Marisol Negrón
@marinegron.bsky.social
Puerto Rico x Palestine | Author of Made in NuYoRico: Fania Records, Latin Music, and Salsa's Nuyorican Meanings | scholar teacher mamademic | narrative & meaning making | expressive culture | intellectual history
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📣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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August 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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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
August 5, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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.
Artist Profile: Bad Bunny
"Helping Puerto Rico overcome the lasting devastation caused by Lin Manuel Miranda" 😂
"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:...
theonion.com
August 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Artist Profile: Bad Bunny
"Helping Puerto Rico overcome the lasting devastation caused by Lin Manuel Miranda" 😂
"Helping Puerto Rico overcome the lasting devastation caused by Lin Manuel Miranda" 😂
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
August 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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.
Or anywhere else.
June 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Or anywhere else.
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
June 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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
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new coloring book page just dropped.
chinga la migra, ICE out of LA!
chinga la migra, ICE out of LA!
June 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
new coloring book page just dropped.
chinga la migra, ICE out of LA!
chinga la migra, ICE out of LA!
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.
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
June 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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.
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.
Reposted by Marisol Negrón
Reposted by Marisol Negrón
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...
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
June 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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...
As the 1968 Olympian turns 80, his life provides a lesson for our times: Don’t sell out.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Australian reporter shot with rubber bullet while covering anti-Ice protests in Los Angeles
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
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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
June 9, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Australian reporter shot with rubber bullet while covering anti-Ice protests in Los Angeles
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Hundreds of Edgewater neighbors came out in a sea of rainbow yesterday to support
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June 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Hundreds of Edgewater neighbors came out in a sea of rainbow yesterday to support
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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:
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
June 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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:
We’ve also added a list of additional recommended reading:
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"Would the situation somehow be less violent were ICE left to snatch and disappear people without impediment?" interc.pt/4kT2vku
June 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"Would the situation somehow be less violent were ICE left to snatch and disappear people without impediment?" interc.pt/4kT2vku
@haymarketbooks.org *F R E E E-B O O K S* #AbolishICE #AbolishPolice
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/525-fr...
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
June 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
@haymarketbooks.org *F R E E E-B O O K S* #AbolishICE #AbolishPolice
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/525-fr...
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/525-fr...
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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
June 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Another world is possible if we fight for it.
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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
June 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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...
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Puerto Rico to Palestine, LA to Laos—Solidarity!
June 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Puerto Rico to Palestine, LA to Laos—Solidarity!
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There’s always money in the fascist banana stand, Michael.
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
June 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
There’s always money in the fascist banana stand, Michael.
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.
April 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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.
"Resisting the New McCarthyism and Complicity from UMass to Palestine" with Rabab Abdulahdi @UMass Boston
"Zionism will come to an end"
"Zionism will come to an end"
April 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
"Resisting the New McCarthyism and Complicity from UMass to Palestine" with Rabab Abdulahdi @UMass Boston
"Zionism will come to an end"
"Zionism will come to an end"
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
Deadline: APRIL 25
Andres Torres Paper Series Award - UMass Boston
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April 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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
Deadline: APRIL 25
Excerpts from the dissenting opinions by #SCOTUS justices #Sotomayor (first two images) and #Jackson. See the full ruling at static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
April 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Excerpts from the dissenting opinions by #SCOTUS justices #Sotomayor (first two images) and #Jackson. See the full ruling at static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
