Also, let’s not forget Covid’s impact on the heart, which, as with most such illnesses disproportionately affects Black ppl

Donald Glover. Jamie Foxx. John Singleton. Cory Broadus. Kid Cudi. Sinbad. We have to talk about blood clots and hypertension, stress and how it weathers us from the inside out, and how we push our bodies to their limits under capitalism despite the facts that we are not machines. #BlackSky

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Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.

I've been thinking a lot about hope and what it does for us. So I wrote a quick reflection on hope over on Substack. Read, like, and subscribe! 🔗 Read the full piece at Jennmjacksonphd.substack.com. ⭐️ Subscribers get access to lecture notes, thought questions, and recommended readings each month.

“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.” Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter

My experience at the National Women’s Studies Association conference this past weekend was AMAZING. It was refreshing to be in community with scholars, and organizers who take seriously the lives of women, gender expansive ppl, disabled folks, and other multiply marginalized ppl. #NWSA2025

Join me and my scholarly friends as we talk about the current political moment. Next Monday, at 11am CT/2pm ET, my Genforward Survey team will be thinking together about our political futures. Register here: bit.ly/data4liberation2025

Absolutely cannot wait to bust down the doors for a drink made by a company whose unionized workers are on strike in a store that doesn’t want to hire minorities anymore.

This is a good companion piece to the NYT piece today on the attack on the DOJ, and a sign of what the lawyers who did not resign or get fired are willing to do.

I've been on medical leave for 4 months. Tomorrow is my first day back to advising students, writing letters of recommendation, and sitting on dissertation committees. I'm legit excited to be getting back to my students 💜

A nice obituary for Alice, who was going to be recognized as one of The Post 50. I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman. #GiftLink wapo.st/49WOdx1

Here's @npr.org's Obituary of Alice Wong: www.npr.org/2025/11/15/n...

www.gofundme.com/f/alice-wong... here’s where to send funds to continue Alice’s legacy <3

I love conferences so much! #NWSA2025

Some states have stepped in to cover SNAP benefits. Texas, which has a multibillion-dollar rainy-day fund, has not. https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-human-toll-of-the-suspension-of-snap

Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent. Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado. One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.

And I've been doing politics for long enough to know clearly that the entire Senate Democratic caucus agreed to this decision to fold. Open your eyes. The 8 who "broke" did so with the complete blessing of Schumer and their colleagues. You don't have to play along because this is not a game. The end

COMPLICITY NOT COWARDICE. COMPLICITY.

The only silver lining to last night’s cave.

“.. As the raids have continued, consumers have started to question whether the company’s silence makes it an accomplice to the sweeps rather than merely the backdrop. .. A backlash is coming for the company.” @bloomberg.com $HD www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Once the government reopens, precedent has already been set, if Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to swear in Adelita Grijalva, the newly elected representative from Arizona’s 7th District, someone else will. In Powell v. McCormack (1969), the

Supreme Court ruled that a duly elected member cannot be denied their seat, meaning a judge could step in to administer the oath or order the House to allow it. In other words, once the government reopens, Johnson will no longer be able to act as the gatekeeper.

If they have their way, survival will be stratified by caste with the poorest folks starving and having no medical assistance. These are human rights violations. They are inhumane and despicable. Don't stop talking about it.

This is the longest government shutdown in history. It continues due to the greed of the wealthiest Americans, people who care little about the most vulnerable among us. The social safety net they are actively dismantling has been in place for more than 90 years, since the Great Depression.

The Trump Administration has demanded that states halt any SNAP payments to beneficiaries. They have referred to these payments as "unauthorized." The USDA has threatened to end federal funding for any states who fail to comply. Every new day feels like we are waking up in the Sunken Place.

Telling states NOT TO feed people is vile.

Keep talking about Sudan.

Trying to figure out what #SCOTUS just did with #SNAP, and why Justice Jackson temporarily froze the district court's ruling? Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it: www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf

bring back maligning racism as the mark of a stupid person. prejudice is the mark of an idiot. if you believe that shit i bet you also don’t wipe your ass

This event starts now!

My event with Dayton Metro Library tomorrow will be fully virtual. I'll be discussing my book BLACK WOMEN TAUGHT US. Tune in y'all! Date and time: Thurs, Nov 6, 2025 6 PM ET Event details: tinyurl.com/DaytonMetroJ...

the best thing that we can do in this AI-slop-filled, influencer culture, fascist era is keep it real. make art. be authentic. lead with joy. tell the truth. we win.

i’d also say that the GOP’s obsession with this gives candidates an opportunity to articulate and stand up for their values. “i refuse to make anyone feel like they don’t belong in my [state/city/community]. and i want everyone to live the best life they can achieve [insert policy slogan]”

If nothing else, the vote results from yesterday suggest that, no matter what is happening in Congress or the White House, the people know they still have the power to affect change at the local level.

I hope seeing Mamdani win encourages more young and Muslim folks to run for office.

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Yesterday's election results have me feeling more hope than I've felt in a very long time.

As a professor of African American Studies, I endorse this message ✊🏾🤭✊🏾

So uh. I've spent the last five years working on a book about grief, mourning, who is allowed to grieve and how, and where we go from here, and... you can now preorder it!

BREAKING: California voters approve a new House map designed to help Democrats net 5 seats next year, NBC News projects, countering Republican redistricting in other states.

Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.

Let's not wimp out & shrug "Mistakes were made." "It’s critical that we don’t take the bait, though. What cannot come from this moment is compulsory forgiveness or the watering down of accountability for a group of folks who only care about the lives of others when their own lives are under threat."

@jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social on dismayed Trump voters: “Their tears will not save our lives. Their sadness will not put food on the tables of SNAP beneficiaries or bring 300,000 Black women back into the workforce. White guilt cannot correct the intergenerational violence this season will…cause.”

I never really had an opinion about FN until now and thats because I really only ever played it with 1 or 2 friends. But if this is true I’m fine with never playing it again and uninstalling it from my Switch because screw supporting JK Rowling and screw the push this tainted franchise is getting.

Also Harry Potter adults really ought to be ostracised and I mean that with my whole chest because if you can casually support it then that means you’re cool with supporting its creator against trans folks so please go house sort yourself into a bin where you belong.

Call for Papers for a Special Issue from @pspolisci.bsky.social - 'Forecasting the 2026 US Midterm Elections' - https://cup.org/3Wq5B5y Submission Deadline: July 17, 2026 cc @apsa.bsky.social

I had a 45 year old rideshare driver tell me recently that he uses AI for therapy. I asked him which one. He said “Grok— I like the voice it uses, the tone doesn’t talk down to me like ChatGPT’s does.” He bragged that he had a 4 hour “therapy session” talking to Grok. Chat, are we cooked?

I just became a supporting member of Red Emma's, a radical Black-owned bookstore in Baltimore. If you have a local indie bookstore you love, see if they have a membership program or monthly events. It's an easy way to support our bookstores. withfriends.co/red_emmas/jo...