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Rashad Shabazz

@drshabazzz.bsky.social
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Scholar and author of Prince’s Minneapolis uncpress.org/9781469690957/princes-…

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 26/06/2026
It might be hot outside but the rent is freezing.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 23/06/2026
One in five Americans said they would move permanently to another country if they could — a 54% increase since 2020 — a poll found. Here are five countries that offer attractive residency programs.
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Want to Live Abroad? You Can Still Find a Great Golden Visa.
As some countries curtail or even cancel their residency-by-investment programs, we scan the world for the most attractive visa plans for Americans.
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Rashad Shabazz @drshabazzz.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
On Prince’s birthday, the New York Daily News ran this story about a new book on Prince. www.thedailynewsonline.com/lifestyles/b...
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Book shows how Prince’s sound grew out of the place he called home
Get ready for a deep dive into the Purple One.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/06/2026
this is honestly an excellent celebratory and motivational speech from Mamdani at the Knicks parade. i'm ready to run through a wall, and i'm not even a Knicks fan
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/06/2026
Obama shouts out "those ordinary people in the Twin Cities who braved frigid temperatures, risked their own safety, standing shoulder to shoulder to look our for their neighbors and sometimes for strangers because they knew that was the right thing to do"
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 18/06/2026
Stephen Colbert, David Letterman and the Obama Foundation board chairman, Martin Nesbitt, paid winking homage to President Obama’s notorious tan suit at the opening of his presidential library in Chicago on Thursday. nyti.ms/4a8I28z
Stephen Colbert laughs wearing a khaki colored suit with a striped tie.
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thecollegeatelier.bsky.social @thecollegeatelier.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Divide and conquer = divide and lobotomize, Robert Moses style? @drshabazzz.bsky.social does a great job of putting this into context in his Prince/Minneapolis book. Gives us trains and safe bike lanes.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 16/06/2026
"The mere existence of trillionaires is a major political and economic problem, probably the defining issue of our time," writes @gabrielzucman.bsky.social. "When the power of wealth is wielded by sociopaths, the consequences are a matter of life and death."
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The era of trillionaires will be dire for democracy. Here is how we can fight back | Gabriel Zucman
There is a fundamental tension between extreme wealth and the very possibility of democracy. That’s because extreme wealth is always an extreme power
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calliesue.bsky.social @calliesue.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
May 2026. It just keeps getting worse...
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Rashad Shabazz @drshabazzz.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
On Prince’s birthday, the New York Daily News ran this story about a new book on Prince. www.thedailynewsonline.com/lifestyles/b...
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Book shows how Prince’s sound grew out of the place he called home
Get ready for a deep dive into the Purple One.
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Rashad Shabazz @drshabazzz.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Peace fails if it is not defended. The UN’s peacekeepers cannot do this alone | Jean-Pierre Lacroix
Cuts in international support threaten the work of the women and men bringing hope to the world’s most vulnerable people
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 01/06/2026
Discrimination based on gender identity or expression is illegal in New York City. Trans New Yorkers are protected by law. Our City will protect your rights, defend your humanity and stand beside you without hesitation.
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NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani Kicks Off Pride With “Trans Rights Are Human Rights” Campaign
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/06/2026
the supposedly "originalist" unitary executive theory has led us to a point where the president is claiming the sovereign authority to force all institutions, public or private, to bend to his will or suffer the consequences www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/u...
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White House Seeks to Impose Political Test on Billions in Federal Grants
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
NEWS: In September, the Washington Post fired me in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk killing. This week, after eight months, I'll be heading to arbitration against the Post to challenge my termination. karenattiah.substack.com/p/my-case-ag...
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My Case Against the Washington Post Goes to Arbitration This Week
Eight months after challenging my termination, my case against The Washington Post will finally be heard by an arbitrator.
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 31/05/2026
#OtD 31 May 1989 legendary Trinidadian Marxist, CLR James, died in London aged 88. He wrote The Black Jacobins, the definitive history of the Haitian Revolution, as well as influential texts on class, colonialism and cricket. See some of his works here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
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Maria W. Norris @mariawnorris.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Hi, expert on far-right extremism here, a history of domestic violence and misogyny is one of the strongest predictive variables for violent extremism, especially on the right. We've been raising the alarm on this for DECADES but no one cares.
