Trump’s Immigration Plans Are Already Wrecking the Food Industry trib.al/5G262wT

✨I am thrilled to share the cover of my book —The Politics of Care Work: Puerto Rican Women Organizing for Social Justice— which will be published by Duke University Press on April 25, 2025.✨🧵

ICE stopped posting daily arrest and detainer data after just 7 days. Could it be because the data started contradicting their public story? Data started declining ... then they stopped posting it. Transparency is key to democracy. #showusthedata

What an amazing CFP and opportunity to showcase some critically important work in the heartland! Send this stellar team your pitches.

If residents/intended residents of Kentucky (or WI, IL, IN) are detained by ICE, MIBF is here to post bonds, regardless of where they are detained. Support MIBF today: secure.givelively.org/donate/midwest… Read more from the Enquirer cincinnati.com/story/news/202…

Chicago local Iron Workers remake the iconic 'Lunch atop a Skyscraper' photo that was originally captured in 1932. #ChicagoHistory ☑️

I cannot wait for tonight’s event with Jonathan Blitzer!! “A viable immigration bill was a kind of legislative Rubik’s Cube.” This pointed line remains so far my favorite in the book. It is a succinct way to understand immigration policy in the 1980s - and well after.

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AOC: Why isn’t this moving? Republicans support it. Democrats support it. So what happened? On December 15th at 415am, Elon Musk began firing off a barrage of social media posts opposing pharmacy benefit manager reform. All of a sudden, something that had almost unanimous

Thank you Block Club Chicago for coming out yesterday for the opening of Steelmakers!! I was so excited to partner for this exhibit but even more excited to see the catalyst for it, David Vance, as the cover image!

It’s not too late to register for Friday’s BLS seminar with Martha Guerrero and Pedro A. Regalado! See you on Zoom at 3pm for community-building and discussions about 9/11 and immigration history! newberry.org/calendar/marth…

Super excited to chat about this exhibit with folks next Friday! I’m so thrilled by the attention it has gotten and look forward to hearing more reactions to it soon. If you’re in the area, come join us!

Interested in adding the Campbell Soup Boycott to your syllabus? Check out the RBSC blog, which includes some great primary source materials for a variety of courses. Always happy to chat about integrating them, too!

Call for Papers: Special Issue, "Public History in the Latinx Midwest" in the "The Public Historian." The deadline for submission of proposals is May 31, 2025. Selected authors will be notified by July 15, 2025. Articles will be due by January 15, 2026. See attachment for details

DOGE at work; multiple US citizens got a notice today claiming to revoke their humanitarian parole and ordering them to leave the country. 🤦‍♂️ This kind of incompetence sends fears through immigrant communities and exposes how the norms of good governance are being shredded.

Not only is the FINAL Newberry Library Borderlands and Latinx Studies Seminar of the year THIS FRIDAY in-person, but our new CFP is out and proposals are due June 6! See below for links and details ~ Hope to see you on Friday and hope to see your proposal in the pool next month!

Opinion: Mike Braun is a sad man in a blue shirt who can't appreciate his success because he's always looking for his next job. indystar.com/story/opinion/…