We have this fabulous edited volume on hidden histories of unauthorized European immigration to the US, and this afternoon/evening I'll be sharing about my chapter on the Irish. These histories show that illegalization is a CHOICE. Tune in to learn more.

Union busting isn't on the menu at today's potluck and rally for the Fired Four ✊ Stand with us by signing our petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

Important CFP! Peace in the Age of Forever Wars @ Temple University, April 3-4, 2026. I will be there. challengingwar.com/spring-2025/

my first story @theintercept.com: organizers with @adalahjustice.bsky.social and @genderlib.com announced today that the Human Rights Campaign has ended its relationships with weapons manufacturers Northrop Grumman and Raytheon following years of protests and accusations of "pinkwashing"

a contribution of my book that I’m proud of: I unravel the myth of good intentions that animates carceral politics and a lot of contemporary liberalism. racist intent matters. harmful outcomes in policymaking matter. www.pennpress.org/978151282349...

Happy news: My new book -- Humanitarianism: A Very Short Introduction -- now has a cover and is available for preorder! The book is a concise history of humanitarianism in an international and global perspective, from the 18th century to the present. More info here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.

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I’ve spent the weekend thinking about how decolonization is related to desire for migration control. Looking forward to discussing this at SSHA w/ @srmeiners.bsky.social and others. Part of how migration control got entrenched in late 20th century and today’s third country transfer agreements.

HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE

Once again enraged

I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee. I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them

New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.

Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.

BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike. Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%. Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.

Friends— here it is. Updated & expanded thanks to the space afforded to me in the @therumpus.net & the guidance of the brilliant @roxanegay.bsky.social’s edits. The win centers Muslims humanity — but what does that mean in a country that rejects that? therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...

Bluesky rn

if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this. can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.

seeing this on Election Day is killing me lmfaooooo

i hope this is how you find out about dick cheney

A few days after the presidential election one year ago, we went to Fordham Road in the Bronx. It was a little different last week.

today’s information came out piecemeal, and people should be able to share their own situations on their own time, but I could share this much ^ as it is pretty cut and dry on the facts. Teen Vogue also no longer has any trans staffers as of today.

I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members. At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting. now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

ON THE LITERAL EVE OF A DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST MAYOR BEING ELECTED, ANNA WINTOUR KILLS PROGRESSIVE AND PROFITABLE TEEN VOGUE POLITICS DESK WHICH HAD JUST INTERVIEWED HIM *That’s* the headline. (Unfortunately there’s hardly any news outlet left to run it 😭)

vogue’s coverage of the news is such absurd gaslighting. “career development” and “cultural leadership”? is that why teen vogue has gotten mentions and awards in recent years? no. www.vogue.com/article/teen...

It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.

Condé Nast finally achieved its dream of wrecking Teen Vogue and killing its politics section. www.thecut.com/article/teen...

This magazine just fired all of their politics staffers

To a large extent, @teenvogue.com's Politics section was doing the only dedicated progressive reporting on American higher education. While higher ed issues sometimes receive coverage in places like The Nation & The American Prospect, Teen Vogue treated campuses like a dedicated beat.

I am so upset. Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/

if there was a rich person with the will, you could build the most incredible news organization that has ever existed just from the wreckage of this year alone.

One of my best friends, Teen Vogue's SOLE politics editor, got laid off today in case you're wondering what my level of rage is today

Listening to RAICES v. Noem re Trump’s barring access to asylum at border. The admin is claiming the authority of the President to ignore the immigration law’s provision of the right to seek asylum is now greater than during the pandemic. To admin: President can stop all immigration, law be damned

Hi, I’m one of the trans friends of Francisco Pedro that his weird TERF ex Jose (from the Pamela Paul piece) refused to look in the eye for a year and a half! 💖 Here is Francisco at my top surgery anniversary beach party that made him unable to pick Jose up from the airport that day. Ally 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌈

Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani? great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com

Minneapolis mayoral candidate Omar Fateh, a democratic socialist dubbed the "Mamdani of the Midwest," is looking to unseat incumbent Mayor Jacob Frey on Tuesday one of the most closely watched elections in the country.

if you wanna help you can Venmo or cash app me — to cover every kid they’d need about $4000 more Venmo @ lexi-McMenamin Cashapp $LexiMcmenamin

World Series Game 7: I hear you get an extra hour tonight whatcha doin with it

Good idea, some space just freed up

Wow I can’t believe that this make up I bought at (checks notes) Spirit Halloween might be giving me an allergic reaction.

Congratulations to Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky, winner of the W. Bruce Lincoln Book Prize for Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State with Stanford University Press. #ASEEESPrizes See all winners: buff.ly/qNk3PSU @stanfordpress.bsky.social

Talking about some new work at Penn History's Annenberg Seminar on Nov 6 - pls come thru if you're around Philly: live-sas-www-history.pantheon.sas.upenn.edu/node/16007

Professor Mark Nevitt of #EmoryLaw questions the legal authority behind recent U.S. military actions targeting alleged drug cartels, as discussed in Reuters. Read more: https://reut.rs/3KNurtt

📣 📣 📣 CfP The Migration, Refugee & Diaspora programming committee of the 30th Annual World Convention of @asn-org.bsky.social is looking forward to your paper+panel proposals! ➡️New York City🗽 ➡️28-30 May 2026 ➡️Deadline: 19 Nov 2025 Please share! More info: www.asnconvention.com/call-for-pro...