jasminecobbphd.bsky.social @jasminecobbphd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026jasminecobbphd.substack.com/p/im-back-so...jasminecobbphd.substack.comI’m back!!!? Sort of...I had the pleasure of sabbatical for the 2026-2027 academic school year! 000
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialMark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 02/11/2025The Next Era of the American University | Aziz Huq | @theatlantic.com Higher education can—and should—fight the Trump administration, but the age of lavish government support is coming to a close www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...theatlantic.comThe Next Era of the American UniversityHigher education can—and should—fight the Trump administration, but the age of lavish government support is coming to a close. 152
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialMark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 02/11/2025How to Lose the Hounds: Maroon Geographies and a World Beyond Policing | Left of Black with critical geographer Celeste Winston How have 20th century examples of marronage offered a glimpse into a what life could be with police abolition? www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W0A...youtube.comLeft of Black | A World Beyond Policing with Celeste Winston on Black MaroonsYouTube video by John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke U. 0178
jasminecobbphd.bsky.social @jasminecobbphd.bsky.social · 02/11/2025If you think you are getting more peer-review requests, you are correct. “indexed articles increased by 897,000 between 2016 and 2022. But “the real strain lies in an even greater rise in submissions” straining editors and reviewers alike. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...insidehighered.comMajor Academic Press Calls for “Publish or Perish” ReformJust one-third of researchers, publishers, funders and librarians believe academic reward and recognition systems are working well, according to a survey from Cambridge University Press. 000
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialDeborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 18/10/2025www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comFaculty at Texas university fear entire liberal arts departments will be slashedUniversity of Texas at Austin faculty fear changes from new taskforce that could restructure humanities programs 02618
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialSarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 18/10/2025New York mag published an article about how kids running around yelling “6-7!” is stressing grown ups out and I guess, yeah, part of the existential experience of aging is not knowing what the kids are talking about but I find this hilarious and mundane and not worthy of think-pieces lol 54101565
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Great day to show what you believe in. Speak your truth. Show you are prepared to fight against authoritarian rule. If you’re marching, having a teach-in,organizing, or resting for future battles, do it with the conviction that we will not give in, that we stand on the side of justice.And stay safe. 613711835
jasminecobbphd.bsky.social @jasminecobbphd.bsky.social · 11/06/2025By turning to legal intervention, universities treat artifacts as intellectual property and miss important opportunities to rectify atrocities related to African Americans. www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...inquirer.comUniversities holding African American artifacts must shift from a focus on property to one of repair | OpinionBy turning to legal intervention, universities treat artifacts as intellectual property and miss important opportunities to rectify atrocities related to African Americans. 120
jasminecobbphd.bsky.social @jasminecobbphd.bsky.social · 09/04/2025open.substack.com/pub/jasminec...open.substack.comHarriet Tubman faced forwardThe activist’s image at the center of a publicity controversy within the National Park Service 020
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialJasmine Crockett @jasmineforus.bsky.social · 31/03/2025MAGA: Million dollar give aways in elections… that sounds good! ALSO MAGA: don’t give water to people standing in long lines in the heat… that’s election fraud. 🤯 Maybe if the water is worth millions, that will be acceptable. 🤷🏾♀️ Go vote WISCONSIN!!!! 572206492
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialSen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 14/03/2025I'm not going to sugarcoat it. Today was a bad day for our country – and for the Democratic Party. Let's talk about it. open.substack.com/pub/schiffno...open.substack.comA Dark Day for Our CountryI'm not going to sugarcoat it. Today was a bad day for our country – and for the Democratic Party. 119582001775
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialAlondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Because these funds come solely from DC taxpayers, this action doesn't bring any cost savings to the federal budget. This is not an act of fiscal responsibility. This is a purely political, punitive action with no impact on the federal budget, but will have a detrimental impact on people's lives. 12714215
