Here it is: the Trump Administration "draft proposal" to the University of California. Published bc faculty sued for its disclosure. Its terms go beyond what Trump demands in similar compacts to other universities. EVERYONE should read: faculty, students, admins, alumni. ucop.edu/communicatio...

That’s seven. @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/us/uni...

I was born and raised in CAs Central Valley and I'm voting #YesOnProp50. Farm workers and people of color are suffering under this administration's racial profiling. Prop 50 gives us the opportunity to fight back on the power grab that TX Republicans and Trump are attempting.

New: 404 Media is suing ICE. We have filed a lawsuit demanding ICE release its $2 million contract with Paragon, a company that makes powerful spyware to break into phones and read encrypted messages. This is expensive for a small outlet but this info is important www.404media.co/were-suing-i...

NEW: Immigration Detainees Revolt at Notorious Florida Detention Camp, Report Says unicornriot.ninja/2025/immigra...

We are excited to have this out! Please consider submitting and sharing the call! 💕

Judge shuts down “Alligator Alcatraz.” A sweeping ruling gives Florida 60 days to dismantle the Everglades migrant mega-facility. Turns out, you can’t bulldoze wetlands and human rights overnight. 🌴⚖️ www.bbc.com/news/article... #BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky

New publication out this week! Grateful to be able to share this work that reflects the fierce voices of the women and mothers I interviewed who have been committed to environmental liberation for decades! Also, it’s open access! Link here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Master's in Gender Studies at UCD is open for applicants to its 2025-2026 programme. It offers an interdisciplinary approach encompassing feminism, masculinities, queer and sexuality studies, social justice & activism. Learn more & apply here hub.ucd.ie/usis/!W_HU_M... #genderstudies #speirgorm

Kristi Noem must resign now.

We strongly condemn the abduction of California Faculty Association professor Jonathan Caravello in Camarillo. These abductions are an attack on our constitutional rights. We do not tolerate retaliation against any person who speaks out against injustice. BAIL FUND 🔗 share.google/b9QK2GavogJC...

The UFW can confirm farm workers were critically injured yesterday during chaotic raids in Ventura County, CA. Other workers, including US citizens, remain unaccounted for. UFW staff is on the ground supporting impacted families. Our full statement below. ⬇️ 1/

The Ku Klux Klan Acts (passed in 1870 & 1871 to protect 14th amend rights) were a response to masked violent men who terrorized Black communities, violating their civil rights.The deployment of violent masked ICE ofcrs are tapping into this unique form of terror. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

I am excited to share the Call for Abstracts for the upcoming book Jotería Studies: A Radical Reader in both English and Spanish! Please share with interested folks! We welcome submissions in English, Spanish and other languages! #JoteríaStudies #Queer&TransStudies 💖🌈✨🏳️‍⚧️

Defunding universities to build concentration camps.

When I met Ryan Coogler several years ago, we were standing in a group of people chatting, when a woman with visible hearing aids walked up, and he casually began to sign the whole conversation so she could participate. She mouthed “thank you”. He nodded and just kept doing his thing.

New from 404 Media: ICE is using a new facial recognition app to identify people, leaked emails show. Point camera at person, reveal their identity. It uses the CBP system that records peoples' faces as they enter or exit the U.S. Now, turned inwards to be used by ICE www.404media.co/ice-is-using...

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Already infuriating, but the fact that he looks like my younger brother just makes it worse.

We're now 8 points away from sending Andrew Cuomo back to the suburbs.

The past few months have been tough, and we just want to say thank you. In the beginning, it felt like we were yelling into the wind, no one was listening. But then you all showed up. You raised your voices, shared the truth, and made the media pay attention.

an excerpt from my new book, In Theory, Darling, is up at @literaryhub.bsky.social! lithub.com/walking-thro...

This guy is like one of 4 Americans who actually went and got their REAL ID and immediately they said it was a fake. Just so everyone knows when they toss your ass in a truck it won't matter what passport or identification you have they'll throw it in the street and you're gone

Sesame Street is officially UNION! Workers at Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind Sesame Street, have voted 55-19 to join @opeiulocal153.bsky.social Huge congrats to @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social! “We can officially say that today, May 15th, is brought to you by the letter U!”

