Radhika Natarajan
@imperialhistorian.bsky.social
💁🏾 Imperial Historian
📝 Race, Ethnicity, Migration, Multiculturalism
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📕 Hear Our Voices - out now from Quarto Kids!
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📝 Race, Ethnicity, Migration, Multiculturalism
🦉 @reed_college_
📕 Hear Our Voices - out now from Quarto Kids!
https://linktr.ee/radhikanatarajan
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🎉 Happy First Birthday to #HearOurVoices! What a year it's been! I'm grateful for the chance to talk with students and educators, to hear how the book is taught in classrooms, and to see students engage with an anti-colonial history of empire.
#BritishEmpire #HistoryTeacher #HistorySky #Historians
#BritishEmpire #HistoryTeacher #HistorySky #Historians
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
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When Covid caused NYC offices to hollow out what they found was that yeah the core business districts suffered but the neighborhoods where people actually live, thrived.
All WFH means is rethinking business districts, not cities.
All WFH means is rethinking business districts, not cities.
if you cant go in to the office 3 days a week then you really can't complain when cities are hollowed out. cities are places where ppl work and network. getting rid of that makes cities useless
And it's usually something like "but that's not what the literal DNC does!" as if I don't know, as someone who has worked on Dem campaigns, sometimes in conjunction with the DNC what they do. So I'm going to be very specific here: this is the DNC being shitty: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
November 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
When Covid caused NYC offices to hollow out what they found was that yeah the core business districts suffered but the neighborhoods where people actually live, thrived.
All WFH means is rethinking business districts, not cities.
All WFH means is rethinking business districts, not cities.
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I wrote a piece for @frenchhistory.bsky.social about the 40th anniversary of the French bombing of the "Rainbow Warrior."
Huge thanks to @eldrclaire.bsky.social @donalh.bsky.social @meghankroberts.bsky.social & the journal's extremely patient staff.
doi-org.proxy.lib.sfu.ca/10.1093/fh/c...
Huge thanks to @eldrclaire.bsky.social @donalh.bsky.social @meghankroberts.bsky.social & the journal's extremely patient staff.
doi-org.proxy.lib.sfu.ca/10.1093/fh/c...
November 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I wrote a piece for @frenchhistory.bsky.social about the 40th anniversary of the French bombing of the "Rainbow Warrior."
Huge thanks to @eldrclaire.bsky.social @donalh.bsky.social @meghankroberts.bsky.social & the journal's extremely patient staff.
doi-org.proxy.lib.sfu.ca/10.1093/fh/c...
Huge thanks to @eldrclaire.bsky.social @donalh.bsky.social @meghankroberts.bsky.social & the journal's extremely patient staff.
doi-org.proxy.lib.sfu.ca/10.1093/fh/c...
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Two schools in Portland have secured their perimeters due to reported ICE activity in the area.
https://www.koin.com/news/portland/north-portland-ice-activity-pps-schools-secure/?cid=bluesky_
https://www.koin.com/news/portland/north-portland-ice-activity-pps-schools-secure/?cid=bluesky_
North Portland ICE activity prompts PPS schools to secure perimeters
Portland Public Schools sent a message to families informing them of reported ICE activity near Cesar Chavez School and George Middle School, and that other nearby schools are maintaining heightene…
www.koin.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Two schools in Portland have secured their perimeters due to reported ICE activity in the area.
https://www.koin.com/news/portland/north-portland-ice-activity-pps-schools-secure/?cid=bluesky_
https://www.koin.com/news/portland/north-portland-ice-activity-pps-schools-secure/?cid=bluesky_
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In which Johanna Winant (@johannawinant.bsky.social) and I make the case for teaching whole books. And argue for a model of close reading that would bridge high school, college, and professional practice slate.com/life/2025/10...
There’s a Literacy Crisis. One Classroom Solution Should Be Obvious.
You can't get better at reading until you care about a text.
slate.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
In which Johanna Winant (@johannawinant.bsky.social) and I make the case for teaching whole books. And argue for a model of close reading that would bridge high school, college, and professional practice slate.com/life/2025/10...
