Carla D. Martin

Co-producing knowledge with Indigenous Peoples: challenges and solutions for academic institutions Co-producing knowledge with Indigenous partners may be required for research on Indigenous Lands and Waters. However, academic paradigms challenge the…

Another publication alert:

A piece that I've co-authored on advocating for and advancing Indigenous perspectives in knowledge production is finally published in Trends in Ecology and Evolution!

Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

we're going to win

Racial Fictions Drawing on a rich tapestry of historical analysis, literary criticism, and cultural theory, Hazel V. Carby interrogates our racial fictions, which have been constructed, maintained, and weaponized acr...

One of the most awaited titles of 2025, right? I'll be bringing it back this time from the trip across the channel next week.
Hazel Carby's Racial Fictions has been published! @versobooks.bsky.social
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Publications by Non-Tenure-Track Historians Since we began publishing in 2019, Contingent has published end-of-year lists of books and articles by non-tenure-track historians released in the past calendar year. To submit something for inclusion...

Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...

The Case for Fiscal Insurgency by Will Beaman A common refrain keeps surfacing among prominent journalists- and commentators-in-digital-exile on BlueSky. Commenting on the emergence of yet another shadowy centrist think tank, Ne…

"To accept private money’s veto is to naturalize political sabotage. What was once presented as adaptation to markets has become collaboration with authoritarianism."

Hurricane Melissa, the town of Black River, cultural survival, and climate justice Since Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica just over two weeks ago, some Jamaicans have begun to slowly piece a few things together in their minds; while the physical relief process continues for the f…

An update on the devastation in Black River, Jamaica, and calls for climate justice.

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Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.

#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.

I’m investigating university partnerships with ICE for @prismreports.org with support from the lovely editor @tinavasquez.bsky.social

📲 Send me a message on Signal at julesthejourno.09 or email me at julesthejourno@proton.me

⚠️ Do NOT use a school-provided email address

I'm sure I'm not the only person to say this, but just look at the new org chart ontology here: school funding under the Dept of Labor, conveying that education is solely abt job training; language programs under the State Dept because statecraft is of course why we learn languages...

"Today, hunger and starvation are used by the RSF and army as a strategic weapon of war...But these deadly tactics of obstruction, displacement, and starvation alone cannot account for the crisis levels of hunger people are currently facing."

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Can We Meme the British Museum Into Doing the Right Thing? The once and always profiteer of colonial looting is once again getting flak in the wake of the Louvre heists.

The British Museum’s reputation as a symbol of imperial looting is so well established that as soon as robbers fled with France’s crown jewels, people from all over were telling the London institution to turn out its pockets.

The Sun Is Setting on the British Museum There’s only one way for the museum to survive the 21st century, and it starts with advancing toward restorative justice.

Although the British Museum has regarded itself as too big to fail, its false sense of exceptionalism has jeopardized its future as an institution that claims to epitomize the protection of the world’s cultural heritage.

Caribbean reparations leaders in ‘historic’ first UK visit to press for justice CRC mission will seek to deepen public understanding of Britain’s colonial legacy and its lasting impact

holy shit: “Among the 2,000 UK adults surveyed, 85% were unaware that Britain forcibly transported more than 3 million Africans to the Caribbean, 89% did not know that Britain enslaved people in the Caribbean for more than 300 years” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

‘We don’t even know all of what we have.’ Howard fights to preserve Black newspapers. Across the United States, scholars are working to preserve the history of the Black press before the brittle pages are lost forever. In a basement at Howard University, uncovered treasures have includ...

‘We don’t even know all of what we have.’ Howard University fights to preserve Black newspapers. www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/... Last year, during a move, workers found two whole boxes of Frederick Douglass’s’ The North Star’s first year of publication.

Texas A&M University professors now need approval for some race and gender topics Texas A&M University has adopted a new policy requiring professors to first get approval to discuss some race and gender topics.

Texas A&M University adopts a policy requiring professors to get approval from the school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.

Water on the Brain | Steve Macfarlane In a new documentary, Yasha Levine digs into the story of the Resnicks—the wealthiest farmers in the country.

The Wonderful Company does not live up to its name. Steve Macfarlane talks with @yashalevine.bsky.social about his new documentary on water privatization, climate change, and California’s wealthiest farmers.

IU lecturer removed from class during intellectual diversity investigation A lecturer in the Indiana University School of Social Work has been removed from teaching one of her classes Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice while the university investigates a complaint...

Indiana University removed a Lecturer from her "Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice" course after a student filed a complaint about a graphic the instructor showed in class, which included "Make America Great Again" as an example of "Covert White Supremacy."

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The Sons of Confederate Veterans in Georgia tried to block it, but a new museum will open on December 2 at Stone Mountain to tell the story of the largest Confederate monument in the world. The museum will explore the monument and its connection to white supremacy. 🗃️ www.reuters.com/world/us/bat...

Who speaks for the dead? Rethinking consent in ancient DNA research Ethical guidelines for ancient DNA need to protect past, present and future generations.

Ethical guidelines for ancient DNA need to protect past, present and future generations.

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The Texas A&M University System will vote on Thursday on whether to prohibit faculty at its 11 universities from teaching “race or gender ideology” unless those lessons are pre-approved by each campus president or a delegate.

Texas A&M reinventing "prior restraints"

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I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.

In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”

And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.

Rayda Releases the Future of Remote Work in Africa Report (FORWA) - Rayda Rayda is proud to announce the release of the FORWA Report, a comprehensive analysis of the remote work landscape in Africa that highlights both the opportunities and the challenges shaping the future...

Africa emerging as a global hub for remote work, with Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Rwanda, Egypt and Ghana anchoring the continent’s remote talent ecosystem. Trend is driven by Africa’s young, tech-savvy workforce, improving internet connectivity & strong English, French and Arabic language skills.

James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.

This is a really remarkable piece of writing and in its particulars it describes so, so many people

A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.

r/boston u/Past_Election_5005 • 1d Made a website showing Boston area restaurants offering free/reduced price meals to SNAP recipients I Made This! mysnapmap.com Hoping this could help some people

sharing this incredible resource created by a poster in r/boston: a map of local restaurants offering free or discounted meals to SNAP recipients

link: mysnapmap.com

Call for Abstracts: Academic Conference - Slavery North Rebellion, Resistance, and Refuge: Slavery and Border-Crossing during the American Revolution Call for Abstracts: Academic Conference Dates: Thursday, July 9 to Sunday, July 12, 2026 Location: Univers...

CFP for Slavery North conference on "Rebellion, Resistance, and Refuge: Slavery and Border-Crossing during the American Revolution" @umassamherst.bsky.social 7/9-7/12/2026, abstracts due 12/19/2025 #vastearlyamerica slaverynorth.com/event/call-f... 🗃️

This article is incredible and you better believe I'm going to work this into my lectures on first encounters between indigenous people and Columbus when I teach my American history survey next.

The front page of the New York Times is asking if women belong the workplace and @aselrod.bsky.social and @liberalcurrents.com, come through with this.

Incredible timing.

Dr. Ashley D. Farmer is in a black dress, smiling, holding an open copy of her new biography Queen Mother. On the left we see a pile with three binders that say “Audley Moore” and different decades: 1930–1950, 1950–1979x 1970–1997. Behind Dr. Farmer there is a yellow wall with different illustrations hung.

Pub day 👑 Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore is officially here! @pantheonbooks.bsky.social

A decade-long labor of love, of unearthing an archive said to be lost, building relationships with her family, interviewing those who knew her, and