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Steven Moreno-Terrill
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Chicanx/Ethnic Studies Community College Professor, Public Historian, and Transdisciplinary Scholar of Race, Place, and Memory
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The Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice will launch a digital archive this fall featuring articles, photos, videos, telegrams, speeches, and more tied to Rustin's work.
A Bayard Rustin archive aims to preserve his legacy as a queer Civil Rights activist
The Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice will launch a digital archive this fall featuring articles, photos, videos, telegrams, speeches, and more tied to Rustin's work.
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July 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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propublica.org
Meet our reporters @jodiscohen.bsky.social and @jsmithrichards.bsky.social. They've reported on education for decades — and have been closely tracking President Trump’s changes to the Department of Education.

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March 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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democracynow.org
Tesla Takedown, the protest movement urging people to boycott Elon Musk's car company, continues to gain momentum across the United States.
March 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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propublica.org
Listen to our Editor-in-Chief @sengelberg.bsky.social break down the source for the claim that only 6% of federal employees are working full time in their offices, and why the untrue statistic matters.

📽️: @carissaqmb.bsky.social
When an Untrue Stat Shapes Federal Policy
YouTube video by ProPublica
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March 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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zinnedproject.bsky.social
Long history to attacks on teaching history, includes #tdih 1997 when Cordova sisters were suspended (& later fired) for teaching Chicano studies, engaging students in critical reading of textbooks, & using materials from Learning for Justice of @splcenter.org ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/co...
Feb. 28, 1997: Teachers Suspended for Chicano Studies Lessons
Nadine and Patsy Córdova were targets of a white supremacist campaign after teaching ethnic studies through resources like 500 Years of Chicano History and sponsoring the school’s first chapter of MEC...
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February 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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hyperallergic.com
What can museums do right now to support their trans and queer staff and visitors?
It’s Time for Museums to Step Up for Queer and Trans People
Amid ceaseless attacks on LGBTQ+ rights, art institutions have a responsibility to center and support their queer and trans staff and visitors.
hyperallergic.com
February 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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npr.org
The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.
A movement is calling for an 'economic blackout' on Friday. Here's what to know
The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.
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February 28, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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Twenty-one members of the United State DOGE Service have resigned, they said in an anonymous letter, citing DOGE's ongoing work dramatically reshaping the federal government.
21 DOGE staffers resign, saying they won't help 'dismantle' public services
Twenty-one members of the United State DOGE Service have resigned, they said in an anonymous letter, citing DOGE's ongoing work dramatically reshaping the federal government.
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February 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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nytimes.com
Known as the red card, a resource distributed by the nonprofit Immigrant Legal Resource Center lists tips and legal rights for immigrants who might find themselves targeted by federal agents. Demand for the cards has surged since President Trump returned to office. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...
Two hands hold a small red card with white lettering against a wallet. The card reads: “I do not wish to speak with you, answer your questions, or sign or hand you any documents based on my 5th Amendment rights under the United States Constitution. I do not give you permission to enter my home based on my 4th Amendment rights under the United States Constitution unless you have a warrant to enter, signed by a judge or magistrate with my name on it that you slide under the door. I do not give you permission to search any of my belongings based on my 4th Amendment rights. I choose to exercise my constitutional rights.” Photo by Loren Elliott for The New York Times.
February 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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haymarketbooks.org
LIVE NOW!

Join @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @astra.bsky.social, and @keeanga.bsky.social for an emergency town hall on resisting the shock and awe politics of the far right and their billionaire enthusiasts.

Stream here:
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The Corporate Coup in Global Context: An Emergency Town Hall
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February 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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dukepress.bsky.social
The new experimental collection "Informatics of Domination," edited by Zach Blas, @melodyjue.bsky.social , & Jennifer Rhee, addresses formations of power that manifest through technical systems and white capitalist patriarchy in the 21st century. Read the intro for free now!
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Cover of Informatics of Domination, edited by Zack Blas, Melody Jue, and Jennifer Rhee. The cover features and bright white title text against a stark black background, with information about the contributors in a light gray text. The text is located at the top of the cover, above a series of intersecting parallel and perpindicular lines that are rendered in a black, gray and white gradient.
February 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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npr.org
Ellen Weintraub, a Democratic member of the Federal Election Commission, says President Trump is trying to improperly remove her from the post.
Federal election commissioner says Trump is trying to improperly remove her
Ellen Weintraub, a Democratic member of the Federal Election Commission, says President Trump is trying to improperly remove her from the post.
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February 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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democracynow.org
Educator @jessehagopian.bsky.social says Trump's vow to abolish the Education Department is not about "local control" over schools.

