Today is Nakba Day. For Palestinians, the Nakba is not only a history of 1948 displacement. It is an ongoing reality of occupation, besiegement, settlement expansion and dispossession.

The further (accelerated) privatization of public education / research. #EduSky

And I missed Zac Deibel (weird alphabetization process), who is doing a fascinating project on education during the American Revolution! naeducation.org/current-naed... #edpolicy #histed #history #education

It’s as true for students who are 12 or 52!

"Our students are not wilting flowers. They can handle controversy. They do not need sentimental, cloying nostalgia. They need encouragement to face a flawed and unjust world head on, using the tools we've given them: critical reasoning, careful research, sympathy for the oppressed."

Episode 51: Grit In 2013, education reformers decided to fix America's schools the old-fashioned way: By consulting the 16th most popular Ted Talk.  podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

As I'm an historian, I think it's CRITICALLY important to understand where there is consensus around issues such as the ways racists have historically enforced their preferences without leaving a clear trace of discriminatory intent. (Hi, SCOTUS majority.)

Happy May Day. May the workers of the world unite in coalition to fight against the greed and murderous tactics of the super rich.

BREAKING: the AP updates its Stylebook to acknowledge Indigenous sovereignty as a dimension of Native identity 42 years after Deloria & Lytle publish The Nations Within. 🙃

“Education is liberation and your freedom is what I want to celebrate this morning,” Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice. Initiative.https://www.wbez.org/education/2026/04/18/northwestern-prison-education-program-holds-first-graduation-since-stateville-closure

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A painful game and loss, but a great season and post-season run. #Illinois

"Asked what percentage of children she imagines should be in public schools going forward, Tiffany Justice, who is now with The Heritage Foundation’s political advocacy arm, told ProPublica: 'I hope zero. I hope to get to zero.'" www.propublica.org/article/educ...

White Sox walk off win in the 10th in a Home Opener that *almost* got away from them. How can you not be romantic about baseball?! ⚾️

With the Illinois Men’s 🏀 team headed to the Final Four, it’s a great time for university administrators and the Board of Regents to recognize the Kingfisher as the official mascot!

ILL! 💙🧡🏀

Local SacTown shop owner: “a few months ago you couldn’t find a parking spot on a Friday night. Not so now. Wall Street may be up but Main Street is hurting big time. The rich just keep getting richer.”

ILL!!! 💙🧡

Hike to Eagle Lake today! 🥾

A 14-2 White Sox loss to Milwaukee? We are so back! #OpeningDay

Happy #OpeningDay! ⚾️

The Nevada Center for Excellence in Disabilities continues to play a critical role in advancing accessibility, education and opportunities for individuals with disabilities and their families throughout Nevada. https://bit.ly/3PIXT6a

DMV professionals in Illinois were far friendlier and more helpful than those working in Nevada.

Alright Illinois… here we go. 🏀

just a thought: no movement should ever depend so completely on the reputation of its chosen figurehead that one of its founders is forced to make a calculation like this on behalf of its survival

As a long time Miggy fan, I really enjoyed camera spans to his reactions and excitement. Thrilled for him and all of Venezuela!

Pretending like you are going to war instead of a baseball tournament and then losing at baseball is super funny

And that’s what you get for inviting Navy Seals into your locker room to deliver weird ass speeches instead of enjoying la pachanga. 😂

GENO SUÁREZ OPEN MIC NIGHT

How can you not be romantic about baseball?

In the words of my six year old: “the USA is cooked, but the blue team (Venezuela) looks like they are having fun.” Totally agree! Congrats to 🇻🇪! #WBC

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Bryce Harper coming through for an otherwise terrible US offense tonight #WBC

🚨New (Open Access) Publication! In this study @dsalazargarza.bsky.social and myself examine how DEI is portrayed across the public school districts in LA County. We utilize racialized organization theory to critically examine how these districts describe their DEI initiatives. Data collected 2024.

“No to war and Free Palestine.” — Javier Bardem while presenting at the #Oscars .

Also want to say I’ve genuinely enjoyed PTA films over the years, but to make a movie where immigration / ICE is a central plot point and NOT speak on this in any of the three winning speeches is totally wild

Someone on Twitter claimed that 60% of Sinners was illegible to the avg American viewer. I can’t speak to the accuracy of the statistic, but I do feel confident in saying that the average American is unfamiliar with A LOT of history generally, and Black history specifically. This is a good start.

Happy Pi Day. π

Oh Mary Wollstonecraft, the revolutionary you are!!! The things you understand!!!!

Need a new car. HATE talking to / interacting with sales people. A true dilemma.

Trump campaign 2024: “we’ll reduce the price of eggs!” Trump presidency 2026: “doubling gas prices is just the price Americans have to pay to fund our global imperial war, not least because we need to detract from our involvement in the largest child sex trafficking ring in history.”

Indigenous peoples decry US Forest Service permit allowing mineral drilling at sacred Black Hills site Pe' Sla. icmagazine.org/indigenous-p...

165 years ago today the Nevada Territory was established by President Lincoln, in no small part to prevent the Mormons from declaring the entire Great Basin their economic and theocratic kingdom.

It's been centuries of this bullshit, mind. See HOW TO HIDE AN EMPIRE, a book that should be required in every US high school curriculum: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

What the genocide in Gaza reinforced is that there are no "civilians" when it comes to Israel and the United States. The rest of the world learned the same lesson and the consequences are going to be felt across the world.

We killed 85 schoolgirls. We are not the good guys.

One family is about to control CBS, CNN, HBO, and TikTok. They’ll buy Warner Brothers with $24 billion from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Abu Dhabi. To win over Trump, they canceled Colbert, blocked a 60 Minutes CECOT investigation, and blocked Talarico. Much more will follow. Block this rotten deal.