Dr. Aria Halliday
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The 19th spoke with Aria S. Halliday about her inspiration for the book, her own journey and what Black girls and women can learn from each other.
Black girls are ‘missing’ from popular media. Here’s how we can do better.
In her new book, author and cultural critic Aria S. Halliday considers how society has limited who Black girls are — and who they can become.
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😬 read a bit about me and my new book—Black Girls and How We Fail Them!
Thanks Eden and @19thnews.org for the feature ☺️
Thanks Eden and @19thnews.org for the feature ☺️
I’m taking a break from socials in Q1. Email is the best way to contact me. Take care of yourselves and each other.
a woman is making a peace sign with her hands while looking at the camera .
ALT: a woman is making a peace sign with her hands while looking at the camera .
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January 1, 2026 at 7:47 PM
I’m taking a break from socials in Q1. Email is the best way to contact me. Take care of yourselves and each other.
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The site, now underwater, was once home to Japanese Americans seeking safety during World War II.
Beneath Jordanelle Reservoir, a little-known chapter of history
The site, now underwater, was once home to Japanese Americans seeking safety during World War II.
www.sltrib.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:54 PM
The site, now underwater, was once home to Japanese Americans seeking safety during World War II.
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@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is officially Mayor of New York City! 🎉🗽 We spoke to attendees at the new mayor's block party what they hope he accomplishes in his first term. ⬇️
Young New Yorkers React to Zohran Mamdani's Inauguration
Teen Vogue spoke to attendees at the new NYC mayor's block party.
www.teenvogue.com
January 1, 2026 at 7:04 PM
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is officially Mayor of New York City! 🎉🗽 We spoke to attendees at the new mayor's block party what they hope he accomplishes in his first term. ⬇️
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There is no state in this country where you can live a comfortable life on $15 an hour.
19 states will raise their minimum wages to ring in the new year for 2026, with most of them reaching a rate of $15 per hour or higher
19 States To Raise Their Minimum Wage For The New Year
As the federal minimum wage languishes, 20 states are on their way to a $15 wage floor if they haven't reached it already.
www.huffpost.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:25 PM
There is no state in this country where you can live a comfortable life on $15 an hour.
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Lawn darts, Four Loko, and Panera death lemonade had a lower body count combined and were banned faster.
Uh… check out what ChatGPT allegedly told a man before he killed his mother and then himself.
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December 31, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Lawn darts, Four Loko, and Panera death lemonade had a lower body count combined and were banned faster.
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And disproportionately affects Black people with uteruses — I’ve seen reporting that 50-80% have the condition. This from the Mayo Clinic says 90% by age 50, it’s outrageous
mcpress.mayoclinic.org/women-health...
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December 31, 2025 at 12:32 PM
And disproportionately affects Black people with uteruses — I’ve seen reporting that 50-80% have the condition. This from the Mayo Clinic says 90% by age 50, it’s outrageous
mcpress.mayoclinic.org/women-health...
mcpress.mayoclinic.org/women-health...
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I'm sharing a new bird of Palestine every two hours on new year's eve to remind you that six families & a camp of fifteen more, still surviving famine, bombardment, displacement, rely on your help.
For eight months, that's meant survival. Join in: chuffed.org/project/hope...
For eight months, that's meant survival. Join in: chuffed.org/project/hope...
December 31, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Please become a weekly supporter or a monthly supporter. Or an occasional supporter.
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We are not living the same reality because we are dying a faster death.
Premature death.
Black New Yorkers, who are not also Latinx, have the lowest life expectancy.
Premature death.
Black New Yorkers, who are not also Latinx, have the lowest life expectancy.
December 31, 2025 at 3:15 AM
We are not living the same reality because we are dying a faster death.
Premature death.
Black New Yorkers, who are not also Latinx, have the lowest life expectancy.
Premature death.
Black New Yorkers, who are not also Latinx, have the lowest life expectancy.
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Carmen de Lavallade, Dancer Whose Career Spanned the Arts, Dies at 94
Over six decades she worked in theater, opera, film and television alongside luminaries like Alvin Ailey, Lena Horne, Agnes de Mille and Harry Belafonte
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/a...
Over six decades she worked in theater, opera, film and television alongside luminaries like Alvin Ailey, Lena Horne, Agnes de Mille and Harry Belafonte
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/a...
Carmen de Lavallade, Dancer Whose Career Spanned the Arts, Dies at 94
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Carmen de Lavallade, Dancer Whose Career Spanned the Arts, Dies at 94
Over six decades she worked in theater, opera, film and television alongside luminaries like Alvin Ailey, Lena Horne, Agnes de Mille and Harry Belafonte
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/a...
Over six decades she worked in theater, opera, film and television alongside luminaries like Alvin Ailey, Lena Horne, Agnes de Mille and Harry Belafonte
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/a...
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The Academic Work Tracker spreadsheet is now updated with 2026 dates! If you don't already, 2026 is a great time to start treating your academic work like the wage job where you are paid to work a certain amount of hours that it actually is: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Academic Work Tracker Template v2.3 (2026)
docs.google.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:24 AM
The Academic Work Tracker spreadsheet is now updated with 2026 dates! If you don't already, 2026 is a great time to start treating your academic work like the wage job where you are paid to work a certain amount of hours that it actually is: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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A year later, Altadena fire survivors confront hard choices about housing
Sell, rebuild or just wait? The residents of West Las Flores Drive embody the many different ways people say they are recovering from the catastrophe.
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Sell, rebuild or just wait? The residents of West Las Flores Drive embody the many different ways people say they are recovering from the catastrophe.
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A year later, Altadena fire survivors confront hard choices about housing
One year after the Altadena fire destroyed nearly 6,000 homes, survivors of the catastrophe are dealing with recovery in myriad ways.
wapo.st
December 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM
A year later, Altadena fire survivors confront hard choices about housing
Sell, rebuild or just wait? The residents of West Las Flores Drive embody the many different ways people say they are recovering from the catastrophe.
wapo.st/3MZF7pQ
Sell, rebuild or just wait? The residents of West Las Flores Drive embody the many different ways people say they are recovering from the catastrophe.
wapo.st/3MZF7pQ
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A suite of pro-EV federal policies have been reversed. Well-known vehicles have been discontinued. Sales plummeted. But interest is holding steady.
Electric vehicles had a bumpy road in 2025 — and one pleasant surprise
A suite of pro-EV federal policies have been reversed. Well-known vehicles have been discontinued. Sales plummeted. But interest is holding steady.
n.pr
December 30, 2025 at 12:46 PM
A suite of pro-EV federal policies have been reversed. Well-known vehicles have been discontinued. Sales plummeted. But interest is holding steady.
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December 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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There is no more “state of the humanities” as such. There is no condition in which the humanities are under attack in which the whole university is not under attack...We are all humanists now.
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Happy to see this, written with the excellent @mattseybold.bsky.social , out in the world. Solidarity to everyone fighting for education and civil society!
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www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
The ‘Crisis of the Humanities’ Is Over. That’s Not a Good Thing.
All of higher ed now suffers the attacks of politics and technology.
www.chronicle.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
There is no more “state of the humanities” as such. There is no condition in which the humanities are under attack in which the whole university is not under attack...We are all humanists now.
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Having lost my grandmother 7 years ago to this terrible disease, I am so happy for this advancement. At the end she didn’t know who I was—I never want others to experience that loss.
December 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Having lost my grandmother 7 years ago to this terrible disease, I am so happy for this advancement. At the end she didn’t know who I was—I never want others to experience that loss.
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Now is not the time for subtlety, nostalgia or neutrality on screen. n.pr/4jBeRP3
'Raising questions' isn't enough. The best films of the year took a stance
Now is not the time for subtlety, nostalgia or neutrality on screen.
n.pr
December 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Now is not the time for subtlety, nostalgia or neutrality on screen. n.pr/4jBeRP3
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All of the top-10 books borrowed through the public library app Libby were written by women. And Kristin Hannah's The Women was the top check-out in many library system around the country. n.pr/49tGkyq
Genre fiction and female authors top U.S. libraries' most-borrowed lists in 2025
All of the top-10 books borrowed through the public library app Libby were written by women. And Kristin Hannah's The Women was the top check-out in many library system around the country.
n.pr
December 29, 2025 at 11:21 AM
All of the top-10 books borrowed through the public library app Libby were written by women. And Kristin Hannah's The Women was the top check-out in many library system around the country. n.pr/49tGkyq
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The Detroit Chamber polled MI in 2024. 58% of voters believe avg student debt is about $50K. Consequently, only 8% of voters thought that a BA/BS was the "minimum to be successful in MI" and only 27% said *any college* was important to getting a good job (1/X)
www.detroitchamber.com/survey-paren...
www.detroitchamber.com/survey-paren...
December 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The Detroit Chamber polled MI in 2024. 58% of voters believe avg student debt is about $50K. Consequently, only 8% of voters thought that a BA/BS was the "minimum to be successful in MI" and only 27% said *any college* was important to getting a good job (1/X)
www.detroitchamber.com/survey-paren...
www.detroitchamber.com/survey-paren...
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Photographic print of a young girl https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2013.46.29.55
December 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Photographic print of a young girl https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2013.46.29.55
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Comedian Mo Amer is gaining attention for his show “Mo,” which explores the journey of a Palestinian refugee family seeking asylum in the U.S. The series is part of a wave of TV shows by Arab or Muslim American creators that aim to tell authentic stories without relying on stereotypes.
How TV shows like 'Mo' and 'Muslim Matchmaker' allow Arab and Muslim Americans to tell their stories
Comedian Mo Amer is gaining attention for his show “Mo,” which explores the journey of a Palestinian refugee family seeking asylum in the U.S.
bit.ly
December 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Comedian Mo Amer is gaining attention for his show “Mo,” which explores the journey of a Palestinian refugee family seeking asylum in the U.S. The series is part of a wave of TV shows by Arab or Muslim American creators that aim to tell authentic stories without relying on stereotypes.
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“It found that 22% of families with children said they had to reduce portion sizes for their kids' meals. Additionally, 14% were forced to "deprive children of some meals,"
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New study reveals alarming trend unfolding at American grocery stores — here's what 80% of families are noticing — The Cool Down
More than 1,700 families earning less than $100,000 were surveyed. Dec 27, 2025 You may be noticing alarming price rises in your local grocery store, and a study has revealed that many Americans are e...
apple.news
December 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
“It found that 22% of families with children said they had to reduce portion sizes for their kids' meals. Additionally, 14% were forced to "deprive children of some meals,"
apple.news/A109vtvqHQne...
apple.news/A109vtvqHQne...
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Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its…
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December 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
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"While sociologists were debating "the marriage gap" and declining rates of marriage for Black women, McMillan's characters were commiserating, exploring their options, cracking jokes, and braving the messy realities of life..."
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30 years ago, 'Waiting to Exhale' was the blockbuster Hollywood didn't anticipate
The 1995 adaptation of Terry McMillan's novel celebrated the beauty of Black sisterhood.
www.npr.org
December 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"While sociologists were debating "the marriage gap" and declining rates of marriage for Black women, McMillan's characters were commiserating, exploring their options, cracking jokes, and braving the messy realities of life..."
www.npr.org/2025/12/24/n...
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