Nimisha Barton
@nimishabarton.bsky.social
Writer, Educator, DEI Practitioner. Lecturer at CSU Long Beach. Author of Reproductive Citizens & A Just Future w/Cornell University Press. Co-President of Coordinating Council for Women in History. Rogue scholar. Rage writer.
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Nimisha Barton
@nimishabarton.bsky.social
· Oct 17
Each year I update this table which surveys scholars programs at the top 10 colleges and unis. Were schools that cared so much about DEI in 2020 still committed 5 years later?
Here's what I found:
Here's what I found:
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These are the last words in the last column I wrote for The Washington Post, titled "When institutions crumble, strongmen step in". www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
February 4, 2026 at 3:26 PM
These are the last words in the last column I wrote for The Washington Post, titled "When institutions crumble, strongmen step in". www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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a detailed look at the mechanics of the new American censorship regime
It runs on threats of accusations, administrative ambiguity, and pervasive, amorphous fear of sudden termination.
It runs on threats of accusations, administrative ambiguity, and pervasive, amorphous fear of sudden termination.
Texas Tech struggles with new policy on gender, race
The system’s chancellor meant to instill clarity and accountability, but three weeks into the spring semester, some instructors say the standards have led to “censorship.”
www.texastribune.org
February 4, 2026 at 1:31 PM
a detailed look at the mechanics of the new American censorship regime
It runs on threats of accusations, administrative ambiguity, and pervasive, amorphous fear of sudden termination.
It runs on threats of accusations, administrative ambiguity, and pervasive, amorphous fear of sudden termination.
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Everybody has it backwards.
Billionaires aren’t buying up these institutions to make money. They’re buying them to kill them. Same as the oligarchs destroying government and social programs and things like weather forecasting and regulatory bodies.
They’re creating a world they control completely
Billionaires aren’t buying up these institutions to make money. They’re buying them to kill them. Same as the oligarchs destroying government and social programs and things like weather forecasting and regulatory bodies.
They’re creating a world they control completely
February 4, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Everybody has it backwards.
Billionaires aren’t buying up these institutions to make money. They’re buying them to kill them. Same as the oligarchs destroying government and social programs and things like weather forecasting and regulatory bodies.
They’re creating a world they control completely
Billionaires aren’t buying up these institutions to make money. They’re buying them to kill them. Same as the oligarchs destroying government and social programs and things like weather forecasting and regulatory bodies.
They’re creating a world they control completely
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people who don't exchange most or nearly all of the money they have for goods and services just live in a totally different reality than the rest of us. they make insane decisions because of it.
February 4, 2026 at 4:06 PM
people who don't exchange most or nearly all of the money they have for goods and services just live in a totally different reality than the rest of us. they make insane decisions because of it.
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"Trump and Steven Miller want a race war. They think they’ll win it. They think white people will tune in for it. Their operating theory is that most white people are viciously racist, like they are, and that most whites secretly pine to live in apartheid South Africa."
Here’s my @thenation.com post on the arrest of Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, the violation of the First Amendment, and Trump’s ongoing attempts to change the face of his victims and spark a race war.
The Trump Administration Arrested Don Lemon Like He Was a Fugitive Slave
Lemon’s arrest is not only a clear violation of the First Amendment but a blatant throwback to the Constitution’s long-discarded Fugitive Slave Clause.
www.thenation.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:23 PM
"Trump and Steven Miller want a race war. They think they’ll win it. They think white people will tune in for it. Their operating theory is that most white people are viciously racist, like they are, and that most whites secretly pine to live in apartheid South Africa."
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but don't call them Nazis
After brutally arresting Aliya Rahman, an autistic, disabled woman, in Minneapolis, ICE agents told her that "this wouldn’t have happened if I was a ‘normal’ human being."
https://bit.ly/3ZHX3IC
https://bit.ly/3ZHX3IC
ICE Brutally Dragged This Disabled Woman Out of Her Car. What Happened Next Was Just As Chilling.
“They laughed at me and told me this wouldn’t have happened if I was a ‘normal’ human being,” Aliya Rahman tells The Nation.
bit.ly
January 30, 2026 at 9:34 PM
but don't call them Nazis
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Melania’s first screening in Times Square draws four people, at least three of them professional critics. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
January 31, 2026 at 1:54 AM
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"It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it."
- Fred Korematsu
Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/
- Fred Korematsu
Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/
January 30, 2026 at 10:32 PM
"It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it."
- Fred Korematsu
Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/
- Fred Korematsu
Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/
Love this.
January 31, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Love this.
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I’m a NO — not one more penny for ICE without stopping this violence. Two American citizens were killed by federal agents.
No more roving patrols. No more secret masked police. No more warrantless raids. Investigate and prosecute ICE crimes.
Get ICE out of Minnesota.
