live/qnAw4L5...
youtube.com/live/qnAw4L5...
At 7 pm tonight, catch our LIVE interview. Waldemar Oliveira of @Hammerandhope and Pedro Borges from @Alma Preta unveil the details and politics of what is being described as Rio's most deadly police raid and what it means for our communities.
youtube.com/live/qnAw4L5...
youtube.com/live/qnAw4L5...
THE POLITICAL NATURE OF RIO"S DEADLY POLICE RAIDS AND HOW BLACK COMMUNITIES ARE RESPONDING
YouTube video by Chenjerai Kumanyika
youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:34 PM
At 7 pm tonight, catch our LIVE interview. Waldemar Oliveira of @Hammerandhope and Pedro Borges from @Alma Preta unveil the details and politics of what is being described as Rio's most deadly police raid and what it means for our communities.
youtube.com/live/qnAw4L5...
youtube.com/live/qnAw4L5...
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Look look look!
The eighth issue of Hammer & Hope is now live.
OUR NATIONAL NIGHTMARE. The reins of government power, technology, and the press tighten and tangle in a few white billionaires’ hands. Where is this American cabal going next, and how deep will it drag us with it?
hammerandhope.org/article/nati...
OUR NATIONAL NIGHTMARE. The reins of government power, technology, and the press tighten and tangle in a few white billionaires’ hands. Where is this American cabal going next, and how deep will it drag us with it?
hammerandhope.org/article/nati...
Our National Nightmare
What’s the way out of the terrors of Trumpism?
hammerandhope.org
October 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Look look look!
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The eighth issue of Hammer & Hope is now live.
OUR NATIONAL NIGHTMARE. The reins of government power, technology, and the press tighten and tangle in a few white billionaires’ hands. Where is this American cabal going next, and how deep will it drag us with it?
hammerandhope.org/article/nati...
OUR NATIONAL NIGHTMARE. The reins of government power, technology, and the press tighten and tangle in a few white billionaires’ hands. Where is this American cabal going next, and how deep will it drag us with it?
hammerandhope.org/article/nati...
Our National Nightmare
What’s the way out of the terrors of Trumpism?
hammerandhope.org
October 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The eighth issue of Hammer & Hope is now live.
OUR NATIONAL NIGHTMARE. The reins of government power, technology, and the press tighten and tangle in a few white billionaires’ hands. Where is this American cabal going next, and how deep will it drag us with it?
hammerandhope.org/article/nati...
OUR NATIONAL NIGHTMARE. The reins of government power, technology, and the press tighten and tangle in a few white billionaires’ hands. Where is this American cabal going next, and how deep will it drag us with it?
hammerandhope.org/article/nati...
BIG NEWS: Here’s the trailer for my new, fully independent weekly podcast. UNRULY SUBJECTS, produced in partnership with
@rowhomeproductions.bsky.social
I made this show so we can hang out more often and make sense of the world.
Check out the trailer now —and subscribe to the show!
surl.li/mhavhk
@rowhomeproductions.bsky.social
I made this show so we can hang out more often and make sense of the world.
Check out the trailer now —and subscribe to the show!
surl.li/mhavhk
October 31, 2025 at 12:15 AM
BIG NEWS: Here’s the trailer for my new, fully independent weekly podcast. UNRULY SUBJECTS, produced in partnership with
@rowhomeproductions.bsky.social
I made this show so we can hang out more often and make sense of the world.
Check out the trailer now —and subscribe to the show!
surl.li/mhavhk
@rowhomeproductions.bsky.social
I made this show so we can hang out more often and make sense of the world.
Check out the trailer now —and subscribe to the show!
surl.li/mhavhk
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Emergency funds to foods banks aren’t sufficient — these people are employed and caregivers they can’t afford to stand on long food lines. The way aid is delivered is just as important as the cash itself in terms of who is able to benefit
October 30, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Emergency funds to foods banks aren’t sufficient — these people are employed and caregivers they can’t afford to stand on long food lines. The way aid is delivered is just as important as the cash itself in terms of who is able to benefit
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I just don’t think we’re freaking out enough about this SNAP cut. I have spent my whole career working with people who rely on SNAP for food. People who work multiple jobs. Who have kids. What do you think happens when 1/8th of the population can’t buy food anymore? Everything is going to collapse.
October 30, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I just don’t think we’re freaking out enough about this SNAP cut. I have spent my whole career working with people who rely on SNAP for food. People who work multiple jobs. Who have kids. What do you think happens when 1/8th of the population can’t buy food anymore? Everything is going to collapse.
