Jenniferchowdhury
@jenniferchowdhury.bsky.social
Journalist + writer covering immigration, migration and human rights. Sometimes global women’s affairs.
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Meet the Aunties Behind Zohran Mamdani's Historic Campaign
The mayoral candidate's meteoric rise was fueled by older immigrant women—long-time, experienced organizers who are often overlooked
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NEW for @harpersbazaar.com.web.brid.gy: When @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social won the Democratic nom for NYC mayor, I joined a community media panel to discuss his campaign. I mentioned how Mamdani began his speech by thanking the “aunties." The men laughed. www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
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“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago
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“You can’t not consider the issue of immigration as a child well-being issue.”
Immigration enforcement fuels mental health crisis among children of immigrants, @jenniferchowdhury.bsky.social reports. Many of these children grow up carrying invisible scars that resurface later in life.
Immigration enforcement fuels mental health crisis among children of immigrants, @jenniferchowdhury.bsky.social reports. Many of these children grow up carrying invisible scars that resurface later in life.
For children of immigrants, Immigration enforcement fuels mental health crisis
The fear that they could lose their parents defines the daily lives of many children in immigrant families
prismreports.org
November 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
“You can’t not consider the issue of immigration as a child well-being issue.”
Immigration enforcement fuels mental health crisis among children of immigrants, @jenniferchowdhury.bsky.social reports. Many of these children grow up carrying invisible scars that resurface later in life.
Immigration enforcement fuels mental health crisis among children of immigrants, @jenniferchowdhury.bsky.social reports. Many of these children grow up carrying invisible scars that resurface later in life.
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“Many of us are really scared, but we’re still showing up.”
Nov. 16 was “the day the most immigrants were arrested in a single day” in North Carolina's history. As immigration raids are expected to escalate, locals are mobilizing to protect their neighbors @tinavasquez.bsky.social reports.
Nov. 16 was “the day the most immigrants were arrested in a single day” in North Carolina's history. As immigration raids are expected to escalate, locals are mobilizing to protect their neighbors @tinavasquez.bsky.social reports.
North Carolina immigration raids expected to escalate
As the impacts of the raids quickly ripple outward from Charlotte, North Carolinians are mobilizing to stem enforcement operations in their communities
prismreports.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“Many of us are really scared, but we’re still showing up.”
Nov. 16 was “the day the most immigrants were arrested in a single day” in North Carolina's history. As immigration raids are expected to escalate, locals are mobilizing to protect their neighbors @tinavasquez.bsky.social reports.
Nov. 16 was “the day the most immigrants were arrested in a single day” in North Carolina's history. As immigration raids are expected to escalate, locals are mobilizing to protect their neighbors @tinavasquez.bsky.social reports.
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Immigration enforcement fuels mental health crisis among children of immigrants, @jenniferchowdhury.bsky.social reports. The fear that they could lose their parents defines the daily lives of many children in immigrant families, with long-term consequences for their mental well-being.
For children of immigrants, Immigration enforcement fuels mental health crisis
The fear that they could lose their parents defines the daily lives of many children in immigrant families
prismreports.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Immigration enforcement fuels mental health crisis among children of immigrants, @jenniferchowdhury.bsky.social reports. The fear that they could lose their parents defines the daily lives of many children in immigrant families, with long-term consequences for their mental well-being.
NEW for @harpersbazaar.com.web.brid.gy: When @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social won the Democratic nom for NYC mayor, I joined a community media panel to discuss his campaign. I mentioned how Mamdani began his speech by thanking the “aunties." The men laughed. www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
Meet the Aunties Behind Zohran Mamdani's Historic Campaign
The mayoral candidate's meteoric rise was fueled by older immigrant women—long-time, experienced organizers who are often overlooked
www.harpersbazaar.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
NEW for @harpersbazaar.com.web.brid.gy: When @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social won the Democratic nom for NYC mayor, I joined a community media panel to discuss his campaign. I mentioned how Mamdani began his speech by thanking the “aunties." The men laughed. www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
🧵 New essay: Bad Bunny, “good English,” and who gets to belong in America.
As the Puerto Rican superstar prepares to headline the Super Bowl halftime show, his refusal to perform in English has reignited old debates about language, culture, and power. buff.ly/2RWgIb3
As the Puerto Rican superstar prepares to headline the Super Bowl halftime show, his refusal to perform in English has reignited old debates about language, culture, and power. buff.ly/2RWgIb3
ESSAY: Bad Bunny’s Upcoming Super Bowl Performance Reminds America That Language Is Power
Language is inheritance — and sometimes, rebellion.
buff.ly
October 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
🧵 New essay: Bad Bunny, “good English,” and who gets to belong in America.
As the Puerto Rican superstar prepares to headline the Super Bowl halftime show, his refusal to perform in English has reignited old debates about language, culture, and power. buff.ly/2RWgIb3
As the Puerto Rican superstar prepares to headline the Super Bowl halftime show, his refusal to perform in English has reignited old debates about language, culture, and power. buff.ly/2RWgIb3
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Smart people keep saying…
“AI technologies severely impede humans’ ability to learn and retain skills… Rather than expanding our intellectual horizons, these technologies undermine the very conditions that allow us to think for ourselves.”
