Reposted by Aaron E Sanchez Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026some descriptive statistics here on the civility industrial complex on college campuses that I haven’t seen analyzed before www.uncivilcollective.org/resources 7899323
Reposted by Aaron E Sanchez El Pochcast @elpochcast.pocho.online · 23/09/2026New episode out with @randradefranco.bsky.social who talks about his latest for @texashighways.bsky.social and also about the experience of being a guest editor on the El Paso issue. Live from the Hyatt Place podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comThe Wind Breathes Heavy with Roberto José Andrade FrancoPodcast Episode · El Pochcast · September 23 · 31m 035
Reposted by Aaron E Sanchez El Pochcast @elpochcast.pocho.online · 02/09/2026podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w... 043
Reposted by Aaron E Sanchez Asher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 25/08/2026As with American culture, Dolly sought to represent the best of what southern culture can be, in defiance of the no-good peckerwood assholes who try to define it at its worst 32745447
Reposted by Aaron E Sanchez Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 24/08/2026A cool thing about NAFTA is it wrecked America's middle class union jobs in the 90s and now we have trade wars to wreck more middle class jobs anyway. 19116
Aaron E Sanchez @1stworldchicano.bsky.social · 29/07/2026I was in my second year at college and I asked my professor, an expert n US-Latinx literatures, what I should read. Without hesitation he said Benjamin Alire Saenz. I’ve been thinking about Carry Me Like Water since then. Benjamin Alire Saenz ¡PRESENTE! 040
Reposted by Aaron E Sanchez Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Can't get numb to this: The United States is stuck in a war it started, cannot end, and may further escalate to no avail, having dismantled its diplomatic apparatus, depleted its military stockpile, and destroyed its credibility. A historic strategic mistake harming millions in many different ways. 22681002174
Reposted by Aaron E Sanchez Maggie Elmore @mjelmore.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Houston is one of the nation’s most diverse cities. The usurpation of the democratic process is on full display. HISD’s democratically elected school board was replaced with political appointees. The result is a curriculum that will marginalize many of HISD’a families. 001
Aaron E Sanchez @1stworldchicano.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Nothing makes me feel more like a pocho than not caring about the World Cup but being excited about Western States, Hard Rock, and UTMB coming up. 020
Reposted by Aaron E Sanchez Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 18/06/2026"The party’s 2024 convention was defined by Christian nationalism. If that meeting was an assertion of their God-ordained dominion over American society, then the 2026 convention was a window into how they might wield such power—a preview of who will be excluded in their idealized nation." 23919
Reposted by Aaron E Sanchez Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 16/06/2026They hate gender studies for the same reason they hate legitimate journalism: They don’t like people pointing out what they’re doing. 42253486
Reposted by Aaron E Sanchez Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 16/06/2026NEW: I spent last week with Muslim Republicans - including the founder of CAIR Texas - as they tried to confront hate at the Texas GOP convention. It was a constant stream of anti-Muslim bigotry, a preview of what America will look like should Christian nationalists get their way.texasmonthly.comBeing a Muslim Republican at the Texas GOP ConventionMuslim delegates at the party’s convention faced multiple attempts to eject them from the premises—at one point, they were told to leave the country. 38474136
Reposted by Aaron E Sanchez Juan Salinas II @4nsmiley.bsky.social · 15/06/2026A Muslim Texan sought to find his place in the party at the state GOP convention. He left in tears. www.texastribune.org/2026/06/15/t...texastribune.orgMuslims at Texas GOP Convention told to leave party, countryMuslim delegates and attendees hoping to participate in the state Republican convention were shunned and rejected by members as they espoused themes of party unity ahead of the November election. 2891466469
Reposted by Aaron E Sanchez the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 12/06/2026elon musk, the world’s first trillionaire, personally guaranteed a level of death and misery of an estimated 22 million people, a scale of horror utterly unthinkable even when weighed next to history’s all-time greatest monsters.theguardian.comAid cuts could cause 22m avoidable deaths by 2030, study findsModelling suggests 5.4m children under five among those who could die if budgets of donor countries such as UK and US continue to be slashed 66515
