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750 (!) faculty across the University of California system signed this letter to UC President Michael Drake asking him to take concrete actions to support and protect students who are legally vulnerable.
January 18, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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Young in their teens and 20s, especially men, are spending more time alone than in previous generations. They ""now hang out about as much as someone 10 years older than them did in the past."

Interesting data from @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/2305...
January 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
@smartgirl07.bsky.social I'm eagerly waiting on my copy!
January 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
www.hispanicoutlook.com/articles/clo...

"A Pew Research Center study highlights that only 7% of Latinos hold graduate degrees, driven by financial barriers, limited guidance, and first-generation challenges."
Closing the Gap: Pew Study Calls for More Latino Graduate Students
<p><em><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.120001px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">A Pew Research Center study highlights that only 7% of Latinos hold graduate degrees, drive...
www.hispanicoutlook.com
January 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Important work by the DOJ Civil Rights Division. Without question,the heavy & heroic lifting has been done by locals in OK. But it matters to have the U.S. government affirm what really happened. In the coming years more people will understand why establishing the public record is so important.
“The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, in which a prosperous Black neighborhood in Oklahoma was destroyed and up to 300 people were killed, was not committed by an uncontrolled mob but was the result of “a coordinated, military-style attack” by white citizens.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/u...
Tulsa Massacre Was a ‘Coordinated, Military-Style Attack,’ Federal Report Says
The Justice Department’s conclusion follows an investigation of the 1921 atrocity in Oklahoma in which up to 300 Black residents were killed.
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Delighted Barbara Carrasco’s mural portraying LA’s history finally found a home after 40+ years being censured hyperallergic.com/966721/chica...
Chicana Artist’s Once-Censored Mural Finds a New Home in LA
Barbara Carrasco’s landmark 80-foot painting portraying the city’s origins and evolution will anchor the Natural History Museum’s new wing.
hyperallergic.com
November 18, 2024 at 5:47 AM