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having now spent the better part of a week in chicago, i can attest that it is in a state of low-level warfare where ordinary chicagoans are forced to defend themselves against a lawless occupation force while avoiding open violence. the general mood you feel on the ground reflects this reality
border patrol have returned to terrorize chicago's little village neighborhood again this morning.
from a video posted to facebook about 10 minutes ago near 26th and pulaski. at one point, the person recording says, "he's got his fucking rifle out!"
from a video posted to facebook about 10 minutes ago near 26th and pulaski. at one point, the person recording says, "he's got his fucking rifle out!"
October 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
having now spent the better part of a week in chicago, i can attest that it is in a state of low-level warfare where ordinary chicagoans are forced to defend themselves against a lawless occupation force while avoiding open violence. the general mood you feel on the ground reflects this reality
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there's been a rather ingenius, insidious, deliberate effort via propaganda and social messaging to get people to shift their anger and trauma about covid away from the officials who failed them, to the people asking them to mask.
Hey everybody look at this disgusting piece of trash human who wants disabled people to completely exit society and doesn’t understand how community care works.
“Don’t expect the world to take care of you” is a depraved way to exist in society.
“Don’t expect the world to take care of you” is a depraved way to exist in society.
October 19, 2025 at 9:46 PM
there's been a rather ingenius, insidious, deliberate effort via propaganda and social messaging to get people to shift their anger and trauma about covid away from the officials who failed them, to the people asking them to mask.
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Charlottesville finally took down its Confederate monuments in 2021.
The statue of Robert E. Lee was melted down.
The statue of Stonewall Jackson was given to artist Kara Walker.
This is what she did with it:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The statue of Robert E. Lee was melted down.
The statue of Stonewall Jackson was given to artist Kara Walker.
This is what she did with it:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Breathtaking, unsettling, healing: a new exhibit by Black US artists transforms Confederate monuments
The sweeping exhibition Monuments opens in Los Angeles on 23 October and is on view through May
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Charlottesville finally took down its Confederate monuments in 2021.
The statue of Robert E. Lee was melted down.
The statue of Stonewall Jackson was given to artist Kara Walker.
This is what she did with it:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The statue of Robert E. Lee was melted down.
The statue of Stonewall Jackson was given to artist Kara Walker.
This is what she did with it:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Displaced in Gaza: Stories from the Gaza Genocide
Thursday, October 16th at 10:30 am ET
RSVP to attend: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
Thursday, October 16th at 10:30 am ET
RSVP to attend: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
October 14, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Displaced in Gaza: Stories from the Gaza Genocide
Thursday, October 16th at 10:30 am ET
RSVP to attend: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
Thursday, October 16th at 10:30 am ET
RSVP to attend: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
nope.
But will they acknowledge their responsibility for Palestinian statelessness?
UK to recognise Palestinian state despite pressure from US and families of hostages
September 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
nope.
But will they acknowledge their responsibility for Palestinian statelessness?
UK to recognise Palestinian state despite pressure from US and families of hostages
UK to recognise Palestinian state despite pressure from US and families of hostages
Keir Starmer expected to confirm move after concluding the situation has worsened significantly in the last few weeks
The UK is set to recognise a Palestinian state on Sunday despite pressure from the US and the families of hostages held by Hamas.
Keir Starmer is expected to confirm the move after concluding the situation has deteriorated since he urged Israel to change course over the summer. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 21, 2025 at 6:23 AM
But will they acknowledge their responsibility for Palestinian statelessness?
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Under this Supreme Court, Joe Biden couldn't forgive student debt because that would be a presidential overreach, but Trump can demand that anyone who looks like they may be an immigrant show their papers.
September 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Under this Supreme Court, Joe Biden couldn't forgive student debt because that would be a presidential overreach, but Trump can demand that anyone who looks like they may be an immigrant show their papers.
