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Tonight was the last class of "Latinx Urban Activism Since 1900" for this semester. 📚

Good morning!

"Our findings redefine SARS-CoV-2 infection as a condition of long-lasting immune compromise." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

"Fallece Rafael Ithier, fundador de El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico" teleonce.com/noticias/ent...

CDC Vaccine Search Tool No Longer Works. Vaccines.gov Website Scrubbed www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...

Tbh regardless of the outcome the fact that SCOTUS is even seriously considering this blatantly racist argument is bad for our democracy

My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.

"But an estimated 30% of the direct care workforce nationally, such as Dawnie, Maria, and Diana’s colleagues, are enrolled in Medicaid themselves and could lose coverage temporarily or even permanently due to these measures." www.milbank.org/2025/12/no-s...

This is cold blooded murder.

Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting. Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.

Framing of Black and Latinx School Closure in Redeveloping Hartford, Connecticut. Berkeley Review of Education, 13(1). dx.doi.org/10.5070/B813...

The Zombie Politics of Merit Pay for Teachers radicalscholarship.com/2025/11/11/t...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed disastrous cuts to our city's libraries while setting aside $5M for a ShotSpotter replacement. As library associate Sara Heymann told me, “Libraries embody everything we need to fight back against fascism.” My piece on what’s at stake and how to fight back:

RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women". Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.

first snow of season

I know there's a lot competing for your attention this Giving Tuesday, but it's also my birthday on Thursday, and I'm aiming to support Charlottesville's City of Promise. Can you help? cityofpromise.salsalabs.org/donationform...

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Precisely.

Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough. Pertussis, best prevented with a vaccine, has killed three Kentucky babies in the last 12 months. kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...

ICYMI: Racism and AI. Talking evidence and truth. m.youtube.com/watch?v=5mtc...

It's the last day of #MESA2025 and we're only here for the morning! Stop by before noon for your last chance to check out our latest Middle East Studies books. Our website where your can save 40% off our displayed book will be up for a few weeks after the conference: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/m...

"We then study how racialized surveillance informs not only the NIMBY but also the YIMBY gaze, arguing that both camps are ultimately tethered to racial capitalism’s liberal legacies." berkeleyplanningjournal.com/volume-29/20...

How Oregon’s Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages. Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

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The GOP cuts to Medicaid have cut rural Granite Staters off from basic health services. Nasty, nasty business. #NHPoli #NHPol www.wmur.com/article/rura...

Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81

After reporting by ProPublica and other publications, the administration is dropping an effort that could have led 830,000 people to lose eligibility for Social Security disability payments.

"There’s a lot of vibe revenue in AI." - Brian Chesky, CEO of Airbnb. substack.com/home/post/p-...

no one has even bothered trying to convince us there’s a threat from Venezuela. no weapons of mass destruction. nothing. just a war of choice because why not.

all jokes aside, it really beats me what Mamdani was playing at by getting a meeting with Trump (unless he was betting on Trump rolling over in the fashion he did I guess). why? what's the point?

"The idea that a gadget... could tell you how many calories you personally burned... was revolutionary. It was also wrong." "By the time a researcher... runs a study, writes it up, submits it to a journal, and finally gets it published... the company has moved on." lifehacker.com/you-cant-tru...

"Too little was done too late”: New commentary with PIK director Johan Rockström warns of rising planetary risks after a missed decade of action. Climate & biosphere pressures keep increasing, but stabilising the Earth system is still within reach. www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...

The Zombie Politics of Merit Pay for Teachers radicalscholarship.com/2025/11/11/t...

It's pretty clear that when the next pandemic hits, teachers and students will be forced to report to their classrooms, no matter how virulent or dangerous the disease may be. The media class will demand nothing less, and will make those demands well heard via Zoom...

Our last day at #ASA2025 and it's a short one! We're here until 11AM so drop by now before we pack up for the year! If you're already on your way out or just enjoying the beautiful city of San Juan, visit our website to save 40% off our titles on display: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/a...

"Brazil’s former far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has been arrested at his villa in the capital, Brasília, amid suspicions he was poised to abscond to a foreign embassy to avoid going to prison for masterminding a military coup." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.

"A federal judge sided with plaintiffs who argued that the data-sharing pact violated privacy laws, putting immigrants at risk of their information being 'impermissibly used' by ICE."

Passing on the message from Instagram as approved by Alice Wong’s family and posted by Sandy Ho. About Alice’s Celebration of Life:

It will take awhile before school districts begin ignoring the federal mandates that protected student rights. Leavitt knows little about what she says.

it would indeed seem that elites are capturing much of our politics

While presenting at two academic conferences last summer, I included a slide with a disclaimer that I did not use generative AI in my research.

Happy Birthday to my dad, RC1!