Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 2hU. Texas would become a hollowed out backwater without these students 020
Reposted by Brent StaplesTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 4hYeah the thing about white elite obsession with rule by eugenics is they have to constantly caretake the power required to bend institutions to their will when their eugenics inevitably fail to be great: 314929
Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 17hMakes it all the more significant that traditional media is disinclined to call resurgent, naked racism by its rightful name. 010
Reposted by Brent StaplesProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026NEW: The Trump administration keeps denying and downplaying that immigration agents have been detaining Americans. It’s wrong. We’ve found more than 500 U.S. citizens have been held against their will, including handcuffed or held at gunpoint.projects.propublica.orgMore Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublicaThe government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati... 5827171545
Reposted by Brent StaplesThe New York Review of Books @nybooks.com · 06/10/2026“Rather than facilitating political change in China, the Internet and the associated world of the mobile phone have become formidable tools the government uses to maintain tight control over the society.” —@hofrench.bsky.social nybooks.comLet a Hundred Websites Bloom | Howard W. FrenchThe Internet and the smartphone have become formidable tools for the Chinese government to maintain tight control over society. 012
Reposted by Brent StaplesAnnette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026A great man who was always very kind and gracious to me. I always looked forward to talking to him and his wife at events around the City. The City Leader Who Revived Central Park Dies at 85 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/a...nytimes.comThe City Leader Who Revived Central Park Dies at 85 (Gift Article)Gordon J. Davis was New York City’s first Black parks commissioner and one of the most effective. He also led Lincoln Center. 1164
Reposted by Brent StaplesKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026White supremacist cops take a minority citizen, drive him out to the woods as a threat, and leave him there. No, it's not Mississippi in the 1930s, why do you ask? 8436381421
Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Focus groups are indeed highly overrated - as insights into voter thought and behavior 040
Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The craven Ken Paxton goes after pediatricians - for vaccinating children www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/h...nytimes.comTexas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children (Gift Article)Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation. 139
Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I have seen the Gambon and Atkinson versions - but not the others you mention 100
Reposted by Brent StaplesThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/10/2026As wildfires raged across eastern Australia in 2019, the small coastal town of Narooma lost power and internet. The only connection to the outside world was a handful of old-school pay phones. Now, one of them has now been given historic status.nyti.msPay Phone, a Lifeline During 2019 Australia Wildfires, Gains Heritage StatusHundreds lined up to call loved ones as the internet went down and the flames closed in on the Australian town of Narooma in 2019. 48318
Reposted by Brent StaplesPhilip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026so: Iran forces US retreat from UK? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...nytimes.comU.S. Rushes to Withdraw Bombers From U.K. Air Base After New ThreatsThe withdrawal came with unusual speed, following what U.S. officials said were threats of an Iran-based plot against the installation. 34322113
Reposted by Brent StaplesMr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 04/10/2026A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...theatlantic.comA Reckoning in SpringfieldA truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become. 36953101826
Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Fresh from a friend’s backyard (highly delicious) 090
Reposted by Brent StaplesTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...link.springer.comRace and Class Over HistoryThis chapter examines the historical development of race and class from primitive communalism to slavery. Drawing on anthropological insights, it argues that race ideology emerged alongside the develo... 0407
Reposted by Brent StaplesTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026He really could have sat this one out. What an odd choice. Going to file this away in the “Accidental Racist” files. 52589
Reposted by Brent StaplesJohn Harris @drjohnaeharris.bsky.social · 03/10/2026List of people enslaved in the White House (or associated with the White House), organized by President: www.whitehousehistory.org/index-of-ens...whitehousehistory.orgIndex of Enslaved IndividualsBelow you will find a list of all known enslaved people who were associated with the White House. This list is not complete because some individuals were not recorded, and... 03616
Reposted by Brent Staplesjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 03/10/2026this for RFK Jr. is mission accomplished 8045511082
Reposted by Brent StaplesAngie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Folks have insulted: My Southern drawl. My loc’d hair. My clothes. My shoes. My intelligence. I’ve been called a ghetto Black b!t€h. Now @JDVance says I don’t belong and should leave the very country my ancestors helped build. This is a lot y’all. It is. #AngieForFlorida 68993662185
Reposted by Brent StaplesTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... The Battle for White Male Supremacy The Hydra Reshaping Right-Wing Politics Mary McThomasdegruyterbrill.com 1398
Reposted by Brent Staplesderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas. Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵 10459721689
Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 03/10/2026👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 I think back fondly on our dialogue during The Times ideas festival all those years ago. 010
Reposted by Brent StaplesTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026In light of all the horrible sexual assault in the news, this from my conversation with Kate Manne in February at Princeton still sums up my thoughts. Power =\= Good Men(tm). Power = Power. 633679
Reposted by Brent StaplesAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“Between the Christianity of this land and the Christianity of Christ, I recognize the widest possible difference.” — Frederick Douglass bsky.app/profile/atru... 382252484
Reposted by Brent StaplesThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 01/10/2026BREAKING: Renee Good’s family sues the U.S. government and immigration officials over her killing in Minneapolis.bit.lyRenee Good's family sues US government and immigration officials over her killing in MinneapolisRenee Good’s family has sued the U.S. government and several immigration officials, alleging wrongful death and other violations of federal law in the 37-year-old woman’s killing by an immigration officer during a federal crackdown in Minnesota. 21830209
Reposted by Brent StaplesHoward French @hofrench.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Compared to Xi, Trump looks like a rank amateur: an incurious and ill-informed improviser who is guided by his own gut and whims, writes columnist @hofrench.bsky.social 075
Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 29/09/2026@antheabutler.bsky.social Are the Eagles about to fire someone? 110