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialRuha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 12/03/2025🚨Last week Helyeh Doutaghi, a scholar in international law, was barred from Yale and put on administrative leave: ‘The decision came three days after a news site powered by artificial intelligence, published a story calling her a member of a terrorist group.’ www.removepaywall.com/search?url=h... 7275162
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialMark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Protests erupt after Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil taken by ICE The Columbia University graduate, who helped organize the school’s pro-Palestinian protests, was detained and told that his student visa was being revoked, his attorney said www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...nbcnews.comProtests erupt after Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil taken by ICE, Trump says arrest is first of manyThe Columbia University graduate, who helped organize the school’s pro-Palestinian protests, was detained Saturday night and told that his student visa was being revoked, his attorney said. 1209
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Listen this IS in fact how it’s done. Georgetown Law Dean William Treanor responds to Acting U.S. Atty Ed Martin’s threat to refuse to hire Georgetown graduates who have taken “DEI” courses in their curriculum. Treanor is a brilliant lawyer & constitutional scholar. Embarrassing for Martin. 592368594
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialMark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 07/03/2025#RoyAyers: Tiny Desk Concert (2018) www.npr.org/2018/03/01/5...npr.orgRoy Ayers: Tiny Desk ConcertWatch the 77-year-old jazz-funk icon perform "Everybody Loves The Sunshine" (and more) at the Tiny Desk. 17027
jasminecobbphd.bsky.social @jasminecobbphd.bsky.social · 28/02/2025www.consumerreports.org/health/wigs-...consumerreports.orgDangerous Chemicals Were Detected in 100% of the Braiding Hair We Tested - Consumer ReportsCR tested 10 of the most popular synthetic braiding hair products for heavy metals and VOCs. We found carcinogens and more in 100 percent of the samples. 011
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialSarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 27/02/2025This whole thing is too soon 1619
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialNPR @npr.org · 26/02/2025Some 1,000 NPS employees were fired, and hiring for seasonal positions was delayed. Here's what to know about the impacts already being felt at parks, and what it could mean for the busy season.npr.orgHow federal layoffs are impacting national parks, from reduced hours to safety fearsSome 1,000 NPS employees were fired, and hiring for seasonal positions was delayed. Here's what to know about the impacts already being felt at parks, and what it could mean for the busy season. 24957261909
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialBrittney Cooper @profcrunk.bsky.social · 26/02/2025There is just no end to this elite capture of the news media and use of it to seed their intellectually vacuous, fundamentally corrupt failing neoliberalist ideology. This shit sickens me. Free markets don’t free anybody but the white boys who have been free forever. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/b...nytimes.comWashington Post Opinion Editor Exits as Bezos Steers Pages in New DirectionJeff Bezos, the owner of The Post, said that the newspaper’s opinion section would focus on “personal liberties and free markets.” 14416
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialSarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 25/02/2025“Senior Penn administrators met with Pennsylvania lawmakers on Tuesday morning to discuss the University’s rollback of diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, with multiple elected officials expressing concern about recent changes — and one calling the meeting “bullshit.”” 😬thedp.com‘Cowardice’: Pa. lawmakers express disappointment with Penn’s DEI response at meeting with admin.One lawmaker said that Penn “has made a cowardly move” in “rushing to heed dog-whistle demands from a feckless federal leadership.” 210121
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialSarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 25/02/2025inquirer.comICE can’t enter religious sites that sued, including Philadelphia Quakers, judge rulesBaptist, Sikh, and Quaker groups, including the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, filed the lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security. 022152
jasminecobbphd.bsky.social @jasminecobbphd.bsky.social · 25/02/2025We saw this with Melissa Harris-Perry’s show. Seems on brand. 010