“AI technologies severely impede humans’ ability to learn and retain skills… Rather than expanding our intellectual horizons, these technologies undermine the very conditions that allow us to think for ourselves.”
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
www.project-syndicate.org
October 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Smart people keep saying…
“AI technologies severely impede humans’ ability to learn and retain skills… Rather than expanding our intellectual horizons, these technologies undermine the very conditions that allow us to think for ourselves.”
“AI technologies severely impede humans’ ability to learn and retain skills… Rather than expanding our intellectual horizons, these technologies undermine the very conditions that allow us to think for ourselves.”
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You know it’s bad when the Dept of Labor says immigration raids are “threatening the stability of domestic food production and prices for US consumers.”
@opinion.bloomberg.com #CPI
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@opinion.bloomberg.com #CPI
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October 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
You know it’s bad when the Dept of Labor says immigration raids are “threatening the stability of domestic food production and prices for US consumers.”
@opinion.bloomberg.com #CPI
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@opinion.bloomberg.com #CPI
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Excellent piece from @jenniferchowdhury.bsky.social on talking with your kids about Palestine
www.port-of-entry.com/p/i-dont-kno...
www.port-of-entry.com/p/i-dont-kno...
I don't know how to talk to my kid about Palestine
But I'm learning.
www.port-of-entry.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Excellent piece from @jenniferchowdhury.bsky.social on talking with your kids about Palestine
www.port-of-entry.com/p/i-dont-kno...
www.port-of-entry.com/p/i-dont-kno...
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The New McCarthyism: UC Berkeley Just Handed Over the Names of 160 Students and Faculty to the Trump Admin
Read: zeteo.com/p/the-new-mc...
Read: zeteo.com/p/the-new-mc...
The New McCarthyism: UC Berkeley Just Handed Over the Names of 160 Students and Faculty to the Trump Admin
I'm beyond disturbed that my alma mater is wiling to destroy its reputation as the birthplace of the 1960s Free Speech Movement and put students in danger in the process, Viet Thanh Nguyen writes.
zeteo.com
September 18, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The New McCarthyism: UC Berkeley Just Handed Over the Names of 160 Students and Faculty to the Trump Admin
Read: zeteo.com/p/the-new-mc...
Read: zeteo.com/p/the-new-mc...
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Channel your outrage about @washingtonpost.com firing @karenattiah.bsky.social into support for her work
Here's how to support my work:
I'll be teaching a version of my Columbia class on Race, Media and International Affairs 101 and 102 next month for @resistanceschool.bsky.social.
The course is online/ hybrid. Deadline is Sept. 19th! Sign up!
www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...
I'll be teaching a version of my Columbia class on Race, Media and International Affairs 101 and 102 next month for @resistanceschool.bsky.social.
The course is online/ hybrid. Deadline is Sept. 19th! Sign up!
www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...
Fall Registration for Race, Media & International Affairs with Karen Attiah — Resistance Study Series
A virtual, seven week beginner and intermediate course on the history of race, mass media, and the modern world order.
www.resistancesummerschool.com
September 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Channel your outrage about @washingtonpost.com firing @karenattiah.bsky.social into support for her work
@karenattiah.bsky.social was one of the last chances @washingtonpost.com had at credibility. They couldn’t wait to fire her the moment she spoke the truth about how political violence and white supremacy play out in real life. I’ll be following her work—this time, free of censorship.
September 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
@karenattiah.bsky.social was one of the last chances @washingtonpost.com had at credibility. They couldn’t wait to fire her the moment she spoke the truth about how political violence and white supremacy play out in real life. I’ll be following her work—this time, free of censorship.
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The 9/11 Immigrant Worker Freedom Act, reintroduced today by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, @aoc.bsky.social, would provide undocumented 9/11 workers with a pathway to citizenship.
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September 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The 9/11 Immigrant Worker Freedom Act, reintroduced today by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, @aoc.bsky.social, would provide undocumented 9/11 workers with a pathway to citizenship.
documentedny.com/2025/09/11/u...
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Kashmir is often framed as India vs. Pakistan. But what do Kashmiris themselves want?
I spoke with historian Dr. Hafsa Kanjwal, about erasure, settler colonialism & centering Kashmiri voices.
Read in Port of Entry:
I spoke with historian Dr. Hafsa Kanjwal, about erasure, settler colonialism & centering Kashmiri voices.
Read in Port of Entry:
DIASPORA DIALOGUES: Unpacking Kashmir's Long Struggle for Self-Determination
In conversation with a Kashmiri historian on memory, exile, and the unfinished fight for freedom.
buff.ly
September 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Kashmir is often framed as India vs. Pakistan. But what do Kashmiris themselves want?
