Gene Morales
@gmorals.bsky.social
Borderlands History Ph.D. at EPCC, Spurs Fan and primo to Miles Morales aka The Spiderman. Project: Stories of the Displaced-Remapping of Urban Renewal sites.
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Dazzle friends and family with your Alamo City expertise!
20 useless facts about San Antonio you can use to impress out-of-towners
When playing tour guide for visiting friends and family, there's plenty of culture and history in San Antonio to draw from. But sometimes you want to take
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November 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Dazzle friends and family with your Alamo City expertise!
Thank you @sacurrent.bsky.social for allowing me to submit this piece!
Memories of Hemisfair’s destructive and debt-ridden past have faded, yet the city is again looking to the inner city to boost its economy.
Opinion: San Antonio residents should examine Hemisfair's history before voting on props A and B
Memories of Hemisfair's destructive and debt-ridden past have faded, yet the city is again looking to the inner city to boost its economy.
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November 2, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Memories of Hemisfair’s destructive and debt-ridden past have faded, yet the city is again looking to the inner city to boost its economy.
Opinion: San Antonio residents should examine Hemisfair's history before voting on props A and B
Memories of Hemisfair's destructive and debt-ridden past have faded, yet the city is again looking to the inner city to boost its economy.
www.sacurrent.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Memories of Hemisfair’s destructive and debt-ridden past have faded, yet the city is again looking to the inner city to boost its economy.
Thank you @sacurrent.bsky.social for accepting my piece on HemisFair and Project Marvel.
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Opinion: San Antonio residents should examine Hemisfair's history before voting on props A and B
Memories of Hemisfair's destructive and debt-ridden past have faded, yet the city is again looking to the inner city to boost its economy.
www.sacurrent.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Thank you @sacurrent.bsky.social for accepting my piece on HemisFair and Project Marvel.
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Los Angeles residents were outraged after dozens of federal agents marched through MacArthur Park, in one of the city’s most immigrant-heavy neighborhoods. Homeland Security officials said it was an immigration enforcement operation, though it was unclear if anyone had been arrested. trib.al/JYW5IsU
July 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Los Angeles residents were outraged after dozens of federal agents marched through MacArthur Park, in one of the city’s most immigrant-heavy neighborhoods. Homeland Security officials said it was an immigration enforcement operation, though it was unclear if anyone had been arrested. trib.al/JYW5IsU
Thank you, Philosophic Dialogues from La Frontera and EPCC TV, for having a great discussion on Functioning Democracy.
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Philosophic Dialogues from La Frontera 56: A Functioning Democracy
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April 11, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Thank you, Philosophic Dialogues from La Frontera and EPCC TV, for having a great discussion on Functioning Democracy.
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Love the box #morningstudy #cat #art
I know it's a really famous cat but I didn't note his name when I leaved Instagram o_o
I know it's a really famous cat but I didn't note his name when I leaved Instagram o_o
February 1, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Love the box #morningstudy #cat #art
I know it's a really famous cat but I didn't note his name when I leaved Instagram o_o
I know it's a really famous cat but I didn't note his name when I leaved Instagram o_o
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On Inauguration Day, as Donald Trump was being sworn in as the 47th president in a speech peppered with notions that America is in decline, the San Antonio Catholic Charities’ MRC Centro de Bienvenida, kept its doors open:
Migrants passing through San Antonio react to Trump’s inauguration
Asylum-seeking migrants at the San Antonio Catholic Charities MRC Centro de Bienvenida respond to Trump's mass deportation crackdown.
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January 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
On Inauguration Day, as Donald Trump was being sworn in as the 47th president in a speech peppered with notions that America is in decline, the San Antonio Catholic Charities’ MRC Centro de Bienvenida, kept its doors open:
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Forthcoming open access book from @ucpress.bsky.social:
Visions of Global Environmental Justice: Comunidades Negras and the War on Drugs in Colombia by Alexander Huezo
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Visions of Global Environmental Justice: Comunidades Negras and the War on Drugs in Colombia by Alexander Huezo
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January 23, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Forthcoming open access book from @ucpress.bsky.social:
Visions of Global Environmental Justice: Comunidades Negras and the War on Drugs in Colombia by Alexander Huezo
www.ucpress.edu/books/vision...
Visions of Global Environmental Justice: Comunidades Negras and the War on Drugs in Colombia by Alexander Huezo
www.ucpress.edu/books/vision...
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“¡Hijo, ya está la comida!”
From the archives in 2021 by @obedmanuel.bsky.social: On a troubled New Years Eve, a family gathers around a favorite meal in search of a little comfort.
From the archives in 2021 by @obedmanuel.bsky.social: On a troubled New Years Eve, a family gathers around a favorite meal in search of a little comfort.
On the Coronavirus, Loss, and My Mom’s Tacos
My mom’s cooking offered comfort as my dad battled COVID-19.
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December 31, 2024 at 7:19 PM
“¡Hijo, ya está la comida!”
