Nicole Carr
@nicolefcarr.bsky.social
Digital Expat. Journalist. Speaker. Morehouse College Visiting Asst.journalism professor. Book writing 📚 + Globetrotting 🌎+ Searching for the ancestors with my own legacies 👧🏽👧🏽👦🏾 🇺🇸🇯🇲✨💕💚
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Nicole Carr
@nicolefcarr.bsky.social
· Mar 16
The historic Black press and the attempt to criminalize journalists
I've long thought about the potential for U.S. journalists to be jailed in America for doing our jobs. We should remember how the government came after Black journalists in the not-so-distant past.
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It's Black Press Day. And the historic Black press understood what it was like to be targeted, surveilled, charged with crimes, even jailed. As similar threats loom, we should take a look at this history. Read/Listen/Share/Subscribe to Fortify here: nicolefcarr.substack.com/p/the-histor...
Yep. I penned this piece that published on 11/9/24: theemancipator.org/2024/11/09/t...
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Yep. I penned this piece that published on 11/9/24: theemancipator.org/2024/11/09/t...
Oh, I completely believe in resilience and the strength of democratizing forces. Black people in this country have no other choice but to believe. But America is in full throttle FAFO mode. So we have to ride this ish out.
But, we have muscle memory. Surely, we can right the ship. Eventually.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Oh, I completely believe in resilience and the strength of democratizing forces. Black people in this country have no other choice but to believe. But America is in full throttle FAFO mode. So we have to ride this ish out.
Spoke at Spelman College earlier today and repeated something I’ve said for the better part of the year: We’ve lost this experiment we call democracy.
November 10, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Spoke at Spelman College earlier today and repeated something I’ve said for the better part of the year: We’ve lost this experiment we call democracy.
Reposted by Nicole Carr
A prominent far-right German activist has applied for political asylum in the U.S., as the Trump administration has signaled plans to prioritize protections for White refugees and Europeans who claim they are being targeted for their populist views.
German far-right activist seeks asylum in U.S. as Trump ties deepen
Social media influencer Naomi Seibt, a supporter of the nationalist AfD party, said she is being persecuted in Germany for her political views.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A prominent far-right German activist has applied for political asylum in the U.S., as the Trump administration has signaled plans to prioritize protections for White refugees and Europeans who claim they are being targeted for their populist views.
Heard from some family in Jamaica yesterday. It was the first time we were able to speak via phone. Power and water has been restored to their area so the kids were able to return to school Thursday.
One of the first things our cousin uttered about the strength of Melissa: climate change.
One of the first things our cousin uttered about the strength of Melissa: climate change.
No doubt about it: Climate change made Hurricane Melissa way worse.
An analysis of the storm found “all aspects of this event were amplified by climate change, and that we'll see more of the same.”
grist.org/climate/no-d...
#Hurricane #Weather #Climate
An analysis of the storm found “all aspects of this event were amplified by climate change, and that we'll see more of the same.”
grist.org/climate/no-d...
#Hurricane #Weather #Climate
No doubt about it: Climate change made Hurricane Melissa way worse
An analysis of the storm found “all aspects of this event were amplified by climate change, and that we'll see more of the same.”
grist.org
November 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Heard from some family in Jamaica yesterday. It was the first time we were able to speak via phone. Power and water has been restored to their area so the kids were able to return to school Thursday.
One of the first things our cousin uttered about the strength of Melissa: climate change.
One of the first things our cousin uttered about the strength of Melissa: climate change.
Reposted by Nicole Carr
HAPPENING NOW: Judge McConnell is sharply rebuking the Trump administration for what he said was defying his order to make full SNAP payments by Nov. 5. He has ordered USDA to make the *full* payment to states by tomorrow.
November 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Judge McConnell is sharply rebuking the Trump administration for what he said was defying his order to make full SNAP payments by Nov. 5. He has ordered USDA to make the *full* payment to states by tomorrow.
