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Howard French

@hofrench.bsky.social

Author of the newly released, The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide, and previously of Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World. See: https://about.me/howardwfrench.com

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Trump plan would limit disability benefits for older Americans Trump administration officials are considering eliminating age as a factor in deciding whether someone is capable of working.

Reading. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

05.10.2025 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A discussion about my new book, The Second Emancipation, on the PBS program The White House Chronicle, with Adam Clayton Powell III and Llewellyn King: whchronicle.com

04.10.2025 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We screened it at Yale this week, followed by a fantastic (and sobering) Q&A. Howard French, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Raoul Peckβ€”it’s been a remarkable two weeks here!

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5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Nina Simone

Maybe more than five minutes. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/a...

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This billionaire Trump ally and his son are building an unprecedented media empire Larry and David Ellison’s holdings span movies, TV networks, CBS and soon a stake in TikTok, in a paradigm shifting portfolio with huge influence.

Reading. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

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A discussion about my new book, The Second Emancipation, on the PBS program The White House Chronicle, with Adam Clayton Powell III and Llewellyn King: whchronicle.com

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Me too.

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β€˜Orwell: 2+2=5’ Review: How George Came to See the World as Orwellian

Raoul Peck's new documentary. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/m...

03.10.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Happening now.

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The Underground Railroad’s Stealth Sailors | Eric Foner The web of Atlantic trading routes and solidarity among maritime workers, many of them Black, meant fugitive slaves’ chances of reaching freedom below deck were better than over land.

Excellent essay about a strong new book by @marcusrediker.bsky.social www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

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Trump to Withhold $18 Billion for New York-Area Transit Projects

Anyone running for mayor who doesn't call this out is disqualified. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/n...

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1 in 5 Americans now regularly get news on TikTok, up sharply from 2020 Among adults under 30, 43% say they regularly get news from TikTok, up from 9% in 2020.

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

01.10.2025 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

Here we go again. If Cuomo and Sliwa can't find the words to denounce this, they are in effect, denouncing themselves.

01.10.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We are now in the domain of not just illegal impoundments, but targeted illegal impoundments to punish liberal spaces. Not different from what Trump is doing to to universities.

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Bruce Lee Died Young, but He Changed the Look of Movies Forever

Reading, on a new Bruce Lee biography, by Jeff Chang. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/b...

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Opinion | What Happened to Human Rights for Palestinians?

Reading. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

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Headlines that pack a punch.

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See How E.V. Road Trips Went From Impossible to Easy There are a lot more fast chargers than there used to be. Look up what that could mean for a route near you.

Reading. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Trump administration illegally targeted pro-Palestinian protesters, judge rules The efforts to detain and deport noncitizen activists earlier this year represented an unconstitutional infringement on the First Amendment, the ruling says.

Obvs. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

30.09.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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These New Yorkers Hated Fascists Before It Was Cool

Reading. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/b...

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The guy who said that diversity is not a source of strength, and who believed that calling it the "War Department" would induce fear and respect overseas.

30.09.2025 12:48 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of my great recent pleasures as an author has been seeing the list of foreign editions of my books grow. Just learned that The Second Emancipation will be published in Ukraine, and is already being translated into French). Π‘Π»Π°Π²Π° Π£ΠΊΡ€Π°Ρ—Π½Ρ–!

30.09.2025 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happening now.

28.09.2025 21:59 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The emptiness of Hakeem Jeffries.

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What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed

My latest:”Through gossamer tributes, Kirk’s cruel condemnation of transgender people & his racist throwback views abt Black Americans were no longer anathema but instead are being treated as just another political view to be respectfully debated β€”like a position on tax rates or health care policy.”

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It's all right here, really.

28.09.2025 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Opinion | Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bridging Gaps vs. Drawing Lines

In which Ezra Klein labors to clean up after a monumentally wrong take on Charlie Kirk's politics. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/o...

28.09.2025 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Hear, hear.

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What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed

Reading. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/m...

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