This contemporary conservative movement, routinely under the guise of equal opportunity, will stop at nothing to strip opportunities away from non-white students. apnews.com/article/mcdo...

Barbarity

The way we were treated at Delaney Hall is almost unbelievable. ICE shoved me, manhandled @repbonnie.bsky.social, and arrested Mayor Baraka. They disrespected us and tried to stop us from conducting the oversight we’re elected to do. But we’ll never back down in our fight for what is right.

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BREAKING: Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez has been released. This is the moment he reunited with his mom.

National Black Environmental Justice Network leaders are meeting in New Orleans today where the founders met in 1999 to chart a bold and proactive plan forward and recommit to bend the arc toward justice. While we've made gains over the past 25 years, many threats remain. Upward and onward!

The Davis Faculty Association has joined 30 faculty groups nationwide in filing an amici curae brief in @aaup.bsky.social v. Rubio, and you can now read the entire thing online. www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...

They’re going to keep pushing until something stops them.

CBS reporting 12 visa revocations at UC Davis; 7 current students and 5 recent graduates.

Excited to share some of the things I've been working on recently in my research and thinking about on survival in these times at Bergen Community College tomorrow! "Creating Climate Sanctuaries: Why Climate Justice Needs Immigrant and Indigenous Rights" bergen.edu/event/creati...

What a time to be alive (and a climate and health researcher). www.propublica.org/article/nih-...

Excited to be part of the morning panel on Jotería Studies in Education/Higher Education as part of the Jotería Studies in the Midwest (also Virtual). April 18 | 9AM-2:30PM CST Art. Activism. Scholarship. Community. JOIN US!!!

I'm inaugurating a new PhD seminar in Modern Arab History this Spring Quarter at @history-ucdavis.bsky.social, starting with the canonical names/thinkers paired with the newest research in Middle Eastern history! HIS 201M Tuesday afternoons, email if you're interested!

This week, @yesmedia.bsky.social is launching SELF-DETERMINED, a monthly column authored by members of @ndncollective.bsky.social! This column will explore various elements of Indigenous sovereignty, starting this month with a renewed vigor for climate and environmental justice.

They're trying to deport my colleague from the med school and holding her without counsel. She was coming back from a visit to her family. If there are ways to help I'll let you know. www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...

As a Jewish person it is so uniquely painful to exist in a world where Jews are the ones making lists of people for the government to target.

We call for the immediate release of former Columbia University grad student Mahmoud Kahlil, a legal permanent resident of the US. His abduction is an assault not only on basic immigration law but on our 1st Amendment protections of freedom of speech & assembly. www.aaup.org/news/aaup-co...

🚨 EMERGENCY PRESS CONFERENCE Columbia/Barnard faculty, Jewish community leaders, immigrant advocates, and rabbis are demanding the immediate release of Mahmoud Khalil from ICE custody. We will not be silent or cower in the face of American Fascism. #FreeMahmoud

CFP: Indigeneity and the Arts, deadline 3/21

The Chicanx Forum is hosting two guaranteed panels at the 2026 MLA convention in Toronto! Please submit your proposals by March 15th. -Genealogies of Unapologetic Chicana Feminist Activism and Provocation -Chicanx Literary Legalities Thanks in advance for sharing!

the good folks at @haymarketbooks.org are releasing a paperback version of Reconsidering Reparations, April 1st, with a beautiful new cover courtesy of Steve Leard. some dismal parts of the latter chapters have aged unfortunately well - but look forward to discussions about it in today's context

As someone who studies and is from KC, seeing Kourtney Kardashian, Kendra Wilkinson, and other wealthy women protesting and carrying signs that read “Dump the toxic waste in Kettleman Hills-Buttonwillow. Not by our homes/schools” is disgusting and reeks of ignorance, privilege and implicit racism!