Amaka Okechukwu

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... New pub, where I explore Black placemaking in nyc through hip hop, bebop, and Black politics vis a vis Fab 5 Freddy, his father, and grandfather. Can send pdf if stuck behind paywall

For those in Baltimore, I’ll be in convo with Matt Birkhold at Red Emma’s about his new book on October 22. It’s free but you can rsvp here redemmas.org/events/matt-...

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Does anyone have any recommendations for texts on the Carnation Revolution (Portugal)?

what the fuck is going on

Last night, Robert Kennedy Jr gutted addiction & mental health grants, immediately cutting off access to overdose prevention, peer recovery services, & mental health support across the nation. This will cost lives. Congress must enact full-year legislation that protects this funding.

Zero percent chance this is true.

Please support @truthout.org, fam. The Truthout Center for Grassroots Journalism is helping to foster and sustain an ecosystem of indy journalism, beyond the bounds of one publication. We need to think in those terms.

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

The second thing I thought honestly

My dear friend www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/b...

between this and the bullshit I just read about how sociology is being scientifically weakened by not having enough Republicans, I want to jump out a window.

The least most politically engaged people I know are texting me before 8am to say, “we won’t forget.” So I don’t know man.

This is correct.

RFK Jr. has shut down the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice, gutted funding, and derailed trials and studies.

Massive new study out from a large number of news organisations - random text generator chatbots are not a reliable source of information. Includes demonstrations of how it specifically gets climate answers specifically very wrong -->> www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/...

I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak

I’m told ICE attacked us—despite us being off the street, courtesy of the state police—to create a spectacle because Kristi Noem was present today. Here’s some footage of her and her team on the roof of Broadview. Everything is content creation to these fascists.

Palestinian scholar and feminist Eman Abdelhadi arrested today in Chicago. Here she is calling shame on the cops and demanding they question their life choices.

For grad students in Black Studies www.agatheringtogether.com/undiscipline...

On this day in 1955, two white men abducted and murdered 14-year-old Emmett Till in Mississippi.

My PhD student's NSF grant was terminated today. Her dissertation investigates why air pollution monitoring, metrics, and regulations don't properly capture the harms experienced by marginalized communities--esp in the most polluted Detroit neighborhoods. She and I are happy to talk with press etc.

NEW: Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has declared April 2025 as Confederate Heritage Month. He did so at the behest of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a neo-Confederate organization that espouses “Lost Cause” ideology, which whitewashes the role of slavery in the Civil War. 🧵

Anti-trans policies don't just hurt trans people. They hurt anyone who doesn't fit neatly into a pink box or a blue one. And they hurt the rest of us by creating pressure to ensure that we always fit neatly into our box.

Sometimes it is important to say things very clearly and directly, so I wrote this. talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...

Join us on 4/30 to celebrate 𝘈 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦! Virtual event with Garrett Felber & Ruth Wilson Gilmore hosted by @haymarketbooks.org. Don't miss it, RSVP: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

Dissolution of the Office of Digital Humanities is confirmed. #DigitalHumanities

This is what happens in Iran, China, Russia and Saudi Arabia. Congrats, MAGA and Republicans. Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs apnews.com/article/mahm...

Imagine trying to deport someone for their "expected beliefs"

Went to go renew my ASA (sociology) membership and it’s almost 500 dollars. Not including registration for the conference. And I’m supposed to be organizing sessions this year?

Altadena's Black community west of Lake Ave waited hours for evacuation orders during the Eaton Fire—long after flames consumed homes. 17 residents, many elderly or with mobility challenges, died unaware of the inferno. My latest on why they weren't warned: capitalbnews.org/eaton-fire-l...