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Elizabeth Todd-Breland @etoddbreland.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Come out on Saturday to hear @profpetercole.bsky.social talk history & monuments! Looking forward to this conversation!

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 29/08/2026

Last year, the U.S. Department of Education rescinded millions of dollars meant to support magnet schools in Chicago Public Schools, saying the district had violated federal law with its policies supporting Black and transgender students. After a lawsuit and settlement, CPS will get the money back.

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CPS wins back millions in federal funding after Trump administration settles lawsuit

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Elizabeth Todd-Breland @etoddbreland.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

RIP Stacey King! When the Bulls played national coverage games and we couldn’t hear Stacey do the call, we’d put it on mute and use his soundboard—A Legend! web.archive.org/web/20150507...

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Stacey King Soundboard

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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 07/04/2026

I'm the daughter of an Army paratrooper who refused orders during our illegal invasion of Vietnam back in the day. He went to LBJ military jail. Dad taught his girls this: "Just following orders" is NEVER any excuse for anyone who's complicit in war crimes. You MUST refuse heinous orders.

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Happening now: an anti-war demonstration is getting underway in Chicago's Federal Plaza, in response to US/Israeli attacks on Iran and Donald Trump's threat to Iran this morning that "a whole civilization will die tonight." A few dozen people here so far.

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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

We're all being held hostage by this administration.

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James Thomasson @james-thomasson96.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Far side of the moon released by NASA today. 🧪🔭

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

every time i write about wage theft i do a double take because it's so crazy corporations steal more than $50 bn from workers' paychecks each year, illegally paying workers less than they earned for their labor that significantly exceeds the combined losses from larceny, burglary, & vehicle theft

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Lisa Schiff @lschiff.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

This type of organizational #selfcensorship is scary because it's so hard to detect and has such a ripple effect. There is no hiding from Trump! We need our institutions to stand up and act as if their mission statements really guided their work.

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Jeanne Theoharis @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

On the 58th anniversary of Dr. King's assassination, it's time to reckon with the media's troubling role in the civil rights struggle. (I pitched this to @nytimes.com who found it "fascinating..[but] the news is making deeper & certainly more historical pieces very hard." But they're the news.) A 🧵

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Moya @moyazb.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

White male privilege is Geno getting to disrepect a Black woman peer on national television as his team lost and have sports media run cover for him. #Misogynoir is Dawn getting critiqued for defending herself and her team from said abuse, all while knowing she could never behave the same way.

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Martha S. Jones @marthasjones.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments about birthright citizenship. Here, for the NYTimes and with Kate Masur, I offer a view of what those of you who think historically should be listening for. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/o...

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Opinion | Trump Says Birthright Citizenship Was for ‘the Babies of Slaves.’ He’s Wrong.

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Elizabeth Todd-Breland @etoddbreland.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

TODAY!! 4:30pm @ CTU (1901 w Carroll Ave)—Dr. David Stovall talking about his powerful new book, Engineered Conflict: Structural Violence and the Future of Black Life in Chicago!! @irrpp.bsky.social @ctulocal1.bsky.social

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Elizabeth Todd-Breland @etoddbreland.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Chicago, please join us this Thursday 4/2 @ 6pm for a powerful conversation with Jitu Brown, Jay Travis, and Khalil Cotton--honoring the life and legacy of Karen Lewis! at The Kenwood Oakland Community Organization--4321 S Cottage Grove @haymarketbooks.org @j4jorganize.bsky.social

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Elizabeth Todd-Breland @etoddbreland.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

UIC faculty, staff, students, and alums, please sign & share the petition to Defend DEI at UIC! Demand that University of Illinois leaders live up to the equity principles included as part of the institution's official mission for years! tinyurl.com/DefendUICDEI

A flyer with a newspaper print texture background. The words “Sign the Petition” in black color font appears on the top page. Below this is “Defend DEI AT UIC” in red color font followed by a paragraph in black font that says “We, the undersigned UIC faculty, staff, students, and alumni, call on the University of Illinois Board of Trustees, President, and campus leadership to live up to the equity principles that they have so publicly advocated for years by:
Ceasing any steps toward preemptive compliance
Reversing all university anti-DEI directives
Working with faculty experts, staff, students, and stakeholders to rstore, strengthen, and further invest in vital DEI initiatives immediately
Below the bullet points is a red bar and underneath the red bar is text that says “Read and sign the full petition” in black color font and underneath it is the web link: https://tinyurl.com/DefendUICDEI in red color font. Next to that text is a QR code.