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialMark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Judith Butler: To Imagine a World After This, Democracy Needs the Humanities “The beginning of democracy requires a transport into a necessary fiction.” lithub.com/judith-butle...lithub.comJudith Butler: To Imagine a World After This, Democracy Needs the HumanitiesMany young people tell me that they fear there is no future. When they ask about the future, they are also asking: what is still imaginable or for what may we still hope? To say there is no future,… 616559
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialMark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Why Did It Take a Fire for the World to Learn of Altadena’s Black Arts Legacy? As Frieze Los Angeles shines a spotlight on art in the city, one community, long facing institutional apathy, calls for marking its memories in the public mind. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/a...nytimes.comWhy Did It Take a Fire for the World to Learn of Altadena’s Black Arts Legacy? (Gift Article)As Frieze Los Angeles shines a spotlight on art in the city, one community, long facing institutional apathy, calls for marking its memories in the public mind. 115149
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialRuha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 13/02/2025WHAT NOW? With Trevor & Christiana: youtu.be/1VRCfuKEGdo?...youtu.beRIP… D.E.I. with Ruha Benjamin | What Now? with Trevor Noah PodcastYouTube video by What Now? with Trevor Noah 723164
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Bingo. Say this. Every day. Every hour. @housedemocrats.bsky.social @senatedemocrats.bsky.social 141457553
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialSen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov · 12/02/2025Democrats should not agree to replenish any funding into the USDA Commodity Credit Corporation until USDA releases ALL previously awarded grants to farmers.civileats.comTrump’s Funding Freeze Creates Chaos and Financial Distress for FarmersRegenerative farming programs supported by the USDA are thrown into chaos as federal funding is put on pause. 3040486
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Things only happen if people DO things. Keep fighting. www.theverge.com/news/610765/...theverge.comThe Trump administration restores federal webpages after court orderDoctors filed suit to restore access. 162344549
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialSen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov · 13/02/2025Kash Patel is dangerous, dishonest, and unqualified – I am calling for President Trump to withdraw his nomination to be the Director of the FBI, and if his nomination is brought to the Senate floor, I will vote NO. Here’s why 🧵 1771464253
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 12/02/2025There was so much in it. I saw Alvin Ailey’s Revelations in this stunning moment. If you don’t know the significance of Revelations, here you go. pressroom.alvinailey.org/alvin-ailey-... 32873100
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialAlondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 12/02/2025BREAKING: @lawyerscomm.bsky.social and partners have sued Meta for racially discriminatory advertising practices and for algorithmically sorting for-profit college ads to Black users disproportionately act.lawyerscommittee.org/ercvsmeta/act.lawyerscommittee.orgHolding Meta Accountable – Lawyers Committee 3707202
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Heads up folks. We can watch live on C-Span. www.c-span.org/event/house-... Thank you Rep. @jasmineforus.bsky.social.c-span.orgDOGE Subcommittee Hearing on Government WasteA former FBI agent and other witnesses testify before the House Oversight Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency, chaired by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). 661877502
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialKen Wissoker @kwissoker.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Happy to reshare this great list, now full up! go.bsky.app/D2cEz4t 0153
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Government of South Africa takes Trump to school: 723011888
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialKen Wissoker @kwissoker.bsky.social · 06/02/2025I can't begin to say how honored I feel to be presenting the work of the late genius curator Okwui Enwezor, who did so much to transform how we saw and understood contemporary art. This important volume edited with Atreyee Gupta will be followed in the summer by two volumes of his selected essays. 1245
jasminecobbphd.bsky.social @jasminecobbphd.bsky.social · 06/02/2025“In the face of what they say was a vicious anti-union campaign, and at a time of anti-worker right-wing advance nationally, Philadelphia Whole Foods workers successfully voted to form a union.” jacobin.com/2025/02/phil...jacobin.comHow Philly Whole Foods Workers Beat Jeff BezosIn the face of what they say was a vicious anti-union campaign, and at a time of anti-worker right-wing advance nationally, Philadelphia Whole Foods workers successfully voted to form a union. We spok... 000