No more roving patrols. No more secret masked police. No more warrantless raids. Investigate and prosecute ICE crimes.
Get ICE out of Minnesota.
January 30, 2026 at 11:29 PM
I’m a NO — not one more penny for ICE without stopping this violence. Two American citizens were killed by federal agents.
No more roving patrols. No more secret masked police. No more warrantless raids. Investigate and prosecute ICE crimes.
Get ICE out of Minnesota.
No more roving patrols. No more secret masked police. No more warrantless raids. Investigate and prosecute ICE crimes.
Get ICE out of Minnesota.
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every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
January 30, 2026 at 11:58 PM
every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
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They tried intimidation. Minnesota answered with people.
January 31, 2026 at 1:08 AM
They tried intimidation. Minnesota answered with people.
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I spend my days oscillating between being tremendously inspired by what the people of Minnesota are accomplishing and being terribly depressed that they’re under siege and have to do it at all.
BREAKING: Tenants across Minneapolis and Saint Paul have just launched a Twin Cities tenant union, citing the fact that their cities are under siege, and saying they need to band together to protect one another.
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twincitiestenants | Instagram | Linktree
The twin cities are under siege. Every tenant needs a union. We are launching a twin cities-wide tenant union. Organize your neighbors. Join the Union NOW.
linktr.ee
January 31, 2026 at 1:24 AM
I spend my days oscillating between being tremendously inspired by what the people of Minnesota are accomplishing and being terribly depressed that they’re under siege and have to do it at all.
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This is a terrible time to be a person if you hate bullshit
January 31, 2026 at 1:35 AM
This is a terrible time to be a person if you hate bullshit
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"Franklin offers a crucial study of the racial policies at the heart of the French welfare state makes," Writes @nimishabarton.bsky.social for the American Historical Review of DISINTEGRATING EMPIRE by @elisefranklin.bsky.social. bit.ly/46j2WQb
January 28, 2026 at 7:00 PM
"Franklin offers a crucial study of the racial policies at the heart of the French welfare state makes," Writes @nimishabarton.bsky.social for the American Historical Review of DISINTEGRATING EMPIRE by @elisefranklin.bsky.social. bit.ly/46j2WQb
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I wonder how many people need to get killed in the street by masked agents of the state before conservatives stop pretending that they’re being oppressed by the existence of HR departments bsky.app/profile/shar...
fuck. off.
"Meanwhile, the modes through which Europe and Canada have sought to suppress populism involve harsh restrictions on speech, elite collusion and other expression of managerial illiberalism"
"Meanwhile, the modes through which Europe and Canada have sought to suppress populism involve harsh restrictions on speech, elite collusion and other expression of managerial illiberalism"
January 25, 2026 at 1:54 PM
I wonder how many people need to get killed in the street by masked agents of the state before conservatives stop pretending that they’re being oppressed by the existence of HR departments bsky.app/profile/shar...
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At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.
January 24, 2026 at 4:45 PM
At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.
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lol wow theonion.com/nation-yearn...
Nation Yearns For Relative Calm Of ‘President A Giant Pedophile’ News Cycle
WASHINGTON—Expressing deep fondness for those long-gone halcyon days, the U.S. population collectively yearned Tuesday for the relative calm of the “president is a giant pedophile” news cycle. “It was...
theonion.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:19 PM
lol wow theonion.com/nation-yearn...
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Y’all gotta stop acting like Usha not a willing participant.
January 20, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Y’all gotta stop acting like Usha not a willing participant.
Yes, this is what it’s like to read the news rn
im getting disturbing reports that donald trump is doing exactly what he said he would and the results are exactly as disastrous as everyone said they would be
January 21, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Yes, this is what it’s like to read the news rn
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im getting disturbing reports that donald trump is doing exactly what he said he would and the results are exactly as disastrous as everyone said they would be
January 20, 2026 at 1:26 PM
im getting disturbing reports that donald trump is doing exactly what he said he would and the results are exactly as disastrous as everyone said they would be
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The three highest-ranking Roman Catholic clerics who lead archdioceses in the United States said in a strongly worded statement that America's "moral role in confronting evil around the world" is in question for the first time in decades — a critique of the Trump admin's principles.
Top Catholic Clerics Denounce U.S. Foreign Policy
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:46 AM
The three highest-ranking Roman Catholic clerics who lead archdioceses in the United States said in a strongly worded statement that America's "moral role in confronting evil around the world" is in question for the first time in decades — a critique of the Trump admin's principles.
Me and this bear have the same skincare routine.
Since we're all talking about tool use by animals, here's a picture from 2012 of a brown bear using a rock to exfoliate.
January 20, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Me and this bear have the same skincare routine.
I find this to be true
modern american politics consists of experts patiently explaining why something insane that people are talking about could never happen, followed by that exact thing happening
January 20, 2026 at 4:19 AM
I find this to be true