Amy Reed-Sandoval

"The aim, therefore, of patriots, was to set limits to the power which the ruler should be suffered to exercise over the community; and this limitation was what they meant by liberty." - John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, 1859

The Interview: Amy Reed-Sandoval Kids and everyday people make the best philosophers, according to professor Amy Reed-Sandoval

In this interview, APA member @amyrs.bsky.social (UNLV) shares why her research and forthcoming book, “Intimate Borders, Feminist Migration Ethics,” are more timely and relevant than ever. www.unlv.edu/news/article...

Cover reveal for my forthcoming book Intimate Borders: Feminist Migration Ethics! It features a photo from the extraordinary photojournalist Guillermo Arias. I am grateful to him and to OUP for working with me to put this powerful image on my cover.

Claudia Sheinbaum just gave her first State of the Union address ("informe de la nación) which included references to immigration justice, education reform, poverty reduction, etc. A standout moment was when she referred to the Gulf of Mexico--and then repeated it for emphasis--inspiring applause.

Scholars of immigration, join us tomorrow!

"In troubling times, I have chosen to read Gago with hopefulness." Amy Reed-Sandoval considers feminist anti-fascism in the writings of Verónica Gago. https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-transversal-spirit-of-the-feminist-strike/

Dehumanization: What is it to Dehumanize People? - 1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology Dehumanization involves wrongly treating or viewing some person or group as less than human. But what exactly is it to treat or view some person or group as less than human? And how might these action...

Awesome short piece on dehumanization. It is very gratifying that philosophers are finally taking a serious interest in this phenomenon. 1000wordphilosophy.com/2025/08/10/d...

I was interviwed about Philosophy for Children and philosophical parenting for this interesting new podcast Nurturing Minds: www.podbean.com/ew/pb-cvxez-...

Maybe "alternative facts"?

The Mexican American Women Who Challenged The “White Political Domination” Of El Paso - El Paso News el paso, texas, el paso news, el paso politics, political news, elections

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AMY REED-SANDOVAL | The Writer's Block An independent bookstore in downtown Las Vegas, offering free creative-writing classes to grades K–12.

Las Vegas friends- folks who may be in Las Vegas in Oct.: I will be doing a local launch of my forthcoming book Intimate Borders: Feminist Migration Ethics at the *lovely* Vegas independent bookstore The Writers Block on Thursday, October 9th from 7-8pm. www.thewritersblock.org/events/47666...

For your summer reading: In a new piece on the ethics of migration policy dilemmas, we explain why a 'myth busting' approach to migration policy is insufficient and sometimes misleading.
All contributions to this roundtable on "dilemmas" are linked below.

Thanks for reading my article, freedom. This piece isn't a comprehensive overview of Sheinbaum’s political career, but rather, a feminist analysis of how she is constantly "represented" in relation to powerful men.

Claudia Sheinbaum has a story to tell — and we need to listen Mexico's president is being defined in relation to powerful men. Allowing that to happen will be our loss

I published an article in Salon about Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum--and how international media can/should do a better job of representing her and her politics: www.salon.com/2025/07/15/c...

Hundreds of American rabbis have protested Netanyahu’s mass murder in Gaza but they rarely get any media attention. That also happened in February 2015 when more than 400 rabbis from Britain and around the world called on Benjamin Netanyahu to stop the demolition of Palestinian homes.

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.

This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.

It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

Will be writing in Mexico City for the next two weeks ❤️

this is the level of funding where all the possibilities for American politics that have been described as hyperbolic over the past decades - the comparisons to Nazi Germany and other nightmares of the 20th century - become logistically possible and politically likely

Here's a link to the PDF version: drive.google.com/file/d/1elNv...

oh congrats!! I really look forward to reading this!

An important read by my UNLV colleague @robvato.bsky.social

When ICE agents look like this, it is ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE for state and local law enforcement to step in and demand they identify themselves and show judicial warrants before detaining anyone from an immigration court.

Democratic mayor and governors can take action on this.

The page proofs are here!

What they aren’t showing on Fox News

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If only the DNC could put the same energy it has in kneecapping its most powerful young activists into stopping sending me fundraising emails.

in the spirit of self-crit: in past years I have certainly been among those who have been vocally skeptical of the role of law and lawyers in meaningfully constraining armed agents of the state. but I do think we have to hand it to lawyers at this time

I am delighted to share my review of Fanny del Río's recent book, which is a very important contribution to both feminist philosophy and Mexican philosophy!

Hacía una crítica ética de la historia de la filosofía en México desde la perspectiva de género In her book Hacía una crítica ética de la historia de la filosofía en México desde la perspectiva de género, or Towar...

Amigues, les comparto aquí mi reseña en Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews de un libro reciente de Fanny del Río, lo cual considero una gran contribución tanto a la filosofía feminista como a la filosofía mexicana! tinyurl.com/mv3bc6fs