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Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
As horrifying as this campaign of premeditated murder is, what might be even more disturbing is the utter indifference of Congress, the public and our allies to such a shocking and unapologetic obliteration of the many laws and norms against targeting civilians. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/31/w...
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The U.S. Boat Strike Campaign Has Now Killed Over 200 People
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 19/05/2026
#OtD 19 May 1925 El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, aka Malcolm X, was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He became one of the most influential advocates of self-defence for Black people as well as one of the foremost critics of America's institutional racism stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9128...
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Alex Segura @alexsegura.com · 12/05/2026
Mayor Mamdani restores library funding after public outcry gothamist.com/news/mayor-m...
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Mayor Mamdani restores library funding after public outcry
Mamdani, who praised the importance of libraries, faced criticism for slashing library funding earlier this year.
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Rashad Shabazz @drshabazzz.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Check out my interview on the Read Minnesota Books Podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
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Read Minnesota Books
Books Podcast · Read Minnesota Books: author interviews, reading recommendations, and publishing news from the North Star State. www.readminnesotabooks.com
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Places Journal @placesjournal.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
In honor of the 10th anniversary of Prince's death, we're rereading @drshabazzz.bsky.social's luminous geography of the Minneapolis Sound. It opens with the concert where Prince debuted "Purple Rain," collaborating “not only with his bandmates, but with the histories that created the city itself."
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Prince & Place
Listening to Prince, we are immersed in the soundscape of Minneapolis — a musical geography shaped by racism, class inequality, sexuality, migration, habitation, and displacement.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/04/2026
“To say that President Trump is corrupt is to somehow understate the size, scope and magnitude of his corruption. It is as if you were to describe a modern thermonuclear device as a ‘bomb.’ That is true enough, but it is not quite the truth. It does not capture the nature of the thing in full.”
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Opinion | Trump Corrupts, and Absolute Trump Corrupts Absolutely
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Sonya Bonczek @sonyabonczek.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Little sneak preview of @uncpress.bsky.social's gorgeous new seasonal catalog...isn't she lovely? 😍📚✍️
UNC Press Fall & Winter 2026 catalog coverThe Political Supreme Court: A Forgotten History by Rachel A. Shelden Radical Souths book series, featuring If We Must Die: A Novel by Junius Edwards and backlist titles This Insurgent Ground by Kathryn Benjamin Golden and Able to be American by Hannah E. Zaves-Greene
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Rashad Shabazz @drshabazzz.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
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New book traces the musical history that made 'Prince's Minneapolis'
The scholar Rashad Shabazz offers a compact but sweeping historical overview of the music in Minneapolis that made its way into Prince’s own.
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Matthew Somoroff @matthewsomoroff.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
a new book by @drshabazzz.bsky.social, from @uncpress.bsky.social, shouted out in the NY Times! you love to see it!
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Sonya Bonczek @sonyabonczek.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
“Prince’s genius was that he took the Black-inflected music from the community where he was born — Minneapolis’s Near North Side — and synthesized that with the city’s other sounds,” @drshabazzz.bsky.social (author of Prince’s Minneapolis) said.
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In Minneapolis, Following Prince’s ‘Purple Trail’
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Rashad Shabazz @drshabazzz.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
In Minneapolis, Following Prince’s ‘Purple Trail’ www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/t...
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In Minneapolis, Following Prince’s ‘Purple Trail’
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Jack El-Hai @jackelhai.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
"Three countries – Argentina, Israel and the United States – voted against." news.un.org/en/story/202...
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UN resolution urges reparations for slavery’s ‘historical wrongs’
Applause erupted in the UN General Assembly Hall on Wednesday as Member States adopted a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade the gravest crime against humanity.
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Rashad Shabazz @drshabazzz.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
On Prince, ICE, and Minneapolis. ihttps://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/ice-cant-silence-princes-minneapolis/
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ICE Can’t Silence Prince’s Minneapolis | Essay
As the Artist Once Put It: ‘Where I Come From, We Don’t Let Society Tell Us How We’re Supposed to Be’
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Rashad Shabazz @drshabazzz.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Prince’s golden star on First Avenue & 7th Street Entry’s star wall. uncpress.org/978146969095...
