Lasana D. Kazembe, Ph.D.
kazembe1.bsky.social
Lasana D. Kazembe, Ph.D.
@kazembe1.bsky.social
Poet, Educator, and Critical Black Scholar; Native Son of Chicago
This new volume of work by Emmy Award-winning poet, Lasana D. Kazembe is a lyrical meditation on culture, art, politics, and the tensions and possibilities framing everyday life. Order HERE: lnkd.in/ga3e3W2v
December 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Proud to present at Umoja XXI Annual Conference’s Faculty Institute in San Jose, CA. Together, we’re building community, advancing equity, and transforming education from within.”
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October 28, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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October 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
They absolutely want to transform the U.S. into a white ethnostate.
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Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People
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October 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
October 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Major THANKS to DJ Kyle Long and @wfyi.bsky.social for our wonderful interview on Cultural Manifesto. We thoroughly enjoyed vibing with our homies from down south!!
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Jazz Meets Samba featuring Magary Lord, Juliana Ribeiro, Márcio Pereira, and Indianapolis’ Lasana Kazembe
Listen to an interview with Brazilian musicians Magary Lord, Juliana Ribeiro, Márcio Pereira, and Indianapolis’ Lasana Kazembe. They recently performed at Indy Jazz Fest as part of “Jazz Meets Samba :...
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October 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The intellectual, economic, and social costs of psychopathic racism: Federal Health Research Cuts scienceimpacts.org
SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research
Developed by an interdisciplinary research team, this website shows how funding cuts reduce economic activity and employment nationwide
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August 25, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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“The New York Times collaborated with a white nationalist eugenicist hacker and agreed to keep his identity a secret to publish a Zohran Mamdani hit piece” is a way bigger story than “18 year old Zohran Mamdani ticked ‘African American’ on his Columbia application because he was a citizen of Uganda”
July 4, 2025 at 1:40 AM
PSYCHOPATHIC RACISTS are soooooooooo afraid. This is what we call the crisis of white supremacy. Let's not be distracted by their fear.
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Right-Wing Republicans in Congress Attack Mamdani With Islamophobic Comments
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June 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Moral Cleansing, American Style: How the Supreme Court Just Outsourced Cruelty
When cruelty is moved out of sight, it’s easier to pretend it doesn’t exist — until history writes it down in blood…

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Moral Cleansing, American Style: How the Supreme Court Just Outsourced Cruelty
When cruelty is moved out of sight, it’s easier to pretend it doesn’t exist — until history writes it down in blood…
tinyurl.com
June 26, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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This book is riveting and so, so infuriating. It follows 5 families in Atlanta who are struggling to remain housed and paints deeply compassionate portraits of each unit. It reads almost like a novel but is outstanding journalism
June 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
RFK, Jr. is a eugenicist hiding in plain sight.

The point is for people (mostly poor & dark) to die.

"Proposed changes to Medicaid, other health programs could lead to over 51,000 preventable deaths, researchers warn."
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Proposed changes to Medicaid, other health programs could lead to over 51,000 preventable deaths, researchers warn
Public health and policy researchers at Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania say that proposed changes to Medicaid and other U.S. health programs
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June 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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TRENT REZNOR: "The Culture Of The Music World Sucks" metalinjection.net/news/trent-r...
TRENT REZNOR: "The Culture Of The Music World Sucks"
"Music [now] feels largely relegated to something that happens in the background or while you're doing something else."
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December 14, 2024 at 2:53 PM