I spoke with historian Dr. Hafsa Kanjwal, about erasure, settler colonialism & centering Kashmiri voices.
Read in Port of Entry:
I spoke with historian Dr. Hafsa Kanjwal, about erasure, settler colonialism & centering Kashmiri voices.
Read in Port of Entry:
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An AI slop factory apparently tried to rewrite our article about AI not replacing workers en masse, but hit the paywall... so just summarised the paywall. If this is the robot that takes my job I'll be v embarrassed
July 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
An AI slop factory apparently tried to rewrite our article about AI not replacing workers en masse, but hit the paywall... so just summarised the paywall. If this is the robot that takes my job I'll be v embarrassed
“Amid a broader campaign to crack down on immigration, the Department of Homeland Security said that because “conditions have improved” in Honduras and Nicaragua, it is ending the program for natives of those countries in early September.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Here legally since 1999, thousands of immigrants have 60 days to leave
In September, the Department of Homeland Security will end temporary protections for more than 50,000 Hondurans and Nicaraguans who have lived legally in the U.S. for decades.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
“Amid a broader campaign to crack down on immigration, the Department of Homeland Security said that because “conditions have improved” in Honduras and Nicaragua, it is ending the program for natives of those countries in early September.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
When Anika Chowdhury lost both her parents, she began cooking to grieve—and to remember. What started as a quiet blog became Kitchen Gatherings, and eventually led to The Great American Recipe on @pbs.org. www.port-of-entry.com/p/diaspora-d...
#BangladeshiFood #FoodIsMemory #PortOfEntry
#BangladeshiFood #FoodIsMemory #PortOfEntry
DIASPORA DIALOGUE: LEGACY THROUGH BANGLADESHI FOOD
How Anika Chowdhury Turned Grief, Memory, and Family Recipes into a Celebration of Culture—Now Seen on PBS
www.port-of-entry.com
July 16, 2025 at 11:31 AM
When Anika Chowdhury lost both her parents, she began cooking to grieve—and to remember. What started as a quiet blog became Kitchen Gatherings, and eventually led to The Great American Recipe on @pbs.org. www.port-of-entry.com/p/diaspora-d...
#BangladeshiFood #FoodIsMemory #PortOfEntry
#BangladeshiFood #FoodIsMemory #PortOfEntry
"I am no longer interested in writing about migration from a moral or political stance or trying to convince anyone of the humanity of migrants. Migration is a biological fact, central to the evolution of our species, no more and no less." www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
What Happens When ICE Comes to Your School
In a Los Angeles neighborhood targeted by ICE, a mother struggles to keep the dream of a free world alive for her son
www.harpersbazaar.com
July 16, 2025 at 11:01 AM
"I am no longer interested in writing about migration from a moral or political stance or trying to convince anyone of the humanity of migrants. Migration is a biological fact, central to the evolution of our species, no more and no less." www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
“India has positioned itself as the world’s largest democracy and a global economic player. Western governments, especially, are unwilling to jeopardize those alliances. So Kashmir is dismissed as an “internal matter.” That silence is strategic.” shorturl.at/o1dNF
DIASPORA DIALOGUES: Unpacking Kashmir's Long Struggle for Self-Determination
In conversation with a Kashmiri historian on memory, exile, and the unfinished fight for freedom.
shorturl.at
July 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
“India has positioned itself as the world’s largest democracy and a global economic player. Western governments, especially, are unwilling to jeopardize those alliances. So Kashmir is dismissed as an “internal matter.” That silence is strategic.” shorturl.at/o1dNF
I’m a daughter of immigrants raising daughters of the diaspora—and every other week, I share stories about what we carry across borders, through generations, and how we pass “home” on ▶️ www.port-of-entry.com/p/what-count...
What Country Are My Children Inheriting
A new Supreme Court ruling chips away at birthright citizenship. For families like mine, the promise of America has never felt more fragile—or more worth fighting for.
www.port-of-entry.com
July 9, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I’m a daughter of immigrants raising daughters of the diaspora—and every other week, I share stories about what we carry across borders, through generations, and how we pass “home” on ▶️ www.port-of-entry.com/p/what-count...
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Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife.
While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.
This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.
While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.
This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.
June 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife.
While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.
This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.
While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.
This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.
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ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
Whoa! NYC mayoral candidate and current city Comptroller Brad Lander seemingly arrested at the NYC immigration court while attending to escort someone attending their hearing.
Lander just got detained by federal agents as he tried to escort a man out of the courtroom. Lander was taken in an elevator with masked agents, along with one member of his NYPD security detail.
June 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
All I’ll say about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and theclaim that he’s too young or inexperienced: talk to any #BronxScience alum and they’ll tell you—those four years aged us straight into our mid-20s. So he's basically a decade older than his bio age.
June 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
All I’ll say about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and theclaim that he’s too young or inexperienced: talk to any #BronxScience alum and they’ll tell you—those four years aged us straight into our mid-20s. So he's basically a decade older than his bio age.