From the archives in 2021 by @obedmanuel.bsky.social: On a troubled New Years Eve, a family gathers around a favorite meal in search of a little comfort.
From the archives in 2021 by @obedmanuel.bsky.social: On a troubled New Years Eve, a family gathers around a favorite meal in search of a little comfort.
In 1964, the San Antonio Urban Renewal Agency (URA) forced Wallace and Helen Ackman, owners of the Southwest Nipple Company, to sell their property to make room for the downtown HemisFair site.
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December 8, 2024 at 3:39 AM
In 1964, the San Antonio Urban Renewal Agency (URA) forced Wallace and Helen Ackman, owners of the Southwest Nipple Company, to sell their property to make room for the downtown HemisFair site.
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True story:
I went to SMU because I watched their 30 for 30 doc when applying to grad schools.
They let me in thanks to a Chicano professor from Long Beach.
I was unprepared for SMU and grad school. Nearly flunked out my 1st semester because I couldn’t write.
Thats how I started writing.
I went to SMU because I watched their 30 for 30 doc when applying to grad schools.
They let me in thanks to a Chicano professor from Long Beach.
I was unprepared for SMU and grad school. Nearly flunked out my 1st semester because I couldn’t write.
Thats how I started writing.
December 8, 2024 at 2:30 AM
True story:
I went to SMU because I watched their 30 for 30 doc when applying to grad schools.
They let me in thanks to a Chicano professor from Long Beach.
I was unprepared for SMU and grad school. Nearly flunked out my 1st semester because I couldn’t write.
Thats how I started writing.
I went to SMU because I watched their 30 for 30 doc when applying to grad schools.
They let me in thanks to a Chicano professor from Long Beach.
I was unprepared for SMU and grad school. Nearly flunked out my 1st semester because I couldn’t write.
Thats how I started writing.
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Holly Miowak Guise’s book details that Alaska Natives, far from being passive participants in a war brought to them, actively protected their lands and cultures — leading to strengthened tribal connections and greater equality.
Book review: A scholarly book provides a new perspective on the roles of Alaska Natives in World War II
Holly Miowak Guise’s book details that Alaska Natives, far from being passive participants in a war brought to them, actively protected their lands and cultures — leading to strengthened tribal connec...
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December 7, 2024 at 3:43 AM
Holly Miowak Guise’s book details that Alaska Natives, far from being passive participants in a war brought to them, actively protected their lands and cultures — leading to strengthened tribal connections and greater equality.
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If you're a professor working on slavery in Canada or the US North, please consider applying for this fellowship at UMass Amherst! I'm currently a fellow at this initiative and it's been wonderful. #slavery #academicsky
Fellowship Opportunity: Visiting Research Professor 2025-26 - Slavery North
Applications are now open for the Visiting (Open Rank) Research Professor Fellowship at Slavery North for 2025-26 academic year. Visiting (Open Rank) Research Professor APPLY NOW Job no: 525795 Work t...
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December 7, 2024 at 12:36 AM
If you're a professor working on slavery in Canada or the US North, please consider applying for this fellowship at UMass Amherst! I'm currently a fellow at this initiative and it's been wonderful. #slavery #academicsky
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Last session, GOP lawmakers passed a drag bill, a ban on gender-affirming surgery and other legislation targeting the LGBTQ community. With the Republican Party growing more conservative, experts say it’s likely the theme will continue.
Texas Legislature shifts right: What that means for the LGBTQ community
Last session, GOP lawmakers passed a drag bill, a ban on gender-affirming surgery and other legislation targeting the LGBTQ community. With the Republican Party growing more conservative, experts say…
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December 2, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Last session, GOP lawmakers passed a drag bill, a ban on gender-affirming surgery and other legislation targeting the LGBTQ community. With the Republican Party growing more conservative, experts say it’s likely the theme will continue.
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Texas farmers say sewage-based fertilizer tainted with “forever chemicals” poisoned their land and killed their livestock via @alereports.bsky.social
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Texas farmers say sewage-based fertilizer tainted with “forever chemicals” poisoned their land and killed their livestock
The fertilizer was promoted as an environmental win-win for years. An untold number of farmers and ranchers across Texas have spread it on their land.
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December 2, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Texas farmers say sewage-based fertilizer tainted with “forever chemicals” poisoned their land and killed their livestock via @alereports.bsky.social
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Distance from a community college is a key factor for students when deciding what to do after high school — and can lead them to leave their hometowns for college or not to pursue a degree at all, a recent study found.
Community college ‘deserts’ deter Texas students from getting a degree, report says
Black and Hispanic high schoolers who have to drive more than 30 minutes to a community college are less likely to pursue a degree, the report found.
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December 2, 2024 at 9:33 PM
Distance from a community college is a key factor for students when deciding what to do after high school — and can lead them to leave their hometowns for college or not to pursue a degree at all, a recent study found.
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My Digital Humanities interview with the Immigration and Ethnic History Society posted today!
