José Manuel Santillana Blanco

$8.75M Investment Supports ‘Research Resilience’… | Maryland Today UMD, MPower Funds Combine to Help Preserve Institutional Capabilities, Lab Operations and More

We @uam-umd.bsky.social won. Faculty packed town halls, talked to their colleagues and collected hundreds of petition signatures. Now UMD is coughing up $8.75m, during a deficit, to fund faculty whose research is under attack. Not enough, but a helluva thing for a union the state calls illegal.

César Chávez Dissertation and Postdoctoral Fellowship 2026-28

César Chávez Dissertation and Postdoctoral Fellowship at Dartmouth College 2026-28, due 2/1. Had this fellowship in 2008, and so many good things came from it. lalacs.dartmouth.edu/our-fellowsh...

As ICE descends on Charlotte, faith leaders draw on other cities' actions to aid immigrants (RNS) — As many as 500 people, a mix of clergy and other volunteers, have appeared at the training sessions on how to counter ICE.

NEW: Churches in Charlotte are hosting trainings on how to response to ICE agents — with *hundreds* filling pews.

At one training, a child led those gathered in "This Little Light of Mine" — but changed the words to “All around Border Patrol, I’m gonna let it shine" religionnews.com/2025/11/20/a...

Here it is: the Trump Administration "draft proposal" to the University of California. Published bc faculty sued for its disclosure.

Its terms go beyond what Trump demands in similar compacts to other universities.

EVERYONE should read: faculty, students, admins, alumni.
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That’s seven.

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I was born and raised in CAs Central Valley and I'm voting #YesOnProp50. Farm workers and people of color are suffering under this administration's racial profiling. Prop 50 gives us the opportunity to fight back on the power grab that TX Republicans and Trump are attempting.

We’re Suing ICE for Its $2 Million Spyware Contract 404 Media has filed a lawsuit against ICE for access to its contract with Paragon, a company that sells powerful spyware for breaking into phones and accessing encrypted messaging apps.

New: 404 Media is suing ICE. We have filed a lawsuit demanding ICE release its $2 million contract with Paragon, a company that makes powerful spyware to break into phones and read encrypted messages. This is expensive for a small outlet but this info is important
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Immigration Detainees Revolt at Notorious Florida Detention Camp, Report Says - UNICORN RIOT Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, Everglades, FL – According to reporting by Noticias 23/Univision, an uprising took place on or about Thursday, August 28 at the notorious immigrant detent...

NEW: Immigration Detainees Revolt at Notorious Florida Detention Camp, Report Says

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'Alligator Alcatraz': Judge orders closure of Trump's migrant detention centre The order gave the Trump administration 60 days to wind down operations at the site, with no new detainees allowed.

Judge shuts down “Alligator Alcatraz.”

A sweeping ruling gives Florida 60 days to dismantle the Everglades migrant mega-facility.

Turns out, you can’t bulldoze wetlands and human rights overnight. 🌴⚖️
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New publication out this week! Grateful to be able to share this work that reflects the fierce voices of the women and mothers I interviewed who have been committed to environmental liberation for decades! Also, it’s open access!

Link here:
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MA in Gender Studies in UCD - application poster with QR code

The Master's in Gender Studies at UCD is open for applicants to its 2025-2026 programme. It offers an interdisciplinary approach encompassing feminism, masculinities, queer and sexuality studies, social justice & activism. Learn more & apply here hub.ucd.ie/usis/!W_HU_M...
#genderstudies #speirgorm

Kristi Noem must resign now.

- California Faculty Association We strongly condemn the abduction of California Faculty Association professor, member and activist Jonathan A. Caravello, Ph.D. and other community

We strongly condemn the abduction of California Faculty Association professor Jonathan Caravello in Camarillo. These abductions are an attack on our constitutional rights. We do not tolerate retaliation against any person who speaks out against injustice.

BAIL FUND 🔗

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a line of heavily armed federal agents in riot gear standing in a field surrounded by tomato plants

The UFW can confirm farm workers were critically injured yesterday during chaotic raids in Ventura County, CA. Other workers, including US citizens, remain unaccounted for.

UFW staff is on the ground supporting impacted families.

Our full statement below. ⬇️
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Masked Terror At this point, we have all seen the videos.

The Ku Klux Klan Acts (passed in 1870 & 1871 to protect 14th amend rights) were a response to masked violent men who terrorized Black communities, violating their civil rights.The deployment of violent masked ICE ofcrs are tapping into this unique form of terror.
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I am excited to share the Call for Abstracts for the upcoming book Jotería Studies: A Radical Reader in both English and Spanish! Please share with interested folks! We welcome submissions in English, Spanish and other languages! #JoteríaStudies #Queer&TransStudies 💖🌈✨🏳️‍⚧️

Defunding universities to build concentration camps.

When I met Ryan Coogler several years ago, we were standing in a group of people chatting, when a woman with visible hearing aids walked up, and he casually began to sign the whole conversation so she could participate. She mouthed “thank you”. He nodded and just kept doing his thing.

ICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails Show The new tool, called Mobile Fortify, uses the CBP system which ordinarily takes photos of people when they enter or exit the U.S., according to internal ICE emails viewed by 404 Media. Now ICE is usin...

New from 404 Media: ICE is using a new facial recognition app to identify people, leaked emails show. Point camera at person, reveal their identity. It uses the CBP system that records peoples' faces as they enter or exit the U.S. Now, turned inwards to be used by ICE www.404media.co/ice-is-using...

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Already infuriating, but the fact that he looks like my younger brother just makes it worse.

We're now 8 points away from sending Andrew Cuomo back to the suburbs.

The past few months have been tough, and we just want to say thank you. In the beginning, it felt like we were yelling into the wind, no one was listening. But then you all showed up. You raised your voices, shared the truth, and made the media pay attention.

Walking Through Jose Esteban Muñoz’s New York City More than a decade after his death, Jose Esteban Muñoz’s faculty page is still up on NYU’s website. It lists his former office address, 721 Broadway, 6FL, marking an absence that is now someone els…

an excerpt from my new book, In Theory, Darling, is up at @literaryhub.bsky.social!
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This guy is like one of 4 Americans who actually went and got their REAL ID and immediately they said it was a fake.

Just so everyone knows when they toss your ass in a truck it won't matter what passport or identification you have they'll throw it in the street and you're gone

Group photo of Sesame Street workers holding their firsts high with graphics showing the logo of their new union and the winning vote tally, 55-19

Sesame Street is officially UNION! Workers at Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind Sesame Street, have voted 55-19 to join @opeiulocal153.bsky.social

Huge congrats to @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social! “We can officially say that today, May 15th, is brought to you by the letter U!”

This contemporary conservative movement, routinely under the guise of equal opportunity, will stop at nothing to strip opportunities away from non-white students.

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Barbarity