Carla S. Gonzalez

no funding if it seems like the research MIGHT involve a woman or a nonwhite person

It's not unreasonable to want answers immediately from the President about why an Army helicopter was in front of a commercial jetliner, and to demand concrete steps to prevent it from happening again.

Buck stops with him. Or is he too busy with golf, EOs, and fake bribery settlements?

They want to ban the teaching of the unpleasant facts of American history because people might conclude injustices in the past that contribute to inequalities in the present should be rectified, instead of their belief, which is that some groups of people are inherently superior to others

As President Trump declares a border emergency on Day 1, California's targeted immigrants lie low Undocumented immigrants braced for the worst, and many planned to go underground, as President Donald Trump began deportation orders.

“Economically, the entire country is going to be deeply affected negatively,” said Cecilia Menjívar, a UCLA professor of #sociology. “I think it’s super important to recognize that it’s not only undocumented #immigrants we’re talking about."

How to build connections for social change according to Robert Putnam:

1) go young
2) go local
3) go moral

This means:
Get young people to get involved (in person) on local causes because they feel an obligation to do something.

Wildfire smoke inside homes can create health risks that linger for months − tips for cleaning and staying safe The chemicals emitted when buildings and vehicles burn can find their way into nearby homes. Studies show the health risks can stick around.

For friends in the LA area or anywhere that there have been fires that burn homes, this article by discusses research after the Marshall fires in Boulder county and what to do to mitigate your risk of breathing in the toxic air during and after suburban wildfires

theconversation.com/wildfire-smo...

Fact-checking wasn’t “biased” against conservatives. Conservatives just shared more false content. If there’s a sportsball game and one team fouls four times as much, it’s not “biased” for the ref to call four times as many fouls against that team.

McDonald's is the latest company to roll back diversity goals The company rolled out a series of diversity initiatives in 2021 after a spate of sexual harrassment lawsuits and a lawsuit alleging discrimination by a group of Black former owners of McDonald’s fran...

Please stop saying "rolled back diversity goals" and start saying "the company capitulated to a segregationist movement."
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

Israel’s relentless bombardment of Gaza continues, as the UN’s relief chief says efforts to save the lives of Palestinian survivors in the besieged enclave are “at breaking point.”

🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/kg15ku

Every educational, academic, and cultural institution in Gaza where I studied, worked, or attended a conference or event—every theater, every archive, every historic landmark and site—has been completely destroyed. They no longer exist.

Four years after the storming of the Capitol, one thing is clear: Donald Trump faced absolutely no accountability for inciting an insurrection. January 6th, Four Years Later

Four years after the storming of the Capitol, one thing is clear: Donald Trump faced absolutely no accountability for inciting an insurrection.

Can facts ever change minds on immigration? I was skeptical—until working w. @landgravephd.bsky.social changed my own mind.

Our new paper shows most Americans underestimate how difficult the US legal immigration process is. Sharing facts on policy makes people more positive:
doi.org/10.1017/XPS....

Fossil fuel companies

'A very, very small number' of teens receive gender-affirming care, study finds A new analysis of private insurance claims data finds less than 0.1% of youth accessed puberty blockers or hormones for gender transition. This small group has garnered a huge amount of attention from...

A new analysis of private insurance claims data finds less than 0.1% of youth accessed puberty blockers or hormones for gender transition. This small group has garnered a huge amount of attention from Republican lawmakers in recent years.

CIA releases docs on Latino civil rights-era surveillance The documents confirm Latino civil rights pioneers' long-held suspicions about surveillance.

“The CIA monitored Mexican American and Puerto Rican civil rights activists fighting for equal education and to honor the late Martin Luther King, Jr., — and against police brutality and the Vietnam War, newly released CIA documents show.”

Meta taps Trump ally and UFC CEO Dana White to join its board White's election as a Meta director two weeks before Trump takes office comes as Silicon Valley is courting the incoming administration.

White's election as a Meta director two weeks before Trump takes office comes as Silicon Valley is courting the incoming administration.

Lakota Historian Nick Estes on Thanksgiving, Settler Colonialism & Continuing Indigenous Resistance Lakota historian Nick Estes talks about the violent origins of Thanksgiving and his book Our History Is the Future. “This history … is a continuing history of genocide, of settler colonialism and,...

Lakota Historian Nick Estes on Thanksgiving, Settler Colonialism & Continuing Indigenous Resistance

Lista para la cena de mañana.

Income inequality CAN’T be used to justify racism, transphobia,and misogyny.

Moving towards equality feels like oppression for people who have benefited from privilege. We can seek to understand this feeling but CAN’T justify a reality existing only in the imaginations of cult-prone people.

Last invited talk of 2024 at the Sanford School at ASU tomorrow. Really grateful to be able to talk #abolitionfeminism with a variety of communities.

#SocAF #SocSky

What will become more evident in the years to come is that ignorance is NOT bliss.

Knowledge is freedom and peace.

Educators, scholars, advocates, organizers: go on and do your thing ❤️🙏🏽✊🏽