Reposted by Nicole Carr
Waiting for all the breathless coverage about the all the people of color shifting blue in this election, since the shift to Trump a year ago was treated like a colossal re-ordering of the electorate that signaled the end of wokeness and progressive politics.
November 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Waiting for all the breathless coverage about the all the people of color shifting blue in this election, since the shift to Trump a year ago was treated like a colossal re-ordering of the electorate that signaled the end of wokeness and progressive politics.
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Zohran Mamdani will be New York’s youngest mayor in over a century and the city’s first Muslim and first South Asian mayor. He has twice defeated Andrew Cuomo, who resigned as governor in the face of sexual harassment allegations. https://bit.ly/47pa8LH
Zohran Mamdani, who ran on universal child care, elected New York City mayor
Mamdani defeated Andrew Cuomo, who resigned as governor in 2021 in the face of sexual misconduct allegations.
19thnews.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Zohran Mamdani will be New York’s youngest mayor in over a century and the city’s first Muslim and first South Asian mayor. He has twice defeated Andrew Cuomo, who resigned as governor in the face of sexual harassment allegations. https://bit.ly/47pa8LH
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Abigail Spanberger will be Virginia’s next governor and the first woman to hold the state’s highest office. Her campaign promised to fight the “chaos” of President Donald Trump’s second term and to address cost-of-living issues. https://bit.ly/3JEKGZp
November 5, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Abigail Spanberger will be Virginia’s next governor and the first woman to hold the state’s highest office. Her campaign promised to fight the “chaos” of President Donald Trump’s second term and to address cost-of-living issues. https://bit.ly/3JEKGZp
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Virginia has elected Ghazala Hashmi as the state’s next lieutenant governor, making her the first Muslim woman ever elected to statewide office in the United States. 19thnews.org/2025/11/virg...
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Virginia has elected Ghazala Hashmi as the state’s next lieutenant governor, making her the first Muslim woman ever elected to statewide office in the United States. 19thnews.org/2025/11/virg...
One point I’ve made in the years since writing this + a slew of other school board narratives is that none of this was isolated to your backyard, nor was it ever about “concerned parents” as whole.
This was a White-led, anti-government movement setting the stage for where we find ourselves today.
This was a White-led, anti-government movement setting the stage for where we find ourselves today.
An anti-CRT movement targeted an accomplished educator — driving her out of two Georgia school districts.
The mission began inside a golf community clubhouse on a Sunday afternoon, where parents were coached on how to land a Fox News appearance.
(Published June 2022)
By @nicolefcarr.bsky.social
The mission began inside a golf community clubhouse on a Sunday afternoon, where parents were coached on how to land a Fox News appearance.
(Published June 2022)
By @nicolefcarr.bsky.social
White Parents Rallied to Chase a Black Educator Out of Town. Then, They Followed Her to the Next One.
Cecelia Lewis was asked to apply for a Georgia school district’s first-ever administrator job devoted to diversity, equity and inclusion. A group of parents — coached by local and national anti-CRT gr...
www.propublica.org
November 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
One point I’ve made in the years since writing this + a slew of other school board narratives is that none of this was isolated to your backyard, nor was it ever about “concerned parents” as whole.
This was a White-led, anti-government movement setting the stage for where we find ourselves today.
This was a White-led, anti-government movement setting the stage for where we find ourselves today.
The journalism crisis continues to unfold:
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The journalism crisis continues to unfold:
Reposted by Nicole Carr
October 31, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Reposted by Nicole Carr
BREAKING: Federal judge rules that the Trump administration likely illegally suspended SNAP benefits, ruling that at least reduced distribution is required to go forward under law using the $6 billion reserve fund.
Judge gives the Trump admin until Monday to respond as to whether it will act.
Judge gives the Trump admin until Monday to respond as to whether it will act.
![UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS ET AL.,
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ET AL.,
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Civil Action No. 1:25-cv-13165-IT
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
October 31, 2025
TALWANI, D.J.
Pending before the court is Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order [Doc.