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Elizabeth Todd-Breland @etoddbreland.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Out of town and joined a local #NoKings protest with 3 generations of the fam. Good energy, conversations & community building

Cardboard protest sign w slogans: in black & white: “Stop Ice” & “nobody is illegal on stolen land, oh and fuck Ice!”; orange fist w/ yellow background “fight for your rights”; image of bomb w Red Cross out “ban bombs not books”; “resist” in colors of American flag? Rainbow flag, trans rights flag, image of fist, uterus, books

American flag with peace sign symbol instead of stars

Black & yellow sign: “ end all funding for ICE/DHS! Party for socialism & liberation

Hand made colorful signs: “end all wars, abolish ice”; “no kings”; “stand up for our future”

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Elizabeth Todd-Breland @etoddbreland.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

TODAY @5pm!! If you are in the DC area, please join us!!

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Elizabeth Todd-Breland @etoddbreland.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Love to Dolores Huerta and survivors everywhere❤️

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Bianca J. Baldridge @biancajontae.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Hey DMV folks: Come join me next Friday at the legendary Sankofa bookstore as I talk about my new book, Laboring in the Shadows: Precarity and Promise in Black Youth Work! See details below! www.sankofa.com/events/book-...

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Book Event - Laboring in the Shadows: Precarity and Promise in Black Youth Work | sankofa-dc

Join us for an engaging conversation with author Dr. Bianca J. Baldridge, in dialogue with Brandelyn Anderson.

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Elizabeth Todd-Breland @etoddbreland.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

DC area friends, please join me in conversation about Karen Lewis's memoir with the brilliant @drmchatelain.bsky.social Next Wednesday, March 25th, 5pm, 111 Massachussetts Ave, NW Celebrate Women's History Month and #LaborSpring with us! @aftteach.bsky.social @haymarketbooks.org

Navy and taupe colored background flyer. Top of the flyer: "Celebrating Women's History Month: I Didn't Come Here to Lie, Book Talk with Elizabeth Todd-Breland and Marcia Chatelain, Wednesday March 25, 5:00pm, 111 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Room 7412. With Headshots of Elizabeth Todd-Breland and Marcia Chatelain rspv bit.ly/ctulewis

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Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Happy pub day to one of our most anticipated books of the year, THE YOUNG LORDS SPEAK edited by Jacqueline Lazú (thanks for the pic, @haymarketbooks.org!) Check it out: www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/item/UfU8gx4...

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Elizabeth Todd-Breland @etoddbreland.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Chicago, any voter can vote at these regional voting sites today + same day registration available chicagoelections.gov/voting/early... Polls open until 7pm!

Blue and cream-colored “I voted!” Sticker—comic book style. With “I voted!” in several languages. Sticker includes red stars from Chicago flag. Sticker on gray sweater

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AFT TEACH @aftteach.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

📚 Join us March 25 for a Women’s History Month Labor Spring event celebrating Karen Lewis. @etoddbreland.bsky.social and @drmchatelain.bsky.social will discuss I Didn’t Come Here to Lie: My Life and Education. @rweingarten.bsky.social @aft.org @ctulocal1.bsky.social @wtuteacher.bsky.social

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Elizabeth Todd-Breland @etoddbreland.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

DMV area family, please join us on March 25th!!

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UIC Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy @irrpp.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

We're hosting the venerable Dr. David Stovall on April 1 for a community discussion about his latest book, where he'll be joined by another one of our favorite collaborators, Dr. Elizabeth Todd-Breland @etoddbreland.bsky.social. Register for free here: addcal.co/e/IRRPPStova...

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Elizabeth Todd-Breland @etoddbreland.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

TOMORROW Friday 3/13 @ 2:30pm, UIC & University of Illinois faculty, staff, students, alums & concerned community members, please come out for an important public forum about higher education’s abandonment of democracy & DEI nationally & at our university & how folks are fighting back!

Beige flyer with Blue and red text and an image of yellow and orange flames over a word cloud with “diversity” “equity” “inclusion”: Title: Mission Betrayal: Community Responses to Higher Education’s Abandonment of Democracy, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion; Friday 3/13, 2:30-4pm, Illinois Room, Student Center East, 750 S Halsted, speakers will include: National legal experts, community stakeholders, uic faculty, students, and alums

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Elizabeth Todd-Breland @etoddbreland.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

This Thursday, March 12th, join me for a virtual conversation with @rethinkingschools.bsky.social @jessehagopian.bsky.social & Cierra Kaler-Jones! Zoom link when you register here: www.classy.org/event/%22i-d...

