Erin DeMuynck

“Even God Cannot Hear Us Here”: What I Witnessed Inside an ICE Women’s Prison Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up about her 45 days in a South Louisiana processing facility—and the generous and compassionate women she met.

"This narrative of human suffering, set in 2025, is filled with tears and resilience. It is a story of women. It is our story. It could very well be your story too."

A stunning essay from Rümeysa Öztürk on the 45 days she spent in an ICE detention center just for speaking her mind

Nothing that SCOTUS did today prevents any state, anywhere, from doing exactly this. Respond to SCOTUS upholding discrimination by antitrans states by making your own state as protective of trans people as possible.

Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.

“We know that migrants and refugees find themselves in the difficult predicament of being called to appear, which is what the government asks of them, and then being given orders for expedited removal from our country.”

In fact, it is offensively ridiculous to think that any but a handful of people disappeared by ICE will be able to file habeas corpus, because it relies on them having informed families with connections to available knowledgeable lawyers with time and resources to act instantly.

Totally agree with this. Flying a person to a third country that they may never have been to, directly into a prison where they are going to be forced to do hard labor, is not a deportation; it's something else entirely.

“The ecosystem of research and the creation of new knowledge in universities has been so powerful for American prosperity, American freedom, American ingenuity. To have that disrupted by government overreach is a disaster for this country.” —Wesleyan University President Michael Roth on
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Grassroots college leader group resists anti-DEI legislation Education for All, a grassroots network of mostly community college leaders, is spreading strategies for how to resist anti-DEI bills and rhetoric.

An inspiring article on courageous community college leaders who are *publicly* organizing and standing up against DEI attacks.. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

‘Gender Ideology’ Ban is Already Harming Health, Experts Say (Gift Article) Documents purged from government websites include guidelines for safe contraception and information on racial inequities in health care.

SCOOP: Many of the pages that went missing on Friday from the CDC website on Friday have reappeared — in response to intense media coverage, backlash from the scientific community and concern for the public’s health.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/h...

i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country

Great talking point for my gender and politics class for when we read bell hooks. Feminism is about ending oppression for ALL people.

US Air Force reverses course after removing Tuskegee Airmen video amid Trump DEI ban backlash US Air Force reverses course after removing Tuskegee Airmen video amid Trump DEI ban backlash with Pete Hegseth saying it will not stand.

An about face on this and the WASP lessons. The fact that basic American history was interpreted as DEI material reiterates how the terminology has been used and understood as a racist, misogynistic dog whistle.

thegrio.com/2025/01/27/u...

Sharing once more, for everyone spending their Friday night/Saturday morning thinking about teaching through apocalypse.

This is specifically about a faculty reading group, but I like having it as a task on my board in general.

This advice is important now, and will be even more important in two weeks, when the next administration is going to flood the zone with horribleness, with the intent of overwhelming everyone into compliance. Pick your battles and keep your focus. Trust others are doing the same elsewhere.

New zine drop on geoz.one! "Heat Diary: Visualizing the Geography of Heat" brings together street photography, field notes, and personal reflections from two ethnographers exploring the streets of Phoenix.

What an awesome course and project! Thanks for sharing. It’s frustrating when innovative efforts to connect students creatively to timely issues and their own communities aren’t recognized or don’t seem to resonate like they should

I’m increasingly convinced that the love that powers long term climate action grows out of all the time we spend doing the things we love, in the places we love, with the people we love.

Without that, what are we fighting for?

YouTube video by NLaFourcadeVEVO Natalia Lafourcade - Soledad y El Mar (En Manos de Los Macorinos) [La Fiesta Parte II]

A mesmerizing, intimate live performance of “Solitude and the Sea” by Mexican singer / songwriter Natalia Lafourcade ✨

Perfect song to wrap up the night. 🌙

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#music #musicsky #musica #mexicana #soledad #guitar #percussion

Solidarity, to me, is rooted in the belief that life, not money, is sacred. And it requires a commitment to reflecting that faith in our relationships, movements, institutions, and social policies.

The random pictures on my discover feed are embroidery projects and mushrooms. It’s a mystery!

Farmworkers Are Organizing to Resist Trump’s Attacks on Immigrant Workers Organizers from Florida, Vermont and Washington discuss the rising exploitation and rollback of protections ahead.

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I often joke that one of my soft skills is being an “aggressive friend” but taking the time to create community where you are means everything to making it through perilous times.

The same people who have spent years and decades trying to convince you that unqualified people were being hired because of DEI and affirmative action just recommended Matt Gaetz as attorney general and I….

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These are polarized times, but we can't cede the idea of "government efficiency" to the cynical right. What would efficiency that really helps people look like?

Public healthcare and college, no means testing. No humiliating red tape for SNAP, FEMA, debt relief. Websites for UI that actually work.