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Rashad Shabazz @drshabazzz.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
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Book shows how Prince’s sound grew out of the place he called home
Get ready for a deep dive into the Purple One. Among the questions suggested by Rashad Shabazz’s “Prince’s Minneapolis” are: When the late singer wrote...
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Rashad Shabazz @drshabazzz.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
New book tells Prince's story in the context of the city that formed him: Minneapolis www.kjzz.org/the-show/202...
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New book tells Prince's story in the context of the city that formed him: Minneapolis
Written by ASU professor Rashad Shabazz, the book situates Prince’s earliest musical inspirations in a city where, between 1950 and 1970, the Black population grew by 436%.
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Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
What would Prince say about ICE in Minneapolis? @drshabazzz.bsky.social has thoughts. Share this thread and check out the full episode in the thread below.
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Rashad Shabazz @drshabazzz.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
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Purple Rain and Prince’s Minneapolis with Rashad Shabazz
Podcast Episode · Reckoning with Jason Herbert · February 19 · 1h 43m
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Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Posting for no reason whatsoever youtu.be/TvnYmWpD_T8?...
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Prince - Purple Rain (Official Video)
YouTube video by The Codfather
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Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Coming tomorrow- @drshabazzz.bsky.social jumps in to talk about Prince, Purple Rain, and the creation of Minneapolis. Cannot wait for you to hear this one.
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Rashad Shabazz @drshabazzz.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Book release day! Get your copy here uncpress.org/978146969095... @uncpress.bsky.social
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Rashad Shabazz @drshabazzz.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
@lithub.com.web.brid.gy published an excerpt of my new book Prince’s Minneapolis published by @uncpress.bsky.social lithub.com/the-origin-o...
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The Origin of Prince’s Iconic Sound
The rise of rhythm and blues and funk in Minneapolis grew out of the apartheid system put in place in the first half of the twentieth century. The network of Black clubs, bars, and music venues cre…
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Sonya Bonczek @sonyabonczek.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
The rise of rhythm and blues and funk in Minneapolis grew out of the apartheid system put in place in the first half of the twentieth century. Excerpt from @drrashadshabazz.bsky.social's PRINCE'S MINNEAPOLIS on @literaryhub.bsky.social: lithub.com/the-origin-o...
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The Origin of Prince’s Iconic Sound
The rise of rhythm and blues and funk in Minneapolis grew out of the apartheid system put in place in the first half of the twentieth century. The network of Black clubs, bars, and music venues cre…
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Dawn Durante @dawnd.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
With all the powerful coverage from @startribune.com about what is going on in Minnesota right now, I'm especially grateful that they created space for this piece on @drshabazzz.bsky.social's new book, PRINCE'S MINNEAPOLIS which traces the Minneapolis Sound since the city's founding.
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Book shows how Prince’s sound grew out of the place he called home
Local nonfiction: “Prince’s Minneapolis” traces the Minneapolis sound all the way back to the founding of the city.
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Rashad Shabazz @drshabazzz.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Prince’s Minneapolis: A Biography Of Sound & Place, in bookstores now. Order here: https://uncpress.org/9781469690957/princes-minneapolis/
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Dawn Durante @dawnd.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
@publisherswkly.bsky.social on @drshabazz.bsky.social’s PRINCE’S MINNEAPOLIS (@uncpress.bsky.social) as a book that celebrates Black history: “Shabazz analyzes Prince’s life, career, and discography, showing how it was intrinsically shaped by Minneapolis, and shaped Minneapolis in turn.”
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10 Books that Celebrate Black History
Among the new books hitting the shelves for Black History Month are two novels about the legacy of Black American soldiers in WWII, works of history that trace the fight for freedom and justice, and b...
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UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Calling all tech wizards 📢 We're looking for an IT Infrastructure Manager to lead the technology operations at UNC Press and @longleafserv.bsky.social 💻 Learn more about the job and apply 👇 uncpress.org/now-hiring-i...
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Now Hiring: IT & Infrastructure Manager
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced IT & Infrastructure Manager to lead our organization's technology operations. The IT Manager is
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