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 05/02/2025This must be read. By every person who cares about the hijacking of this nation. By every Democrat in Congress. @democrats-judiciary.house.gov Thank you @jamellebouie.net. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...nytimes.comOpinion | There Is No Going Back (Gift Article)The president’s opponents, whoever they are, cannot expect a return to the Constitution as it was. 411041427
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialDeborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 05/02/2025deathpenaltyinfo.org/remembering-...deathpenaltyinfo.orgRemembering the Execution of 14-year-old George Stinney, 80 Years Later | Death Penalty Information CenterJune 16, 2024, marks 80 years since South Carolina executed 14-year-old George Stinney Jr. Historical reports indicate that on March 24, 1944, Mr. 0199
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Oh look. A President, a Governor, a Mayor - all at the crash site at the Chesapeake Bay with first responders. Not swimming. Showing empathy and leadership. 908493179414
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 31/01/2025BREAKING WAPO: Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin just announced the dismissal of roughly 30 federal prosecutors who worked on Capitol riot cases in the D.C. office over the past four years. Notifications went out at about 5 p.m. on Friday. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...washingtonpost.comInterim U.S. attorney fires more than 2 dozen Jan. 6 prosecutors in D.C.Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin is dismissing more than two dozen federal prosecutors in his D.C. office who worked on Capitol riot cases over the past four years. 84999834880
jasminecobbphd.bsky.social @jasminecobbphd.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Resegregation: a guide and a map 🗺️ thanks @jmjafrx.bsky.social 073
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialBrittney Cooper @profcrunk.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Re-segregation is the word. Thanks to @jmjafrx.bsky.social for this helpful language. 222299
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialSarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 31/01/2025About to give these folks all my money and you may want to consider it too... 15219
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Kiah was set to join our faculty at Howard Law School in the Fall. She was a dedicated, brilliant civil rights lawyer poised to make a powerful difference in our world. Our hearts are broken & we pray for her family & friends. www.kwch.com/2025/01/30/c...kwch.comCivil rights attorney, former Miss Kansas contestant killed in plane crash near DC airportAs families and communities identify victims in Wednesday night’s plane crash near Washington, D.C., we’re learning that a well-known civil rights attorney and former Miss Kansas contestant is among t... 2158534458646
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialMark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Found: A Manuscript That Unlocks a Forgotten Black Composer’s World Almost 125 years after Edmond Dédé’s death, his magnum opus “Morgiane,” perhaps the oldest existing opera by a Black American, is to be staged for the first time. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/a...nytimes.comFound: A Manuscript That Unlocks a Forgotten Black Composer’s World 313755
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialMark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 28/01/2025'When I started fighting for sanitation rights in Alabama, I felt some nostalgia for a time when our government committed to lifting up people who had been beaten down.' Justice for the Rural Poor | Catherine Coleman Flowers www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...nybooks.comJustice for the Rural Poor | Catherine Coleman FlowersOf the forty-six million Americans in rural communities, more than seven million dwell in stubborn, relentless, abject poverty. They may live in neglected 15211
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialAlondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 25/01/2025I convened a group of scholars around the theme "platform" last year. A goal was to think beyond and across individual platforms to better understand their power. In this smart piece, members of the group write about the vulnerability of gig workers across sectors theconversation.com/unlikely-bed...theconversation.comUnlikely bedfellows: How platform companies shortchange porn performers and ride-hailing drivers alikeThe porn and ride-hailing industries both attract workers seeking autonomy. Neither fully delivers. 35920
Reposted by @jasminecobbphd.bsky.socialMartha S. Jones @marthasjones.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Thanks to Scott Tong and NPR’s Here & Now for a chance talk about birthright’s past, present, and future. News was fast breaking yesterday with welcome change out of Seattle by midday! www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...wbur.orgWhat Trump's order means for birthright citizenshipPresident Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship is an attempt to change the longstanding interpretation of the 14th Amendment. It's already facing major legal challenges. 03016