"Let’s call this what it is: an extremist, authoritarian power grab to dismantle public education and enforce ideological conformity."
“Educational Arson”: Trump Moves to Abolish Dept. of Education
As the Trump administration, led in part by his unelected adviser Elon Musk, sets its sights on cutting the Department of Education, we speak to longtime educator Jesse Hagopian about what he calls an...
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February 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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uncpress.bsky.social
"Suppressing resistance has a long history, and 'Carceral Apartheid: How Lies and White Supremacy Run Our Prisons' traces the explosive growth of Black imprisonment since Reconstruction."—read a review of @curlyprofessor.bsky.social Brittany Friedman's recently released book via #TheIndypendent:
New Book Looks at the History of Carceral Apartheid
Research reveals the ways resistance inside prisons has been suppressed, propping up an unequal and unjust social order.
indypendent.org
February 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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nytimes.com
The State Department has fired about 60 contractors who work for its democracy, human rights and labor bureau, a division whose programs have often been criticized by authoritarian leaders, according to two U.S. officials and two former officials.
State Dept. Fires About 60 Contractors Working on Democracy and Human Rights
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February 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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profhajaryazdiha.bsky.social
✍️ Over at @harvardcarrcenter today, we Racial Justice Fellows offered some reflections on Black History Month and truth telling as resistance.

Check them all out at www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
February 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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uncpress.bsky.social
WHITE EVANGELICAL RACISM: The Politics of Morality in America author and @upenn.edu professor @antheabutler.bsky.social commentary in @salonnewsroom.bsky.social:
"Americans were sleep-marched into fascism": Signs of creeping authoritarianism we can't miss again
Americans have "no lived experience of what happens when oligarchs sink their fangs into a country"
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February 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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npr.org
President Trump's efforts to cut the federal workforce by 10% might not save as much money as hoped and could have unintended consequences. NPR explains why.
Trump wants to cut the federal workforce. Who they are and what that means
President Trump's efforts to cut the federal workforce by 10% might not save as much money as hoped and could have unintended consequences. NPR explains why.
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January 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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zinnedproject.bsky.social
The president's new EO promotes "patriotic education."

What would that mean? A return to what James Loewen described in his textbook critique, their approach to patriotism "converts textbooks into anti-citizenship manuals — handbooks for acquiescence." ⬇️
www.civilrightsteaching.org/resource/pat...
Patriotism over Democracy: A Critical Analysis of U.S. History Textbooks — Civil Rights Teaching
Reading by James Loewen Examination of how U.S. history textbooks misrepresent the role of the federal government in foreign and domestic policy, minimizing the potential power of the people.
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January 30, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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ladyofsardines.bsky.social
Researching & writing this curriculum was such a joy & honor. Obviously, I think all the lessons I work on are important, but this is one I *really*, REALLY, hope folks are teaching right now.
January 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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theonion.com
Investors Worried AI Could Leave Shred Of Humanity Intact
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Investors Worried AI Could Leave Shred Of Humanity Intact
January 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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democracynow.org
Join Rula Jebreal, Naomi Klein and Nermeen Shaikh on January 29 for a discussion on the critical challenges facing journalists, and building solidarity with those on the front lines.

RSVP now for this free event: www.democracynow.org/events/2025/...
Protecting Journalism from Rising Fascist & Ethnonationalist Threats
January 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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ibogost.com
That time when I wrote this seven and one half years ago
Cryptocurrency Might be a Path to Authoritarianism
Extreme libertarians built blockchain to decentralize government and corporate power. It could consolidate their control instead.
www.theatlantic.com
January 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
morenoterrills.bsky.social
It takes practice, but saying no is a critical life skill that has negative health and other implications if we chronically avoid it. Supporting people’s ability to safely say no is another thing to consider. Who gets to say no and the privileges around it (race, class, and gender) are worth noting
kqedforum.bsky.social KQED Forum @kqedforum.bsky.social · Jan 24
🎧 Listen to the podcast!

Organizational psychologist Dr. Sunita Sah spoke with Mina Kim about her new book "Defy: The Power of No In A World That Demands Yes," why it's so hard to say "no" and why acts of defiance should be seen as expressions of our values.
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Dr. Sunita Sah on How To Say ‘No’
KQED's Forum · Episode
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January 24, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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citylightsbooks.bsky.social
Texas is one of the country's testing grounds for anti-library legislation and many states have attempted to duplicate their legislation.

We're tracking 14 anti-library bills in the state.

bit.ly/4g6yRW3 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
What's Happening to Libraries in Texas
Another bad year for libraries in Texas? Will more states follow their lead?
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January 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM