Lourdes Torres
@lourdestorres.bsky.social
Rican Professor of Latinx Studies, Queer Studies, Critical Ethnic Studies, and Sociolinguistics
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"When mass protests broke out against his policy, Biden repeatedly condemned the activists as violent and antisemitic, responding to outlier actions that didn’t represent the movement. Biden’s slander helped splinter the Democratic coalition, giving Trump a potent wedge issue." shorturl.at/K4cPI
The New McCarthyism Was Started by Liberals
As with earlier Red Scares, Democrats laid the groundwork for the current crackdown on dissent.
www.thenation.com
April 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
"When mass protests broke out against his policy, Biden repeatedly condemned the activists as violent and antisemitic, responding to outlier actions that didn’t represent the movement. Biden’s slander helped splinter the Democratic coalition, giving Trump a potent wedge issue." shorturl.at/K4cPI
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Several thoughts about this very helpful interview on NYT w Chris Eisgruber, president of Princeton, about existential attacks on higher ed, how and what solidarity among American universities looks like. And why it's worth the listen. (Also a dopey headline.) 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/p...
The University President Willing to Fight Trump
Christopher L. Eisgruber of Princeton University talks about the administration’s move to freeze billions of dollars in funding to higher education institutions.
www.nytimes.com
April 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Several thoughts about this very helpful interview on NYT w Chris Eisgruber, president of Princeton, about existential attacks on higher ed, how and what solidarity among American universities looks like. And why it's worth the listen. (Also a dopey headline.) 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/p...
Help fund scholarships for DePaul Latino students! When 40 people make a gift to the CLR and Latin American and Latino Studies External Advisory Board Scholarship, Lucino Sotelo (BUS '93) will donate $20,000!
Make a donation to TODAY through LALS challenge.depaul.edu/giving-day/9...
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January 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Help fund scholarships for DePaul Latino students! When 40 people make a gift to the CLR and Latin American and Latino Studies External Advisory Board Scholarship, Lucino Sotelo (BUS '93) will donate $20,000!
Make a donation to TODAY through LALS challenge.depaul.edu/giving-day/9...
Make a donation to TODAY through LALS challenge.depaul.edu/giving-day/9...
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UW-Madison history professor @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social collaborated with Bad Bunny to help listeners explore the historical and political context of the singer's new album. He spoke with @aliceraeherman.bsky.social about the project
Bad Bunny teams up with Jorell Meléndez-Badillo to unpack Puerto Rican history
The UW-Madison professor accompanies the singer's new album with rich political context.
tonemadison.com
January 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
UW-Madison history professor @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social collaborated with Bad Bunny to help listeners explore the historical and political context of the singer's new album. He spoke with @aliceraeherman.bsky.social about the project
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A very important conversation between Jonathan Beller & Ali Musleh in "The Question of Genocide" - @dukepress.bsky.social
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The Question of Genocide | Social Text | Duke University Press
read.dukeupress.edu
January 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
A very important conversation between Jonathan Beller & Ali Musleh in "The Question of Genocide" - @dukepress.bsky.social
read.dukeupress.edu/social-text/...
read.dukeupress.edu/social-text/...
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The combined net worth of America's twelve wealthiest people passed $2 trillion last year.
12 people. $2 trillion.
Meanwhile, U.S. homelessness increased 18% in 2024.
Our problem isn’t an issue of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding wealth inequality.
12 people. $2 trillion.
Meanwhile, U.S. homelessness increased 18% in 2024.
Our problem isn’t an issue of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding wealth inequality.
January 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The combined net worth of America's twelve wealthiest people passed $2 trillion last year.
12 people. $2 trillion.
Meanwhile, U.S. homelessness increased 18% in 2024.
Our problem isn’t an issue of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding wealth inequality.
12 people. $2 trillion.
Meanwhile, U.S. homelessness increased 18% in 2024.
Our problem isn’t an issue of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding wealth inequality.