Reposted by Aaron E Sanchez Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 09/06/2026The guiding principle of MAHA is neo-malthusianism and they quite literally believe that one of the most significant problems with our society is that not enough people are getting culled from the herd in childhood anymore. 716644
Reposted by Aaron E Sanchez Sandi Villarreal @sandivillarreal.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Learned a new Catholicism-related thing reading this, ty @dansolomon.com. 052
Aaron E Sanchez @1stworldchicano.bsky.social · 03/06/2026I watched the 2005 Finals with my grandma, tuning in a bit late when the games conflicted with her novela. But she prayed “en el nombre de Jesus” for every crucial free throw. Ginobli was her fav. I don’t know much about miracles but the Spurs won that year with God’s favor. 1175
Reposted by Aaron E Sanchez jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 03/06/2026roberts and alito have concocted a jurisprudence in which constitutional amendments explicitly ratified to secure the right of black americans to vote now restrain congress from securing the right of black americans to vote. 312154602
Reposted by Aaron E Sanchez Laura Martínez 🥑 @miblogestublog.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Happy Pride y’all 🌈 1366
Reposted by Aaron E Sanchez Fidel Martinez @fidel.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Her final line: “La lucha sigue.” The fight continues. 073
Reposted by Aaron E Sanchez Center for Sports Communication & Media @ut-cscm.bsky.social · 20/05/2026The stories cited as Jenkins Medal Best Sportswriting finalists are powerful, hilarious and enlightening. All are reported and written by tremendously talented professionals. Profiles, features and deep dives. See all the nominated work at jenkinsmedal.com. 033
Aaron E Sanchez @1stworldchicano.bsky.social · 27/05/2026The only thing tempering my schadenfreude over Cornyn’s embarrassing primary loss is the fact that Texans might be crazy enough to elect Paxton, a petty, corrupt, immoral philanderer with no interest in governing, let alone good government. 010
Reposted by Aaron E Sanchez Mónica C. Camacho @mc2x.bsky.social · 22/05/2026The DNC could have commissioned someone more competent once it became clear this was a wash, but giving up and then publishing it anyway just emphasizes their inability to hire and manage decent vendors 031
Aaron E Sanchez @1stworldchicano.bsky.social · 19/05/2026This has been the story of so many “serious” Republicans—Sasse, Rubio, Cornyn. So many furrowed brows, so little solutions. 000
Reposted by Aaron E Sanchez the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 18/05/2026"i spent all of high school on cqll of duty and pornhub instead of studying and now any random piece of information has the potential to warp my tiny brain" 10688
Reposted by Aaron E Sanchez Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 19/05/2026JUST IN: After months of anticipation, Trump endorses Ken Paxton over John Cornyn. 7217
Reposted by Aaron E Sanchez Gus Bova @gusbova.bsky.social · 19/05/202623 years in the U.S. Senate and it ends* like this, and you didn't even stand up to the guy anyway. *probably 4295
Reposted by Aaron E Sanchez Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Anyway, reiterating that point that it is impossible for the US to "win" this situation or do anything to bring it to a resolution one way or another because this country can no longer make *credible* commitments of any kind, full stop. 1595
Reposted by Aaron E Sanchez Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Am I wrong though? 331750205
Reposted by Aaron E Sanchez Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 02/05/2026Frederick Douglass in 1883, after the Civil Rights Cases were handed down, cut to the chase: "O for a Supreme Court of the United States which shall be as true to the claims of humanity as the Supreme Court formerly was to the demands of slavery! omeka.coloredconventions.org/files/origin... 3310107
Reposted by Aaron E Sanchez Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 02/05/2026Watching all these GOP-controlled states race each other to gerrymander their districts before the 2026 midterms, it is hard for me to look at the timing of Callais and not conclude that the conservative justices decided the case on the earlier side to do their fellow Republicans a favorballsandstrikes.substack.comThe Republican Justices Want to Help Republican Politicians Win ElectionsThe Supreme Court just issued a decision making it easier for lawmakers to racially gerrymander their states. Republicans are already racing to take advantage. 1062578722
Reposted by Aaron E Sanchez jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/05/2026clear goal of republicans in these states is to, in the words of carter glass, “eliminate every Negro voter who can be gotten rid of, legally, without materially impairing the numerical strength of the white electorate.” 5651701652
