Myriam Mompoint, Ph. D.
@mmompointphd.bsky.social
Humanities; African diaspora; Haitian Studies; Francophonie; Caribbean; Brazil; fashion & textile arts; media/film & culture; music
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Televising Transnational Trauma (LUP 2025)
https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.3828/9781836242666
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Televising Transnational Trauma (LUP 2025)
https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.3828/9781836242666
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A comparative look at televisual productions exploring dramatic narratives of chattel slavery in Brazil, Colombia, Canada, the United States, Saint Domingue (Haiti), Jamaica.
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Nicolas Sarkozy given five-year prison sentence after Libya trial
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Nicolas Sarkozy given five-year prison sentence after Libya trial
Former French president found guilty of criminal conspiracy after being accused of pact with Gaddafi regime
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Nicolas Sarkozy given five-year prison sentence after Libya trial
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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2 Bl*ck men hung in Mississippi yesterday.
1. Cory Zukatis - found around 10:30am hanging in Vicksburg MS.
2. Trey Reed - found hanging around 7:05am at Delta State
🚨 PLEASE stay safe and mindful on your surroundings‼️
1. Cory Zukatis - found around 10:30am hanging in Vicksburg MS.
2. Trey Reed - found hanging around 7:05am at Delta State
🚨 PLEASE stay safe and mindful on your surroundings‼️
September 16, 2025 at 12:32 PM
2 Bl*ck men hung in Mississippi yesterday.
1. Cory Zukatis - found around 10:30am hanging in Vicksburg MS.
2. Trey Reed - found hanging around 7:05am at Delta State
🚨 PLEASE stay safe and mindful on your surroundings‼️
1. Cory Zukatis - found around 10:30am hanging in Vicksburg MS.
2. Trey Reed - found hanging around 7:05am at Delta State
🚨 PLEASE stay safe and mindful on your surroundings‼️
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BREAKING: Appellate panel stops order to wind down operations at the immigration detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Florida Everglades.
Appeals court panel stops order to wind down operations at 'Alligator Alcatraz' in Everglades
A federal appeals court panel has put on hold a lower court judge’s order to wind down operations of the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.”
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September 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Lawrence Hill's "The Book of Negroes" (adapted for tv) is an important work about the Black Loyalists. Read about it in "Televising Transnational Trauma" www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
Listen to the author discuss attempts to limit access to his book.
youtu.be/ER9rJsRwOjA?...
Listen to the author discuss attempts to limit access to his book.
youtu.be/ER9rJsRwOjA?...
Lawrence Hill fights ban on his historical novel, The Book of Negroes
YouTube video by CBC News: The National
youtu.be
August 26, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Lawrence Hill's "The Book of Negroes" (adapted for tv) is an important work about the Black Loyalists. Read about it in "Televising Transnational Trauma" www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
Listen to the author discuss attempts to limit access to his book.
youtu.be/ER9rJsRwOjA?...
Listen to the author discuss attempts to limit access to his book.
youtu.be/ER9rJsRwOjA?...
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Cinq journalistes d’Al Jazeera ont été tués dans une frappe israélienne.
La chaîne Al Jazeera, basée au Qatar, dénonce « une attaque ciblée ». L’armée israélienne a confirmé avoir visé un journaliste, qu’elle accuse d’être un « terroriste ».
➡️ https://l.leparisien.fr/v8Wc
La chaîne Al Jazeera, basée au Qatar, dénonce « une attaque ciblée ». L’armée israélienne a confirmé avoir visé un journaliste, qu’elle accuse d’être un « terroriste ».
➡️ https://l.leparisien.fr/v8Wc
August 11, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Cinq journalistes d’Al Jazeera ont été tués dans une frappe israélienne.
La chaîne Al Jazeera, basée au Qatar, dénonce « une attaque ciblée ». L’armée israélienne a confirmé avoir visé un journaliste, qu’elle accuse d’être un « terroriste ».
➡️ https://l.leparisien.fr/v8Wc
La chaîne Al Jazeera, basée au Qatar, dénonce « une attaque ciblée ». L’armée israélienne a confirmé avoir visé un journaliste, qu’elle accuse d’être un « terroriste ».
➡️ https://l.leparisien.fr/v8Wc
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BREAKING: One of the most important and prominent reporters on the ground in Gaza has been Anas Al Sharif.
He - and several other Al Jazeera journalists - have just been assassinated by Israelis forces whilst in their press tent in central Gaza.
Speechless.
He - and several other Al Jazeera journalists - have just been assassinated by Israelis forces whilst in their press tent in central Gaza.
Speechless.
August 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
BREAKING: One of the most important and prominent reporters on the ground in Gaza has been Anas Al Sharif.
