Dominique Fontaine
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It’s #pubweek, grab a copy of the new expanded edition at your local bookseller !
Today on the blog, Robyn Maynard @policingblack.bsky.social discusses the new revised & expanded edition of her book "Policing Black Lives," explaining its continued relevance to students, scholars, & activists around the world.
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October 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
It’s #pubweek, grab a copy of the new expanded edition at your local bookseller !
La question de Nooran www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/opi...
Lettre ouverte de Michaëlle Jean | La question de Nooran
L’ex-gouverneure générale Michaëlle Jean souhaite que les derniers mots qu’aurait prononcé Nooran Rezayi, 15 ans, avant de trouver la mort, nous restent en mémoire.
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September 29, 2025 at 11:03 PM
La question de Nooran www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/opi...
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My friend and colleague Wesley Morris and I had a very sobering conversation about America since the 1619 Project published and how it feels to be falling back under the veil that W.E.B. Du Bois so mournfully wrote about. I hope you’ll listen to this episode of Cannonball @nytimes.com
September 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
My friend and colleague Wesley Morris and I had a very sobering conversation about America since the 1619 Project published and how it feels to be falling back under the veil that W.E.B. Du Bois so mournfully wrote about. I hope you’ll listen to this episode of Cannonball @nytimes.com
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Check out all our #NewBooks in August, including a two-volume set of the selected writings of the great curator Okwui Enwezor. Edited by Terry Smith, this is a must-own for anyone in the art world!
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August 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Check out all our #NewBooks in August, including a two-volume set of the selected writings of the great curator Okwui Enwezor. Edited by Terry Smith, this is a must-own for anyone in the art world!
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The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
July 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.
Why Walking Helps Us Think
Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.
www.newyorker.com
July 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.
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Here you go …. Is the New York Times trying to wreck Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral bid? | Margaret Sullivan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/07/is-the-new-york-times-trying-to-wreck-zohran-mamdanis-mayoral-bid?CMP=share_btn_url
Another instance when I miss @sulliview.bsky.social’s take as public editor at NYT
Yup, makes NYT look even worse
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July 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Here you go …. Is the New York Times trying to wreck Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral bid? | Margaret Sullivan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/07/is-the-new-york-times-trying-to-wreck-zohran-mamdanis-mayoral-bid?CMP=share_btn_url
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“This is not a time for media literacy or historical knowledge to be held hostage by institutions bending the knee to authoritarianism and fear.”
Massive props @karenattiah.bsky.social !
Self-determined education by and for the people is essential to make new and better worlds.
Massive props @karenattiah.bsky.social !
Self-determined education by and for the people is essential to make new and better worlds.
Latest podcast is out: Get in everyone, we are going to Resistance Summer School!
Thank you to everyone who indicated they would like to take my course on Race, Media and International Affairs 101.
Please fill out this quick interest form to begin to sign up!
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Thank you to everyone who indicated they would like to take my course on Race, Media and International Affairs 101.
Please fill out this quick interest form to begin to sign up!
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Columbia Canceled My Course on Race and Media. I'm Going to Teach It Anyway.
This is not a time for media literacy or historical knowledge to be held hostage by institutions bending the knee to authoritarianism.
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April 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM
“This is not a time for media literacy or historical knowledge to be held hostage by institutions bending the knee to authoritarianism and fear.”
Massive props @karenattiah.bsky.social !
Self-determined education by and for the people is essential to make new and better worlds.
Massive props @karenattiah.bsky.social !
Self-determined education by and for the people is essential to make new and better worlds.
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The AHA has released a statement in support of the Smithsonian Institution, the target of the recent EO, “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” This order “egregiously misrepresents the work of the Smithsonian Institution” and “completely misconstrues the nature of historical work.” 🗃️
Historians Defend the Smithsonian - AHA
The American Historical Association has released a statement in support of the Smithsonian Institution, the target of the recent executive order, “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” This...
www.historians.org
March 31, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The AHA has released a statement in support of the Smithsonian Institution, the target of the recent EO, “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” This order “egregiously misrepresents the work of the Smithsonian Institution” and “completely misconstrues the nature of historical work.” 🗃️
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I met the ‘godfathers of AI’ in Paris – here’s what they told me to really worry about | Alexander Hurst
I met the ‘godfathers of AI’ in Paris – here’s what they told me to really worry about | Alexander Hurst
Experts are split between concerns about future threats and present dangers. Both camps issued dire warnings, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst
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February 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I met the ‘godfathers of AI’ in Paris – here’s what they told me to really worry about | Alexander Hurst
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In his first term, Trump told Fox host Hegseth he couldn't make him his Secretary of Veterans Affairs because he wasn't seen as serious or qualified enough.
In his second term, he just made Fox host Hegseth Secretary of Defense. Insane.