3 of my articles were included from Journal of World History, Contemporary British History, and The Journal of British Studies
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September 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
3 of my articles were included from Journal of World History, Contemporary British History, and The Journal of British Studies
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"Last year there were ten murders in the NYC subway system, with well over a billion total rides taken. During the same time period, there were 253 traffic fatalities in New York City. One person dead every day and a half. Cars? Those things are fucking dangerous."
“You sound real corny being scared of the subway.” www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-subway...
The Subway Is Not Scary
Fear of the subway is a mark of low moral character.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
August 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"Last year there were ten murders in the NYC subway system, with well over a billion total rides taken. During the same time period, there were 253 traffic fatalities in New York City. One person dead every day and a half. Cars? Those things are fucking dangerous."
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Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all:
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
August 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all:
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
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I really love the Museum of Jurassic Technology, and earlier this month it was damaged in a fire. I just donated a little money to help out while they’re closed, and so can you: www.mjtgiftshop.org/products/don...
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August 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I really love the Museum of Jurassic Technology, and earlier this month it was damaged in a fire. I just donated a little money to help out while they’re closed, and so can you: www.mjtgiftshop.org/products/don...
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Per this chart, CPB grants only make up 4% of KQED (San Francisco) and 10% of KLRU (Austin) budgets.
But KVPT (Fresno)? 24%
KPBT (Midland)? 45%
That’s existential, for them www.axios.com/2025/07/29/p...
But KVPT (Fresno)? 24%
KPBT (Midland)? 45%
That’s existential, for them www.axios.com/2025/07/29/p...
Which public TV and radio stations most rely on federal funds
Some stations are especially vulnerable after Congress' clawbacks.
www.axios.com
August 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Per this chart, CPB grants only make up 4% of KQED (San Francisco) and 10% of KLRU (Austin) budgets.
But KVPT (Fresno)? 24%
KPBT (Midland)? 45%
That’s existential, for them www.axios.com/2025/07/29/p...
But KVPT (Fresno)? 24%
KPBT (Midland)? 45%
That’s existential, for them www.axios.com/2025/07/29/p...
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Heartbreaking.
"WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2025) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations"
cpb.org/pressroom/Co...
cpb.org/pressroom/Co...
August 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Heartbreaking.
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Another approach: Shortly after Wilson's news dropped today, Seattle announced it's suing Trump over his anti-DEI orders.
July 31, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Another approach: Shortly after Wilson's news dropped today, Seattle announced it's suing Trump over his anti-DEI orders.
The welfare queen lives!
A man at the store said he heard a local news story about, “a woman on Medicaid who bought a Lambo.”
I invented a new kind of blank stare just for him. Just held it uncomfortably long until he felt the weight of his stupid meanness.
Beta testing as we speak.
I invented a new kind of blank stare just for him. Just held it uncomfortably long until he felt the weight of his stupid meanness.
Beta testing as we speak.
July 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The welfare queen lives!
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I hope against hope that these folks are misreading the tea leaves, but it is terrifying to consider that Harvard thinks a $500m settlement is worth it
no one pays out a half billion dollars in protection money unless they think the racketeer is here to stay
no one pays out a half billion dollars in protection money unless they think the racketeer is here to stay
July 29, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I hope against hope that these folks are misreading the tea leaves, but it is terrifying to consider that Harvard thinks a $500m settlement is worth it
no one pays out a half billion dollars in protection money unless they think the racketeer is here to stay
no one pays out a half billion dollars in protection money unless they think the racketeer is here to stay
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the readiness with which American institutions (law firms, universities, media, tech etc) have capitulated doesn't just reveal their cowardice and lack of a moral compass
it demonstrates that their leaders are convinced that fascism is here to stay, and now is the time to find a way to live with it
it demonstrates that their leaders are convinced that fascism is here to stay, and now is the time to find a way to live with it
July 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM
the readiness with which American institutions (law firms, universities, media, tech etc) have capitulated doesn't just reveal their cowardice and lack of a moral compass
it demonstrates that their leaders are convinced that fascism is here to stay, and now is the time to find a way to live with it
it demonstrates that their leaders are convinced that fascism is here to stay, and now is the time to find a way to live with it