Reposted by Aaron E Sanchez Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 29/04/2026The "reactionary colorblindess" of the right-wing justices has reached its logical conclusion in finding that it is racist NOT to let Louisiana—and any other state for that matter—discriminate on the basis of race in voting. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... 6235961169
Reposted by Aaron E Sanchez jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/04/2026The court has simply recreated the pre-Brown world in allowing racial discrimination across a broad number fields as long as it is “facially neutral,” gutting the Reconstruction Amendments in the process. 232136513784
Reposted by Aaron E Sanchez Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 29/04/20268. So while I don't think Callais is *apocalyptic* for Democrats, it's still a hideous perversion of the Constitution that will undermine democracy and racial equality for years. The Voting Rights Act is essentially dead. The 15th Amendment has been repurposed to greenlight racism. It's a dark day. 101253381
Aaron E Sanchez @1stworldchicano.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Can’t wait to read Salt Lakes by @cetracey.bsky.social! Listen to this interview and go order a copy. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...podcasts.apple.comCaroline Tracey,Podcast Episode · New Books Network · April 3 · 46m 121
Reposted by Aaron E Sanchez Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 29/04/2026With very ominous language, Justice Elena Kagan says that today’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais ends the Supreme Court’s “now-completed demolition of the Voting Rights Act.” 6-to-3 vote in favor of white voters who challenged a Black-majority district in La. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...supremecourt.gov 8630001251
Reposted by Aaron E Sanchez The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 29/04/2026NEW: Now that the Supreme Court has rendered the last remaining pillar of the VRA toothless, Republicans in eight states are free to gerrymander more than a dozen congressional districts that had been designed to remedy discrimination against Black and Latino voters. We catalog them all here -->the-downballot.comWith the VRA gutted, the GOP could target over a dozen Black and Latino House districtsThe assault would be devastating for minority voting rights—and for Democrats 13241163
Reposted by Aaron E Sanchez Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Justice Kagan: "I dissent. The Voting Rights Act is—or, now more accurately, was—'one of the most consequential, efficacious, and amply justified exercises of federal legislative power in our Nation's history.' 8572152194
Reposted by Aaron E Sanchez Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 29/04/2026It is worth, I think, emphasizing that in trampling congressional attempts to protect the rights of Black people, the Court is basically doing what it has always done, with the exception of a couple decades in the mid-20th century when it often worked with Congress to protect the rights of Black ppl 121407395
Aaron E Sanchez @1stworldchicano.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Need this think piece fully written out. 010
Reposted by Aaron E Sanchez Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 28/04/2026ICE's detention capability in four slides. 1. All existing immigration detention centers in operation today 2. Plus all purchased warehouses (minus paused/halted ones) 3. Plus all facilities proposed to be reopened or acquired 4. Plus all hold rooms and check-in sites used for detainee 'staging' 18283170
Reposted by Aaron E Sanchez Juan Ignacio Mora @juanmora.bsky.social · 29/04/2026I’ve shared elsewhere and am super grateful for everyone that has already pre-ordered. Nevertheless, my book is coming out in September 2026 and ready to be purchased! uncpress.org/978146969385... 2154
Reposted by Aaron E Sanchez jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/04/2026i also remain amazed at how, all these years later, conservatives are still angry and aggrieved that barack obama extended empathy to a black teenager who was killed for no reason. shows you what is in their hearts. 313377349
Reposted by Aaron E Sanchez Laura Martínez 🥑 @miblogestublog.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Alexa: Make the Arc de Triumph “naco” 092
Reposted by Aaron E Sanchez NPR @npr.org · 20/04/2026A new art exhibit in Phoenix features some of the world's prickliest plants. It could also help save them. n.pr/486lQLin.prThe Sonoran Desert teems with wildlife. These 3D scans could help protect its futureA new art exhibit in Phoenix features some of the world's prickliest plants. It could also help save them. 114019