People aren’t “low income” and we can use more accurate language than “low-income families.” They are from *under-resourced communities;* and “high-income families” come from *over-resourced* communities—with subsidized schooling, tutoring, access to green spaces, arts and more.

Check out Angela Glover Blackwell’s podcast. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rei…

Futures of Black Digital Humanities opening night keynote feat. Dana A. Williams, a collaboration between Smithsonian’s NMAAHC, History of Black Writing, and Howard’s Center for Applied Data Science and Analytics.

John Edgar Wideman with Eddie Glaude: Slaveroad - The 92nd Street Y, New York | Hope you can join us. 92ny.org/event/john-edg…

🚨The Carter G. Woodson Institute’s distinguished fellowship is a two-year residential fellowship for pre-doctoral students (ABD) whose work focuses on African American and African Diasporic Studies. Apply today! bit.ly/CGWIFellowship DEADLINE: December 15, 2024

The North Carolina GOP lost its supermajority come 2025, but they're trying to upend control of the elections' system to move it under GOP control in the future in the lame-duck session:

I have a fully funded opening in my lab for a PhD student. I need the most meticulous and detail oriented student. Excellent with statistics, able to do thorough literature searches and reviews, teachable, passionate, hardworking, reliable, honest and DETAIL OBSESSED.

In the past decade, veterinary prices have increased more than 60 percent, writes Marcela E. García. At the same time, large corporations and private equity companies like Mars Inc. have taken over hundreds of vet clinics all over the country. trib.al/LTVnmc5

Americans have no idea how difficult legal immigration is for "high-skilled immigrants". I have 4 degrees incl a PhD. Einstein visa. 250K salary at FAANG. Lived in this country since I was a teenager. I won't be able to obtain citizenship until middle age Guide for Intl PhDs🧵

Grace and dignity. In 1963, an elegantly dressed woman kneels on a piece of cardboard in the middle of the road. She is blocking dump trucks in an act of civil disobedience to protest unfair hiring practices at a hospital construction site in Brooklyn, NY. Photo by Bob Adelman.

Find me over at the other spot. Same handle. Different platform. No evil owner. Looking forward to finding old friends and new.

I condemn antisemitism and all forms of hatred & bigotry. Period. H.Res. 1449 relies on the flawed IHRA definition, conflating valid criticism of the Israeli gov with antisemitism. Standing against hate must never come at the cost of silencing valid & necessary critiques.

Northwestern tenured faculty protesting repression of students speech by violating new rules against demonstrations before 3 pm. dailynorthwestern.com/2024/11/21/cam…

BREAKING: Matt Gaetz just withdrew his name to be Trump's attorney general nominee.

12. Black. Men. Self. Immolated. In. Prison. And there is no media reporting on it. "Kevin Rashid Johnson reports that Econ and his cellmate Trayvon Brown set themselves on fire hoping to escape the intolerable racism, abuse, and inhumane conditions they were subjected to."

Earlier this week, the House passed HR 9495, which would empower the government to brand nonprofit groups as “terrorist supporting organizations." Shamefully, 15 Democrats voted yes. bit.ly/3CGcrNA

What happens when your favorite hobby becomes your career? 🎮 myumi.ch/Rm4mm Learn about how UMSI's newest professor, Mellon-ated Scholar!!, turned her passion for gaming into a tool for connection and social justice.

Happy Sunday y’all. Find me over where the birds fly in a freer sky. Same handle.

On this day in 1958, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Alabama's School Placement Law, which was designed to maintain segregation and allowed school boards to assign students to schools at their own discretion. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

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