No. 3] seeking to enjoin, on an emergency basis, Defendants' November 1, 2025 suspension of benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ("SNAP"). For the reasons stated
below, Plaintiffs have standing to bring this action and are likely to succeed on their claim that
Defendants' suspension of SNAP benefits is unlawful. Where that suspension of benefits rested
on an erroneous construction of the relevant statutory provisions, the court will allow Defendants
to consider whether they will authorize at least reduced SNAP benefits for November, and report
back to the court no later than Monday, November 3, 2025.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiczapq36myqhzcrdp4jfodg5rkso7nuvlta4e5b5r4l5upce7b3le@jpeg)
![As both parties acknowledge, Congress has not yet appropriated any new funds for SNAP
benefits for Fiscal Year 2026, which began on October 1, 2025. Pls.' Mem. 6 [Doc. No. 4];
Defs.' Opp'n 7 [Doc. No. 18]. But Congress took steps to protect against the deprivation of
SNAP assistance. In the 2024 Consolidated Appropriations Act, Pub. L. No. 118-42, § 6, 138
Stat. 25, 93-94, Congress separately appropriated $6 billion to the SNAP program "to remain available through September 30, 2026" and "be placed in reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times as may become necessary to carry out program operations." See also Pub. L.
No. 119-4, § 1101(a), 139 Stat. 9, 10 (2025). As Plaintiffs point out, given the mandatory nature
of SNAP benefits under 7 U.S.C. § 2014(a) and the appropriation of these funds to be available
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Case 1:25-cv-13165-IT
Document 26 Filed 10/31/25
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through this current fiscal year, the government is obligated to use this contingent reserve
account to fund SNAP "as may become necessary to carry out program operations." 138 Stat. at
93-94; Pls.' Mem. 11 [Doc. No. 4].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiac7aa6icx44x5xjkilpwj7il5oriyttttnrslzrhkwvw6b32cbnm@jpeg)
October 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
BREAKING: Federal judge rules that the Trump administration likely illegally suspended SNAP benefits, ruling that at least reduced distribution is required to go forward under law using the $6 billion reserve fund.
Judge gives the Trump admin until Monday to respond as to whether it will act.
Judge gives the Trump admin until Monday to respond as to whether it will act.
Reposted by Nicole Carr
This suffering-by-design has long been wrapped in racism: from Obama derided as the "food stamp president" to a former Gorsuch clerk telling SNAP recipients to "get off your fat, ghetto asses" (never mind that over a third of recipients are white).
Immiseration is the result. Racism is the vehicle.
Immiseration is the result. Racism is the vehicle.
October 31, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This suffering-by-design has long been wrapped in racism: from Obama derided as the "food stamp president" to a former Gorsuch clerk telling SNAP recipients to "get off your fat, ghetto asses" (never mind that over a third of recipients are white).
Immiseration is the result. Racism is the vehicle.
Immiseration is the result. Racism is the vehicle.
Reposted by Nicole Carr
Until now, Social Security disability benefits have been easier to qualify for as a person reaches 50+.
Trump's new rules would end that. Under the new plan, millions, many in red states, could find it more difficult to qualify.
Important story from Eli Hager:
www.propublica.org/article/soci...
Trump's new rules would end that. Under the new plan, millions, many in red states, could find it more difficult to qualify.
Important story from Eli Hager:
www.propublica.org/article/soci...
October 31, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Until now, Social Security disability benefits have been easier to qualify for as a person reaches 50+.
Trump's new rules would end that. Under the new plan, millions, many in red states, could find it more difficult to qualify.
Important story from Eli Hager:
www.propublica.org/article/soci...
Trump's new rules would end that. Under the new plan, millions, many in red states, could find it more difficult to qualify.
Important story from Eli Hager:
www.propublica.org/article/soci...
Reposted by Nicole Carr
Some of the lowest paid school staff rely on food benefits to feed their families — and that includes the workers who serve students their lunch.
www.wunc.org/education/20...
www.wunc.org/education/20...