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“Trump’s compact is the greatest single incursion into the freedom & autonomy of higher education to ever happen in this country.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
#DefendHigherEd
#DefendHigherEd
‘Students Are Terrified’: How Trump’s Higher Education Compact Puts Queer Students at Risk
The heavy-handed document promises federal funding in exchange for ideological compliance. So far, it's unpopular.
rewirenewsgroup.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:32 PM
“Trump’s compact is the greatest single incursion into the freedom & autonomy of higher education to ever happen in this country.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
#DefendHigherEd
#DefendHigherEd
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Get involved here: www.right2hug.org
Right to Hug
Every year, millions of children can’t hug their parents because of corporate greed. Jails across the United States have stopped allowing children to visit their parents for free, forcing families to ...
www.right2hug.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Get involved here: www.right2hug.org
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As I discussed below in one of the most important speeches I have ever given, these cases are vital moments of reaffirming our society's commitment to its values and to basic notions of kindness, solidarity, and truth. www.youtube.com/watch?v=trck...
Alec Karakatsanis | Heising-Simons Sparks of Hope Talk
YouTube video by Civil Rights Corps
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October 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
As I discussed below in one of the most important speeches I have ever given, these cases are vital moments of reaffirming our society's commitment to its values and to basic notions of kindness, solidarity, and truth. www.youtube.com/watch?v=trck...
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THREAD. We have just filed a landmark new civil rights case in Colorado in our campaign across the country to establish a constitutional right for children to hug their parents. More information to come soon, but this is a big deal.
October 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
THREAD. We have just filed a landmark new civil rights case in Colorado in our campaign across the country to establish a constitutional right for children to hug their parents. More information to come soon, but this is a big deal.
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Curious about the links between policing, empire, and resistance, from Chicago to Gaza? Don’t miss this week’s Gallatin Human Rights Initiative panel!
📆 October 30, 2025 | 5 - 7 PM
🎤 @chenjerai.bsky.social, Stuart Schrader, Christina Heatherton
📍 255 Sullivan Street
🖇️ buff.ly/M9bF2PF
📆 October 30, 2025 | 5 - 7 PM
🎤 @chenjerai.bsky.social, Stuart Schrader, Christina Heatherton
📍 255 Sullivan Street
🖇️ buff.ly/M9bF2PF
October 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Curious about the links between policing, empire, and resistance, from Chicago to Gaza? Don’t miss this week’s Gallatin Human Rights Initiative panel!
📆 October 30, 2025 | 5 - 7 PM
🎤 @chenjerai.bsky.social, Stuart Schrader, Christina Heatherton
📍 255 Sullivan Street
🖇️ buff.ly/M9bF2PF
📆 October 30, 2025 | 5 - 7 PM
🎤 @chenjerai.bsky.social, Stuart Schrader, Christina Heatherton
📍 255 Sullivan Street
🖇️ buff.ly/M9bF2PF
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WOW. I can't read this yet but I read the intro and - this hits very, very close to home for me. For others too, it seems 😔
October 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
WOW. I can't read this yet but I read the intro and - this hits very, very close to home for me. For others too, it seems 😔
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🫵🏿🚨 Vamos atualizar uma das ferramentas mais importantes do nosso trabalho: o Manual de Redação da Alma Preta Jornalismo! Já sabe como contribuir?
October 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
🫵🏿🚨 Vamos atualizar uma das ferramentas mais importantes do nosso trabalho: o Manual de Redação da Alma Preta Jornalismo! Já sabe como contribuir?
This week the police in Rio executed what is being called the most deadly massacre in Rio’s history. Black organizations are demanding accountability and the UN just called for an investigation. But it will take a lot to get real processes of accountability going.
If, like me you don’t speak Portuguese, you can translate pretty easily - and thus read more or less directly from one of the largest Black media organizations in Brazil.
www.catarse.me/pt/projects/...
www.catarse.me/pt/projects/...
Alma Preta
Apoie Jornalismo Preto e Livre!
www.catarse.me
October 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This week the police in Rio executed what is being called the most deadly massacre in Rio’s history. Black organizations are demanding accountability and the UN just called for an investigation. But it will take a lot to get real processes of accountability going.
If, like me you don’t speak Portuguese, you can translate pretty easily - and thus read more or less directly from one of the largest Black media organizations in Brazil.
www.catarse.me/pt/projects/...
www.catarse.me/pt/projects/...
Alma Preta
Apoie Jornalismo Preto e Livre!
www.catarse.me
October 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
If, like me you don’t speak Portuguese, you can translate pretty easily - and thus read more or less directly from one of the largest Black media organizations in Brazil.
www.catarse.me/pt/projects/...
www.catarse.me/pt/projects/...