Beth Williford
@williford.bsky.social
Sociologist - Qualitative Researcher
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ICE arrested military spouses at green-card interviews. Think about that: people married to U.S. service members, following the legal process, pulled into detention. If even military families aren’t safe, then no one is.
Read: www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/u...
Read: www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/u...
ICE arrests military spouses during Green Card interviews; families shocked
Several foreign-born spouses of US citizens were detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) while attending green-card interviews in San Diego.
www.hindustantimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
ICE arrested military spouses at green-card interviews. Think about that: people married to U.S. service members, following the legal process, pulled into detention. If even military families aren’t safe, then no one is.
Read: www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/u...
Read: www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/u...
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The Trump administration openly says that it will use its domestic spying capabilities to target people who oppose ICE’s actions. And ICE has been bulking up on the latest surveillance technology.
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
November 21, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The Trump administration openly says that it will use its domestic spying capabilities to target people who oppose ICE’s actions. And ICE has been bulking up on the latest surveillance technology.
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For decades, scholars have argued education’s hidden curriculum is about disciplining and socializing children as future workers, and they just….tweeted it out
The U.S. Education Department is moving management of K-12 and higher education to the Department of Labor
Is Trump dismantling the Education Department? Not yet. But changes are coming.
The U.S. Education Department is moving management of K-12 and higher education to the Department of Labor and parceling out other core job duties to other agencies. It's the most sweeping effort so f...
www.chalkbeat.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
For decades, scholars have argued education’s hidden curriculum is about disciplining and socializing children as future workers, and they just….tweeted it out
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This all-male panel is deciding whether South Carolina women can be charged with murder for their pregnancies — and whether birth control and pro-choice websites stay legal.
This a real thing happening today. Don't look away.
This a real thing happening today. Don't look away.
November 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
This all-male panel is deciding whether South Carolina women can be charged with murder for their pregnancies — and whether birth control and pro-choice websites stay legal.
This a real thing happening today. Don't look away.
This a real thing happening today. Don't look away.
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Respect Alice Wong’s call here:
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
COVID Isn’t Going Anywhere. Masking Up Could Save My Life.
"When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving."
www.teenvogue.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Respect Alice Wong’s call here:
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
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Went to a prayer service tonight at St. Mary of the Lake, where they have cardboard cutouts throughout the church representing parishioners afraid to come to Mass because of ICE.
October 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Went to a prayer service tonight at St. Mary of the Lake, where they have cardboard cutouts throughout the church representing parishioners afraid to come to Mass because of ICE.
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I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
October 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
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Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
September 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
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If you were concerned about Kimmel, here's another for you…
Journalist Mario Guevara has been detained for 100+ days, ironically arrested as he reported on a "No Kings" protest.
The Trump-Vance admin just issued an order of final removal, to send him to El Salvador—where he fled from 21 years ago.
Journalist Mario Guevara has been detained for 100+ days, ironically arrested as he reported on a "No Kings" protest.
The Trump-Vance admin just issued an order of final removal, to send him to El Salvador—where he fled from 21 years ago.
September 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
If you were concerned about Kimmel, here's another for you…
Journalist Mario Guevara has been detained for 100+ days, ironically arrested as he reported on a "No Kings" protest.
The Trump-Vance admin just issued an order of final removal, to send him to El Salvador—where he fled from 21 years ago.
Journalist Mario Guevara has been detained for 100+ days, ironically arrested as he reported on a "No Kings" protest.
The Trump-Vance admin just issued an order of final removal, to send him to El Salvador—where he fled from 21 years ago.
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The people they are kidnapping are disappearing.
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The people they are kidnapping are disappearing.
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"A majority of Brazil’s supreme court judges have voted to convict the country’s former president Jair Bolsonaro of plotting a military coup, leaving the far-right populist facing a decades-long sentence for leading the criminal conspiracy."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Brazil’s supreme court finds Bolsonaro guilty of plotting military coup
Former president faces decades-long jail sentence for seeking to forcibly cling to power after losing 2022 election
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"A majority of Brazil’s supreme court judges have voted to convict the country’s former president Jair Bolsonaro of plotting a military coup, leaving the far-right populist facing a decades-long sentence for leading the criminal conspiracy."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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After many requests, here are the files to print three different anonymous Chicago contractor-style flyers about ICE, as well my new zine of Tasks for the National Guard in Chicago. Print and resist, friends! drive.google.com/drive/folder...
September 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
After many requests, here are the files to print three different anonymous Chicago contractor-style flyers about ICE, as well my new zine of Tasks for the National Guard in Chicago. Print and resist, friends! drive.google.com/drive/folder...
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US Foreign Policy since 1492.
September 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
US Foreign Policy since 1492.
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The “We Are All DC” March is massive. Thousands of people marching down 16th Street NW against the occupation of DC.
September 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The “We Are All DC” March is massive. Thousands of people marching down 16th Street NW against the occupation of DC.
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🚨Border Patrol arrested two firefighters who were actively fighting a wildfire at the time.
When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”
When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”
August 28, 2025 at 2:51 AM
🚨Border Patrol arrested two firefighters who were actively fighting a wildfire at the time.
When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”
When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”
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#OtD 28 Aug 1955 Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black boy, was kidnapped and murdered after Carolyn Bryant, a white woman, accused him of propositioning her. Despite overwhelming evidence of their guilt, Till's killers were acquitted by an all-white jury stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9983...
