Dr. Eddy Francisco Alvarez Jr.

Mexican musical legend Paquita la del Barrio dies at 77 Born Francisca Viveros Barradas, Paquita la del Barrio's passing was announced on her official social media accounts.

Mexican musical legend Paquita la del Barrio, known for her powerful voice and fierce defense of women, died at her home in Veracruz early Monday at the age of 77.

Black History Month. Today. Tomorrow. Always.

February 2025
#BlackHistoryMonth
No one can cancel History!

Love in the Stacks: Some Thoughts on Black History Month by Mark Anthony Neal

"In the absence of a Black Studies curriculum and even Black professors, E 185 was my Black Studies Department. Years before Google and Youtube, E 185 was my search engine..."
medium.com/@tnimixtape/...

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Happens every time!

UndocEdResources We are a collective of academic professionals (professors and scholars) who have studied and written about supporting undocumented communities for several years. Our goal is to assist  school, college...

Informative resource for schools, colleges, universities, & community leaders for supporting undocumented students during this critical time.
undocedresources.org/undocedresou...

I’m a lucky man. My new book, *Freedom Ship* (May 2025) has received generous blurbs from Ed Baptist, Angela Y. Davis, Drew Faust, Eric Foner, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Amitav Ghosh, Adam Hochschild, Robin D.G. Kelley, and Naomi Wallace.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/566407...

Know Your Rights /Conozca sus Derechos

Our Princess Francine

Trump wants to end birthright citizenship. That's easier said than done One of Trump's executive orders moves to end birthright citizenship, a right enshrined in the Constitution. Here's what you need to know about the legal principle and its possible future.

One of Trump's executive orders moves to end birthright citizenship, a right enshrined in the Constitution. Here's what you need to know about the legal principle and its possible future.

I think about MPJ, Sylvia, about Magistrade Ociel, of MLK, of Malcom, of Rosa, of so many who’ve done this before. I know they were scared, but also collective visionaries. It is in times like these that we must allow our hope and courage to be stronger than our fears. 🏳️‍⚧️❤️✨🏳️‍🌈

Awesome!!! Great news! Congratulations!

Wish I could attend

A thread on what you can do. You might not know how best to use what resources you have acces to in order to help those undocumented right now, that’s ok. Start THERE, you DO have resources that go a LONG WAY at your fingertips. get to know them. Here’s a few

Karine Jean-Pierre, President Biden’s Barrier-Breaking Press Secretary, Reveals Some Truths About Her Job “I have kept details about my private life under lock and key,” she writes for Vanity Fair. “Society doesn’t allow women of color to be vulnerable at work.”

“I have kept details about my private life under lock and key,” she writes for @VanityFair. “Society doesn’t allow women of color to be vulnerable at work."
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/k...

How to Keep Tabs on ICE Agents Who May Be Surveilling Your Neighborhood Here’s a step-by-step guide.

This op-ed explains how to start an ICE Watch neighborhood program in your community. ⤵️

Trump sued by 5 pregnant women, immigrant groups over birthright citizenship Five pregnant mothers joined with CASA, and Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project, to file a lawsuit in the United States District Court of Maryland against President Donald Trump in response to his executive...

Trump sued by 5 pregnant women, immigrant groups over birthright citizenship

A man carries a coffin with a skull on the front and spray painted on the side "we're here we're queer we hate the fucking president"

ACT UP, 1990

cover of book After Orlando (The Pulse Nightclub Plays) edited by Caridad Svich. purple background under text of title and below an abstracted rainbow.

a good day to remind you that our book AFTER ORLANDO (The Pulse Nightclub Plays) is available at online booksellers.

Civil rights groups sue to halt Trump's birthright citizenship overhaul ACLU said Trump's order is a "reckless" repudiation of American values

First of many.

A coalition of civil rights and civil liberties groups are suing to stop President Trump's new executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship in the U.S. — a right guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution #immigration #birthrightcitizenship www.axios.com/2025/01/21/t...

Congratulations!! Hay que celebrar! Your book was formative and inspiring. Horacio taught it in his Queer Communities class when I was his TA. That’s when I first read it. ❤️

Oh I haven’t seen it.

BREAKING: We just filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s attempt to end birthright citizenship. The Fourteenth Amendment makes sure that no one— not even the President—can take away this right. #nhpolitics www.aclu-nh.org/en/press-rel...

Smelling the Humanities poster. Talk by Professor Bob Davidson, U of Toronto.

In fun things to look forward to, #SanDiego colleagues and friends, please #savethedate for this delightful upcoming talk by @catalan-bob.bsky.social.

"Smelling the Humanities" on February 11th at 2.30pm in Warren Auditorium, U of San Diego.

#foodstudies #humanities #sensorium #academicsky

I am shocked at the number of people talking about how Trump’s executive orders are illegal as if that is a deterrent. I don’t even know how to wrap my mind around this.

NO TO ICE RAIDS
NO TO DETENTION CENTERS
NO TO FAMILY SEPARATIONS
NO TO ICE RAIDS
NO TO BANNING ASLYUM
NO TO CRIMINALIZING IMMIGRANTS
NO TO ICE RAIDS
NO TO MILITARIZING BORDER PATROL

The 1898 moment: How one Asian American transformed the U.S. The Wong Kim Ark case affirmed that American-born people of Asian descent were U.S. citizens.

What is birthright citizenship? An Asian American in 1898 helped define it a generation after enslavement when he took his case to the Supreme Court against all odds www.axios.com/2022/05/01/1...

Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier granted clemency by President Biden The outgoing administration has released Leonard Peltier from prison. Numerous activists and tribal officials have requested the release of Peltier, whom they believe to be innocent of killing two FBI...

The outgoing administration has released Leonard Peltier from prison. Numerous activists and tribal officials have requested the release of Peltier, whom they believe to be innocent of killing two FBI agents in 1975. via @mprnews.org

YouTube video by John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke U. Left of Black | "Small Talk at Rofhiwa" with Maurice O. Wallace on Dr. King's Cadence

Rev. Dr. Maurice O. Wallace on 'King′s Vibrato: Modernism, Blackness, and the Sonic Life of Martin Luther King, Jr.'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG46...

We all need to read this!