He - and several other Al Jazeera journalists - have just been assassinated by Israelis forces whilst in their press tent in central Gaza.
Speechless.
He - and several other Al Jazeera journalists - have just been assassinated by Israelis forces whilst in their press tent in central Gaza.
Speechless.
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BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
August 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
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New: The American guns turning Haiti’s gangs into an army.
Caches of weapons — including sniper and military-style rifles — are being smuggled from Florida, enabling Haitian militias to challenge the country’s fragile government. The UN says gangs now outgun the police.
ig.ft.com/haiti-gangs/
Caches of weapons — including sniper and military-style rifles — are being smuggled from Florida, enabling Haitian militias to challenge the country’s fragile government. The UN says gangs now outgun the police.
ig.ft.com/haiti-gangs/
The American guns turning Haiti’s gangs into an army
Weapons smuggled from Florida are empowering the country’s militias and enabling them to challenge a fragile government
ig.ft.com
July 30, 2025 at 6:20 AM
New: The American guns turning Haiti’s gangs into an army.
Caches of weapons — including sniper and military-style rifles — are being smuggled from Florida, enabling Haitian militias to challenge the country’s fragile government. The UN says gangs now outgun the police.
ig.ft.com/haiti-gangs/
Caches of weapons — including sniper and military-style rifles — are being smuggled from Florida, enabling Haitian militias to challenge the country’s fragile government. The UN says gangs now outgun the police.
ig.ft.com/haiti-gangs/
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During World War II, the United States arrested hundreds of Japanese, German and Italian immigrants from Latin America and deported them to the U.S. where they lived in camps.
Inside the U.S. plan to detain immigrants in Latin America as bargaining chips in WWII
During World War II, the United States arrested hundreds of Japanese, German and Italian immigrants from Latin America and deported them to the U.S. where they lived in camps.
n.pr
July 1, 2025 at 1:25 AM
During World War II, the United States arrested hundreds of Japanese, German and Italian immigrants from Latin America and deported them to the U.S. where they lived in camps.
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"And we're going to stand up for Haiti because you taught the world about freedom and its time we return the favor"
Mamdani turned up at BAYO at Barclay Center yesterday and said he was going to fight to get Haiti off the travel ban and he said Haiti correctly
June 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
"And we're going to stand up for Haiti because you taught the world about freedom and its time we return the favor"
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It's incredible that neither the president nor VP was here. The politicization of all facets of American life is coming from the White House. No other American president would have failed to pay their respects. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Tim Walz eulogizes slain lawmaker as a historic Minnesotan — and friend
After a hug with Kamala Harris, Gov. Tim Walz eulogized slain state Rep. Melissa Hortman as “the most consequential speaker in Minnesota history.”
www.washingtonpost.com
June 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
It's incredible that neither the president nor VP was here. The politicization of all facets of American life is coming from the White House. No other American president would have failed to pay their respects. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
November 2024 will prove to be a Pyrrhic victory.
June 29, 2025 at 3:25 AM
November 2024 will prove to be a Pyrrhic victory.
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Just a reminder the mainstream news has all but memory holed this incredibly violent political assassination of a leader & her spouse, which was almost multiple political assassinations if the attacker had not been delayed by several Democratic reps not being home & 2 other people he shot surviving.
Biden and Harris holding hands during the funeral of Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark
June 29, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Just a reminder the mainstream news has all but memory holed this incredibly violent political assassination of a leader & her spouse, which was almost multiple political assassinations if the attacker had not been delayed by several Democratic reps not being home & 2 other people he shot surviving.
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The Trump admin in a nutshell; in order to justify their own mistake, they’re going to release a violent felon with five deportations so he can testify against the guy with no criminal record they mistakenly deported.
In other words, the story is always more important than the principle.
In other words, the story is always more important than the principle.
The Trump admin has freed Jose Hernandez Reyes because he can testify against Abrego Garcia.
Hernandez, who has been deported 5 times, has also been arrested for:
—DUI w/ a handgun;
—cocaine possession;
—illegally transporting migrants; and
—drunkenly firing a gun.
Free link: wapo.st/40i4Ttt
Hernandez, who has been deported 5 times, has also been arrested for:
—DUI w/ a handgun;
—cocaine possession;
—illegally transporting migrants; and
—drunkenly firing a gun.
Free link: wapo.st/40i4Ttt
Star witness against Kilmar Abrego García was due to be deported. Now he’s being freed.
Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes is a three-time felon released early from federal prison to a halfway house in exchange for testifying against Kilmar Abrego García.
wapo.st
June 29, 2025 at 2:11 AM
The Trump admin in a nutshell; in order to justify their own mistake, they’re going to release a violent felon with five deportations so he can testify against the guy with no criminal record they mistakenly deported.