August 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM
#OtD 28 Aug 1955 Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black boy, was kidnapped and murdered after Carolyn Bryant, a white woman, accused him of propositioning her. Despite overwhelming evidence of their guilt, Till's killers were acquitted by an all-white jury stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9983...
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“Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it.”
Howard Zinn was born August 24, 1922 in Brooklyn
Howard Zinn was born August 24, 1922 in Brooklyn
August 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it.”
Howard Zinn was born August 24, 1922 in Brooklyn
Howard Zinn was born August 24, 1922 in Brooklyn
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"There is a certain clarity that young people carry, one that comes from growing up in a world where you don’t get the benefit of doubt. My students might not speak in the language of policy briefs or Atlantic articles, but they understand how power works."
oaklandside.org/2025/08/18/t...
oaklandside.org/2025/08/18/t...
I teach in deep East Oakland. My kids are experts in how power works
A high school history teacher in Sobrante Park on how his students learn about a system that too often fails them.
oaklandside.org
August 19, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"There is a certain clarity that young people carry, one that comes from growing up in a world where you don’t get the benefit of doubt. My students might not speak in the language of policy briefs or Atlantic articles, but they understand how power works."
oaklandside.org/2025/08/18/t...
oaklandside.org/2025/08/18/t...
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Los Angeles school district police, staff and volunteers will form protective perimeters around at least 100 schools to help ensure safe passage of children — an announcement that came on a day that immigration agents drew their guns on a student with disabilities. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Agents detain student at gunpoint near school; safe zones to be expanded around LAUSD campuses
Amid immigration enforcement, city and school officials will set up "safe zones" monitored by LAPD and community volunteers to protect undocumented families when school resumes at LAUSD.
www.latimes.com
August 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Los Angeles school district police, staff and volunteers will form protective perimeters around at least 100 schools to help ensure safe passage of children — an announcement that came on a day that immigration agents drew their guns on a student with disabilities. www.latimes.com/california/s...
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ICE agents chased a family into their home, tried to kick the door in, and forced them to barricade inside. Then, one agent dangled their house keys in front of their Ring camera.
Incredibly disturbing to watch these agents’ unhinged behavior and the psychological terror they’re inflicting.
Incredibly disturbing to watch these agents’ unhinged behavior and the psychological terror they’re inflicting.
August 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
ICE agents chased a family into their home, tried to kick the door in, and forced them to barricade inside. Then, one agent dangled their house keys in front of their Ring camera.
Incredibly disturbing to watch these agents’ unhinged behavior and the psychological terror they’re inflicting.
Incredibly disturbing to watch these agents’ unhinged behavior and the psychological terror they’re inflicting.
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Emmett Till would be 84 today.
Not 114. Not 104.
84.
He would be my uncle. Not great-great or great uncle. One of my parents' siblings. This is why we remember.
Not 114. Not 104.
84.
He would be my uncle. Not great-great or great uncle. One of my parents' siblings. This is why we remember.
July 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Emmett Till would be 84 today.
Not 114. Not 104.
84.
He would be my uncle. Not great-great or great uncle. One of my parents' siblings. This is why we remember.
Not 114. Not 104.
84.
He would be my uncle. Not great-great or great uncle. One of my parents' siblings. This is why we remember.
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The clerks where I get my lunch said a man came in last week and asked them where the public entrance to 26 Federal Plaza was. He locked his bike outside, and it’s been there since.
July 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The clerks where I get my lunch said a man came in last week and asked them where the public entrance to 26 Federal Plaza was. He locked his bike outside, and it’s been there since.
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Wild new program out of Florida!
Florida Highway Patrol officers will pull people over for random traffic violations. If they're undocumented, they get taken to Border Patrol, where they're told "either we send you to Alligator Alcatraz or Florida buys you a plane ticket to self-deport tomorrow."
Florida Highway Patrol officers will pull people over for random traffic violations. If they're undocumented, they get taken to Border Patrol, where they're told "either we send you to Alligator Alcatraz or Florida buys you a plane ticket to self-deport tomorrow."
Florida paying for illegal immigrants to self-deport in pilot program
EXCLUSIVE — The state of Florida and the U.S. Border Patrol have teamed up to encourage illegal immigrants to self-deport on commercial flights.
www.washingtonexaminer.com
July 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Wild new program out of Florida!
Florida Highway Patrol officers will pull people over for random traffic violations. If they're undocumented, they get taken to Border Patrol, where they're told "either we send you to Alligator Alcatraz or Florida buys you a plane ticket to self-deport tomorrow."
Florida Highway Patrol officers will pull people over for random traffic violations. If they're undocumented, they get taken to Border Patrol, where they're told "either we send you to Alligator Alcatraz or Florida buys you a plane ticket to self-deport tomorrow."
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In the heartbreaking event that someone you know has been detained by a federal immigration agent, you'll need to know what steps to take to locate them and hopefully, get some money on their books, and hopefully be able to advocate for them.
lataco.com/what-to-do-i...
lataco.com/what-to-do-i...
July 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
In the heartbreaking event that someone you know has been detained by a federal immigration agent, you'll need to know what steps to take to locate them and hopefully, get some money on their books, and hopefully be able to advocate for them.
lataco.com/what-to-do-i...
lataco.com/what-to-do-i...
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It doesn't matter if they are ever coming for you.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
July 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
It doesn't matter if they are ever coming for you.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.