I talk about about Alaska Native Resilience: Voices from WWII, collaborations on documentary films with Alaskan Films & the Alaska Humanities Forum
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My Digital Humanities interview with the Immigration and Ethnic History Society posted today!
I talk about about Alaska Native Resilience: Voices from WWII, collaborations on documentary films with Alaskan Films & the Alaska Humanities Forum
@uwapress.bsky.social
Digital Humanities Interview Series: Holly Miowak Guise
What inspires your work in digital humanities? I believe that if Indigenous Alaskan elders consent for their stories to be told in the digital format, that we should amplify their voices for audien…
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December 2, 2024 at 6:48 PM
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My Digital Humanities interview with the Immigration and Ethnic History Society posted today!
I talk about about Alaska Native Resilience: Voices from WWII, collaborations on documentary films with Alaskan Films & the Alaska Humanities Forum
@uwapress.bsky.social
My Digital Humanities interview with the Immigration and Ethnic History Society posted today!
I talk about about Alaska Native Resilience: Voices from WWII, collaborations on documentary films with Alaskan Films & the Alaska Humanities Forum
@uwapress.bsky.social
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I published a compilation of comics I posted to social media from 2020 to 2024! 322 pages of pandemic, thoughts about history and museums, mental health, and finally, quitting my job to move back home. Now available in my Etsy store! #bsnm
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December 3, 2024 at 2:30 AM
I published a compilation of comics I posted to social media from 2020 to 2024! 322 pages of pandemic, thoughts about history and museums, mental health, and finally, quitting my job to move back home. Now available in my Etsy store! #bsnm
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***Job Opportunity***
Faculty Director of the Digital Humanities Center and Associate Professor/Professor of Environmental Humanities, University of Virginia
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Faculty Director of the Digital Humanities Center and Associate Professor/Professor of Environmental Humanities, University of Virginia
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December 1, 2024 at 5:54 PM
***Job Opportunity***
Faculty Director of the Digital Humanities Center and Associate Professor/Professor of Environmental Humanities, University of Virginia
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Faculty Director of the Digital Humanities Center and Associate Professor/Professor of Environmental Humanities, University of Virginia
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Tenure-track job postings in History or History-related fields, November 2024
A thread.
(I will add more postings over the course of the month)
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A thread.
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November 2, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Tenure-track job postings in History or History-related fields, November 2024
A thread.
(I will add more postings over the course of the month)
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A thread.
(I will add more postings over the course of the month)
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My JAH article on how anti-immigrant violence in the borderlands contributed to the human rights movement: the Hanigan case shows us the ways undocumented people and their advocates have defended migrants’ human and civil rights in the face of unspeakable violence
My JAH article on how anti-immigrant violence in the borderlands contributed to the human rights movement: the Hanigan case shows us the ways undocumented people and their advocates have defended migrants’ human and civil rights in the face of unspeakable violence
In the Shadow of the Law: The Hanigan Case and the Genesis of the Immigrant Rights Movement
One August afternoon in 1976, a group of men building a fence on a family ranch in Agua Prieta, Mexico, looked up to see a young man limping toward them. N
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November 27, 2024 at 10:39 PM
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My JAH article on how anti-immigrant violence in the borderlands contributed to the human rights movement: the Hanigan case shows us the ways undocumented people and their advocates have defended migrants’ human and civil rights in the face of unspeakable violence
My JAH article on how anti-immigrant violence in the borderlands contributed to the human rights movement: the Hanigan case shows us the ways undocumented people and their advocates have defended migrants’ human and civil rights in the face of unspeakable violence
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Urban History folks! I'm helping a filmmaker with a documentary about Urban renewal in White Plains. She asked for examples of churches sponsoring housing projects in UR areas. I know of one in Newburgh and Black and Puerto Rican groups in Rochester, but would love to learn about others. Thanks
November 28, 2024 at 2:27 AM
Urban History folks! I'm helping a filmmaker with a documentary about Urban renewal in White Plains. She asked for examples of churches sponsoring housing projects in UR areas. I know of one in Newburgh and Black and Puerto Rican groups in Rochester, but would love to learn about others. Thanks
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I am happy to announce the release of my new scholarly journal article!
It draws from my work on the history of the Unión Nacional Sinarquista in the United States.
It draws from my work on the history of the Unión Nacional Sinarquista in the United States.
-Combatting the Mexican State from Afar: The Spread of Sinarquismo in the United States by Nathan Ellstrand
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Combatting the Mexican State from Afar: The Spread of Sinarquismo in the United States*
Salvador M. Velasco spoke to a crowd of Mexicans in Los Angeles, California, in October 1937, representing the Central Sinarquista Organizing Committee of
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November 26, 2024 at 4:33 PM
I am happy to announce the release of my new scholarly journal article!
It draws from my work on the history of the Unión Nacional Sinarquista in the United States.
It draws from my work on the history of the Unión Nacional Sinarquista in the United States.