In other words, the story is always more important than the principle.
In other words, the story is always more important than the principle.
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Why?
Americans will die.
The U.S. Department of Defense will no longer provide satellite weather data, leaving hurricane forecasters without crucial information about storms as peak hurricane season looms in the Atlantic.
Defense department cuts weather satellite data
www.npr.org/2025/06/28/n...
Americans will die.
The U.S. Department of Defense will no longer provide satellite weather data, leaving hurricane forecasters without crucial information about storms as peak hurricane season looms in the Atlantic.
Defense department cuts weather satellite data
www.npr.org/2025/06/28/n...
Defense Department will stop providing crucial satellite weather data
Hurricane forecasters rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. That data will no longer be available as of Monday, June 30.
www.npr.org
June 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Why?
Americans will die.
The U.S. Department of Defense will no longer provide satellite weather data, leaving hurricane forecasters without crucial information about storms as peak hurricane season looms in the Atlantic.
Defense department cuts weather satellite data
www.npr.org/2025/06/28/n...
Americans will die.
The U.S. Department of Defense will no longer provide satellite weather data, leaving hurricane forecasters without crucial information about storms as peak hurricane season looms in the Atlantic.
Defense department cuts weather satellite data
www.npr.org/2025/06/28/n...
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Republicans may lie about what's in their budget bill but the numbers sure don't.
June 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Republicans may lie about what's in their budget bill but the numbers sure don't.
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Unbelievable. Latest update from the nonpartisan budget office says the Senate Republican bill now cuts nearly $1 TRILLION from Medicaid.
NEWS: Wyden Statement on New CBO Numbers Showing More than $930 Billion in Medicaid Cuts In New Senate Draft
Wyden Statement on New CBO Numbers Showing More than $930 Billion in Medicaid Cuts In New Senate Draft | The United States Senate Committee on Finance
Wyden Statement on New CBO Numbers Showing More than $930 Billion in Medicaid Cuts In New Senate Draft
www.finance.senate.gov
June 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Unbelievable. Latest update from the nonpartisan budget office says the Senate Republican bill now cuts nearly $1 TRILLION from Medicaid.
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Miami just canceled its November election & pushed it to 2026. No public vote, just canceled.
Mayor Suarez & Joe Carollo get to stick around an extra year.
This feels like a power grab. If one city can delay elections for “participation,” what’s to stop others from doing it to silence opposition?
Mayor Suarez & Joe Carollo get to stick around an extra year.
This feels like a power grab. If one city can delay elections for “participation,” what’s to stop others from doing it to silence opposition?
June 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Miami just canceled its November election & pushed it to 2026. No public vote, just canceled.
Mayor Suarez & Joe Carollo get to stick around an extra year.
This feels like a power grab. If one city can delay elections for “participation,” what’s to stop others from doing it to silence opposition?
Mayor Suarez & Joe Carollo get to stick around an extra year.
This feels like a power grab. If one city can delay elections for “participation,” what’s to stop others from doing it to silence opposition?
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DHS claims Haiti is “safe enough” to end TPS, but the State Dept warns Americans not to travel due to kidnappings and crime. The Trump Admin is actively lying to justify ending TPS amid a deadly humanitarian crisis.
This is a deliberate act of cruelty.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
This is a deliberate act of cruelty.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Trump ends TPS for Haitians. More than a half-million people now face deportation
Trump ends TPS for Haitians; over a half million now face deportation
www.miamiherald.com
June 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
DHS claims Haiti is “safe enough” to end TPS, but the State Dept warns Americans not to travel due to kidnappings and crime. The Trump Admin is actively lying to justify ending TPS amid a deadly humanitarian crisis.
This is a deliberate act of cruelty.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
This is a deliberate act of cruelty.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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Capping college loans will keep poor kids out of college.
That’s the plan. That’s been the plan.
That’s the plan. That’s been the plan.
Big & Beautiful” never looked so “Low & Ugly!” Buried in the bill…capping loan amounts for students and parents, eliminate graduate plus loans, remove $0 payments for those who don’t earn enough to pay on their loans. 1/2…
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Tell Senators: Oppose Attacks to Americans with Student Debt
We the undersigned express deep concern and opposition to the reconciliation bill that aims to cut $350 billion in funding for higher education, student loan repayment programs, and Pell Grants.
We u...
civicshout.com
June 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Capping college loans will keep poor kids out of college.
That’s the plan. That’s been the plan.
That’s the plan. That’s been the plan.
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“No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates.” –Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
One of the most chilling sentences I have ever read.
One of the most chilling sentences I have ever read.
June 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
“No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates.” –Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
One of the most chilling sentences I have ever read.
One of the most chilling sentences I have ever read.