In his second term, he just made Fox host Hegseth Secretary of Defense. Insane.
BREAKING
The U.S. Senate has confirmed the nomination of Pete Hegseth to serve as Secretary of Defense.
The vote was 50–50, with Senator Susan Collins, Senator Lisa Murkowski, and Senator Mitch McConnell voting against Hegseth from the Republican side.
VP JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote.
The U.S. Senate has confirmed the nomination of Pete Hegseth to serve as Secretary of Defense.
The vote was 50–50, with Senator Susan Collins, Senator Lisa Murkowski, and Senator Mitch McConnell voting against Hegseth from the Republican side.
VP JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote.
January 25, 2025 at 3:03 AM
In his first term, Trump told Fox host Hegseth he couldn't make him his Secretary of Veterans Affairs because he wasn't seen as serious or qualified enough.
In his second term, he just made Fox host Hegseth Secretary of Defense. Insane.
In his second term, he just made Fox host Hegseth Secretary of Defense. Insane.
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It really is #BlueMonday today, and how! So if you’re in need of a bit of light in the darkness and comfort from the storm, #RecipeOfTheDay, My Sunshine Soup, is here to come to your aid www.nigella.com/recipes/suns...
Sunshine Soup
There was a British singing outfit in the Seventies called Instant Sunshine and this is it in soup form. The silkiness comes from the peppers which are quickly blitzed in a hot oven, then blended with...
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January 20, 2025 at 10:23 AM
It really is #BlueMonday today, and how! So if you’re in need of a bit of light in the darkness and comfort from the storm, #RecipeOfTheDay, My Sunshine Soup, is here to come to your aid www.nigella.com/recipes/suns...
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Recurring grants, non-monetary support, and intersectional funding are just a few ways arts philanthropists can invest in supporting artists and organizations of color.
How Can Grantmakers Support Artists of Color?
Those of us in arts philanthropy need to redouble our efforts to fund artists and organizations of color and sharpen our grantmaking practices to advance racial justice.
hyperallergic.com
January 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Recurring grants, non-monetary support, and intersectional funding are just a few ways arts philanthropists can invest in supporting artists and organizations of color.
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A break from the accommodation mega-sites: the best alternative booking platforms
A break from the accommodation mega-sites: the best alternative booking platforms
Airbnb and Booking.com are the market leaders, but a new wave of smaller accommodation platforms are offering an alternative – and trying to give something back to local communities
Accounts of tenants illegally subletting rental properties by listing…
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2025 at 7:21 AM
A break from the accommodation mega-sites: the best alternative booking platforms
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I finished Imagination: A Manifesto today by @ruha9.bsky.social and when I say every single person in this country needs to read it immediately, I truly mean EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS COUNTRY NEEDS TO READ IT IMMEDIATELY.
January 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I finished Imagination: A Manifesto today by @ruha9.bsky.social and when I say every single person in this country needs to read it immediately, I truly mean EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS COUNTRY NEEDS TO READ IT IMMEDIATELY.
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Peter Coy asked various folks — economists! scientists! me! — about their hopes for 2025. I said, "I have no hopes for 2025. Humanity is disappointing. We killed the Earth. Villains triumph and the innocents suffer. I imagine these trends will continue."
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/o...
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Opinion | What 15 Very Different People Hope to See in 2025
A Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, a hand surgeon in India and others share their expectations.
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January 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Peter Coy asked various folks — economists! scientists! me! — about their hopes for 2025. I said, "I have no hopes for 2025. Humanity is disappointing. We killed the Earth. Villains triumph and the innocents suffer. I imagine these trends will continue."
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/o...
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One of our great new titles coming out this month is "Five Manifestos for the Beautiful World" by Phoebe Boswell, Saidiya Hartman, Janaina Oliveira, Joseph M. Pierce, and Cristina Rivera Garza.
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January 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
One of our great new titles coming out this month is "Five Manifestos for the Beautiful World" by Phoebe Boswell, Saidiya Hartman, Janaina Oliveira, Joseph M. Pierce, and Cristina Rivera Garza.
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Parmesan Shortbreads are #RecipeOfTheDay, and if you want something to hand round with drinks on NYE, look no further! Their mild, savoury butteriness goes so well with crisp bubbles www.nigella.com/recipes/parm...
Parmesan Shortbreads
This is an Italian-inspired recipe that comes to me from Australia via Brazil. To explain: a Brazilian friend, and the best cook I know, Helio Fenerich made it for me, and I had to keep (rudely) askin...
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December 29, 2024 at 11:45 AM
Parmesan Shortbreads are #RecipeOfTheDay, and if you want something to hand round with drinks on NYE, look no further! Their mild, savoury butteriness goes so well with crisp bubbles www.nigella.com/recipes/parm...