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‘The idea of a singular “Latino vote” presupposes that people who identify with the multiple versions of the term—Latino, Latinx, Hispanic—constitute a single voting bloc and share concerns over a single issue, immigration, to the same degree.’
December 22, 2024 at 1:13 AM
‘The idea of a singular “Latino vote” presupposes that people who identify with the multiple versions of the term—Latino, Latinx, Hispanic—constitute a single voting bloc and share concerns over a single issue, immigration, to the same degree.’
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Musk’s wealth in 2012: $2 Billion
Musk’s wealth in 2024: $447 Billion
Bezos’s wealth in 2012: $18 Billion
Bezos’s wealth in 2024: $249 Billion
Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2012: $44 Billion
Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2024: $224 Billion
Minimum wage in 2012: $7.25
Minimum wage in 2024: $7.25
Musk’s wealth in 2024: $447 Billion
Bezos’s wealth in 2012: $18 Billion
Bezos’s wealth in 2024: $249 Billion
Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2012: $44 Billion
Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2024: $224 Billion
Minimum wage in 2012: $7.25
Minimum wage in 2024: $7.25
December 19, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Musk’s wealth in 2012: $2 Billion
Musk’s wealth in 2024: $447 Billion
Bezos’s wealth in 2012: $18 Billion
Bezos’s wealth in 2024: $249 Billion
Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2012: $44 Billion
Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2024: $224 Billion
Minimum wage in 2012: $7.25
Minimum wage in 2024: $7.25
Musk’s wealth in 2024: $447 Billion
Bezos’s wealth in 2012: $18 Billion
Bezos’s wealth in 2024: $249 Billion
Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2012: $44 Billion
Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2024: $224 Billion
Minimum wage in 2012: $7.25
Minimum wage in 2024: $7.25
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“Legalizing the denial of bodily self-determination increases patriarchal control over ALL people deemed socially transgressive.”
— @lewispants.bsky.social
truthout.org/articles/sup...
— @lewispants.bsky.social
truthout.org/articles/sup...
Supreme Court Case on Trans Health Shows How Gender Essentialism Harms Us All
Everyone who cares about bodily autonomy should fight for trans health care.
truthout.org
December 9, 2024 at 2:54 AM
“Legalizing the denial of bodily self-determination increases patriarchal control over ALL people deemed socially transgressive.”
— @lewispants.bsky.social
truthout.org/articles/sup...
— @lewispants.bsky.social
truthout.org/articles/sup...
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Section 1, of the 14th Amendment:
December 9, 2024 at 2:07 AM
Section 1, of the 14th Amendment:
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"It’s already a huge lift for a farmworker to file a complaint in better times. Someone working in the field is not going to speak up about pesticides or heat when they’re worried about being deported or getting home safely to their children. It’s terrifying."
November 23, 2024 at 1:59 AM
"It’s already a huge lift for a farmworker to file a complaint in better times. Someone working in the field is not going to speak up about pesticides or heat when they’re worried about being deported or getting home safely to their children. It’s terrifying."
Inspiring conversation
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Myriam Gurba @lesbrains.bsky.social 's great piece: "A youthful obsession with Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother turns to frustration over how its subject, Florence Owens Thompson, an Indigenous woman, has been misperceived." Recommended reading for everyone.
placesjournal.org/article/sant...
placesjournal.org/article/sant...
Santa Maria: On Migrant Mother's Land
A youthful obsession with Dorothea Lange’s <em>Migrant Mother</em> turns to frustration over how its subject, Florence Owens Thompson, an Indigenous woman, has been misperceived.
placesjournal.org
November 20, 2024 at 3:06 AM
Myriam Gurba @lesbrains.bsky.social 's great piece: "A youthful obsession with Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother turns to frustration over how its subject, Florence Owens Thompson, an Indigenous woman, has been misperceived." Recommended reading for everyone.
placesjournal.org/article/sant...
placesjournal.org/article/sant...
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Your homework. inthesetimes.com/article/toni...
November 20, 2024 at 2:57 AM
Your homework. inthesetimes.com/article/toni...