Read and Black title: I Didn't Come Here to Lie: Book Discussion & Celebration, Thursday March 12th at 4pm PT, 6pm CT, 7pm ET. Cierra Kaler-Jones, Jesse Hagopian, and Elizabeth Todd-Breland. rethinking schools. Gold and white background with headshots of the speakers and the cover image of the book, which includes a picture of Karen Lewis wearing a red shirt and sunglasses with her hands lifted

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Sarah Jane Cervenak @sjcerv.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.” James Baldwin

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 28/02/2026

“Fascism, it’s always about using nationalism, and the nation, as a bludgeon to generate support for death policies, on behalf of death governments. For violence and repression and exploitation, internationalism is the antidote, always.” —Robin D. G. Kelley

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Truthout @truthout.org · 26/02/2026

Premature death at the hands of armed agents of the state is merely a hazard of being Black in America. It’s not enough to “abolish ICE”; we have to abolish the police force and replace it with a radically different form of public safety.

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Robin D. G. Kelley: It’s Not Enough to Abolish ICE — We Have to Abolish the Police

“What’s happening now has happened before,” Kelley said, underscoring the anti-Blackness foundational to US fascism.

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Elizabeth Todd-Breland @etoddbreland.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

THIS Saturday 2/21 @12pm, Chicago Public Library, Woodson Branch: Book talk & panel w/ Karen Lewis's former students-Rep. Michael Crawford, Sekordri Ojo, Raquel Flores-Clemons- lifting Black Educators' power. Celebrate Black History Month with us! chipublib.bibliocommons.com/events/69812...

Flyer for Author's talk and panel with Elizabeth Todd-Breland, Rep. Michael Crawford, Sekordri Ojo, And Raquel Flores-Clemons, 12pm @ Woodson Library 9525 S Halsted, image of book cover, head shots of participants, blue and white themes

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Elizabeth Todd-Breland @etoddbreland.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Visited Jacqueline Lazú's powerful exhibit--Tengo Lincoln Park en mi Corazón:Young Lords in Chicago--before it closed yesterday(on Benito Bowl Sunday)! On Puerto Rican organizing & displacement in Chicago & struggles for health care, housing & self-determination--lots to be inspired by & learn from!

screen shot of film shown in the exhibit "Nuestra Comunidad Lincoln Park" with overlays of old maps, images of people marching at a protest, a woman holding a child, members of the young lords, a woman sitting

two black and white photographs in frames. The top one: Image of a press conference with 7 people (4 sitting at a table with. microphones) from the Black Panther Party, Young Lords, and Young Patriots--incl. Fred Hampton and ChCha Jimenez
Bottom photo: image of a protest march on the street with someone holding a sign that says: Today, the Panthers, Tomorrow, You. Stop Repression now

colorful mural with flags and people, including young lords facing off against police with 1966 patches (year of the "Division St Riot")

"Renewal Programs on Chicago's North Side" a City of Chicago map of Lincoln Park with plans for urban renewal

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María Inés Zamudio @mizamudio.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Reporting is not a crime!

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Elizabeth Todd-Breland @etoddbreland.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

THIS Saturday Jan. 31st @ 2pm join me & the Working Women’s History Project to discuss Karen Lewis's memoir at my favorite Black woman-owned bookstore in Hyde Park—Call & Response Books! Event is FREE, but you can reserve a book ahead of time here: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...

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Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

It’s easy to forget since he’s still a high public official but Homan straight up took $50,000 in cash from undercover agents on camera and then nothing happened

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Jeanne Theoharis @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Grateful to @hammerandhope.bsky.social for recognizing the importance of Dr. King's work with Chicago gangs. Blackstone Rangers leader Jeff Fort stressed what a good listener King was —and how he saw their potential for community leadership & organization. hammerandhope.org/article/mart...

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The Martin Luther King Jr. We Don’t Know

His work with gang members in Chicago shows how much he valued the part played by young people in the Black freedom struggle.

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Illinois Families for Public Schools @ilfps.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

NO FEDERAL SCHOOL VOUCHERS FOR ILLINOIS is front page news! Vouchers are bad education policy—they hurt equity and fund discrimination without improving academic outcomes. Vouchers lack the accountability and oversight provided by public school systems. #publicfundspublicschools

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Clint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

The survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre “became, late in life, the subject of national recognition, because that’s what America is good at—celebrating survivors of the harm the country allowed, not compensating for the misfortune it has caused.”

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What America Lost When It Lost Mother Fletcher

With nearly all of the victims of the Tulsa Race Massacre now dead, the country must find other ways to rectify its wrongs.

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Elizabeth Todd-Breland @etoddbreland.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

So appreciate our mayor’s @mayorofchicago.bsky.social steadfastness moral clarity in this moment!

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Marcelius Braxton @marceliusb.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Almost every reason people have for defunding or abolishing ICE is also a reason to defund or abolish the police, yet many people who are rightly calling for action against ICE would never come close to doing to the same for police. But this fight goes beyond just ICE. ICE represents a larger issue.

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