Federal halt to SNAP hits school staff, including those who serve your child's lunch
WUNC's series "From Politics to Paychecks" explores how political decisions are affecting NC educators' finances and families. Some of the lowest paid school staff rely on food benefits to feed their ...
www.wunc.org
October 31, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Some of the lowest paid school staff rely on food benefits to feed their families — and that includes the workers who serve students their lunch.
www.wunc.org/education/20...
www.wunc.org/education/20...
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The Jamaican government’s secure aid relief site: supportjamaica.gov.jm #Jamaica
Support Jamaica – Official Disaster Relief & Recovery Portal
Join hands with the Government of Jamaica. Support national disaster relief, locate shelters, and stay informed on Hurricane Melissa updates.
supportjamaica.gov.jm
October 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The Jamaican government’s secure aid relief site: supportjamaica.gov.jm #Jamaica
I hope some of these tourists in Jamaica consider deleting their commentary on how they’re being serviced or “inconvenienced.” Just stop. It’s demonstrating an absolute disregard for the reality and humanity of EVERYONE suffering, especially those who will be left with the task of rebuilding.
October 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I hope some of these tourists in Jamaica consider deleting their commentary on how they’re being serviced or “inconvenienced.” Just stop. It’s demonstrating an absolute disregard for the reality and humanity of EVERYONE suffering, especially those who will be left with the task of rebuilding.
Reposted by Nicole Carr
Melissa has intensified into a category 4 hurricane and could develop further to become a category 5 as it approaches Jamaica.
Category 4 Hurricane Melissa threatens catastrophic flooding in Jamaica and Haiti
Melissa has intensified into a category 4 hurricane and could develop further to become a category 5 as it approaches Jamaica.
n.pr
October 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Melissa has intensified into a category 4 hurricane and could develop further to become a category 5 as it approaches Jamaica.
Thanks to Ben’s #ScholarSunday for sharing this work including my ‘History and a Homecoming’ essay for Fortify.
October 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Thanks to Ben’s #ScholarSunday for sharing this work including my ‘History and a Homecoming’ essay for Fortify.
Folks need to understand what it did to Black enrollment after year ONE. I laid it out in the forthcoming book…
And READ Adam’s The State Must Provide.
We didn’t need to guess the impact. Black folks HAVE KNOWN, HAVE LIVED IT and the pages of history do not lie unless you move to scorch the record.
And READ Adam’s The State Must Provide.
We didn’t need to guess the impact. Black folks HAVE KNOWN, HAVE LIVED IT and the pages of history do not lie unless you move to scorch the record.
it’s almost as if all of the things folks argued would happen after race-conscious admissions were limited - precipitous declines in Black enrollment, among them - are happening. weird how looking at history can tell you a lot. who would have guessed it.
Black student enrollment at elite colleges is dropping, by nearly half at some schools, just two years after the end of race-conscious admissions. This trend threatens decades of hard-fought progress in education. We must find new ways to ensure equity and representation.
October 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Folks need to understand what it did to Black enrollment after year ONE. I laid it out in the forthcoming book…
And READ Adam’s The State Must Provide.
We didn’t need to guess the impact. Black folks HAVE KNOWN, HAVE LIVED IT and the pages of history do not lie unless you move to scorch the record.
And READ Adam’s The State Must Provide.
We didn’t need to guess the impact. Black folks HAVE KNOWN, HAVE LIVED IT and the pages of history do not lie unless you move to scorch the record.
Reposted by Nicole Carr
I concur. Now more than ever I need to see an adorable baby in festive Autumn outfits—or sitting by a pumpkin. Or atop a barrel of apples. Or by a scarecrow.
I am sure it is hard on parents. But you have no idea what it means to many of us to see your babies and a pumpkin.
October 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I concur. Now more than ever I need to see an adorable baby in festive Autumn outfits—or sitting by a pumpkin. Or atop a barrel of apples. Or by a scarecrow.