Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026The campaign of educational censorship sweeping Texas and other GOP-governed states in the name of “free speech” and “diversity of viewpoint” in many ways exceeds the worst of the McCarthy Era (gift link obvs) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1... 141217402 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026After years of championing "free speech," Texas lawmakers have enabled a dramatic rise of censorship in Texas universities, banning concepts, canceling courses and closing departments seen as "woke," and even using AI bots as censors. All in the name of freedom. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1... 7233731169 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The gofundme for Nurse Chloe Freeman's legal defense. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comNurse charged with helping man in hospital escape from ICE custodyFBI accuses Chloe Freeman of federal misdemeanor in case of undocumented Mexican migrant arrested in Michigan 5349272 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I've gotten a lot of requests from faculty about how to talk to their students about the Cornell 7. I'll post a few resources I've built over the years that I've heard are the most helpful: 4264125 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Jennifer Doyle @fromaleftwing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This book is about the administration of harassment complaints on campuses, our ideas about campus safety/security, sexual vulnerability and the institution. It's out of print so, with the publisher's permission, I am sharing a PDF. drive.google.com/file/d/1S5vE...drive.google.comDoyle Campus Sex Campus Security.pdf 02919 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Roxanne Shirazi @roxanneshirazi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I recently read this book by Jennifer Doyle and I’m sorry to see it relevant again. It is very short and very goodmitpress.mit.eduCampus Sex, Campus SecurityThe management of sexuality has been sewn into the campus. Sex has its own administrative unit. It is a bureaucratic progression.—from Campus Sex, Campus S... 074 0
Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D. @jorgenleal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Bloomberg Law's @benjaminpenn.bsky.social reports that the Justice Department is seeking to hire military attorneys as temporary prosecutors in preparation of a "surge" in immigration-related arrests and prosecutions next month in Los Angeles, Sacramento, and NYC. 030 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026My wife and I spend a surprising amount of time worrying about how to protect our children from rich kids 26876121 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Justin Gage @justingage.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The History Department at the University of Arkansas (my department) is hiring an Assistant Professor in U.S. Latino/a/e History! The U of A is setting enrollment & graduation rate records each year. Please help spread the word 🗃️: uasys.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UAF_Ex... 46139 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Biked over and got my covid and flu shots this morning. Think of it as a salute to this guy. But really a salute to science, herd immunity, public health, and survival. 35106187 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Truthout @truthout.org · 15/09/2026"The escalation of ICE and CBP attacks in Minnesota, as well as Los Angeles, Memphis, New Orleans, and Chicago, was less about capturing undocumented workers than about generating terror within those cities. They targeted cities with either Black mayors or progressive Democratic mayors."truthout.orgRobin D. G. Kelley: What We’re Experiencing Right Now Is FascismTechnologies from Israel have turbocharged surveillance by ICE, Border Patrol, and the Department of Homeland Security. 14395207 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Jessica R Valdez @jrvaldez.bsky.social · 14/09/2026We're hiring in the long eighteenth century at LSU. Please spread the word and let me know if you have any questions. It's a wonderful department to work in! lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LSU/job/0210...lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.comAssistant Professor - 18th-Century British LiteratureAll Job Postings will close at 12:01a.m. CST (1:01a.m. EST) on the specified Closing Date (if designated). If you close the browser or exit your application prior to submitting, the application progre... 05251 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 04/09/2026Opinion | Trump’s Latest Move Threatens Any College That Seeks to Promote Equality The administration’s plan to revoke tax-exempt status from schools that offer Black or other minority students targeted support willfully distorts the law. By Austin Sarat: bit.ly/4iKJB1k #EDUSky 033 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 04/09/2026That's how you do a headline: www.ms.now/opinion/trum... 2700177 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 04/09/2026For MSNOW, I wrote about the Trump administration threatening to strip colleges of their tax-exempt status as part of its larger segregationist agenda.ms.nowOpinion | Trump’s next high education target: schools that help Black studentsVictor Ray: American universities must stand up to Trump's plan to re-segregate higher ed 8593232 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.I support Somali-Americans @adamrothman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Sobering, insightful essay on how chatbots mangle historical primary sources. 🗃 www.hnn.us/article/ai-i...hnn.usAI Is an Anti-Primary Source MachineReal voices from the past are threatened by chatbots designed to amplify — and ultimately become — the loudest voices in the room. 9421183 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I've been seeing a lot of "well I guess this is the way things are now" "ah another line of evidence that we are a fallen empire", attitude that I am begging people to shake off. There are people working their butts off to make things better. Please don't give up. Join us. 13763203 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.St. John Barned-Smith @stjbs.bsky.social · 02/09/2026ICE hasn’t paid for detainee medical care since October. Advocates call it the ‘death policy’ — my latest, w/ @kolyncheang.bsky.social. Spend some time with it www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...sfchronicle.comICE hasn’t paid for detainee medical care since October. Advocates call it the ‘death policy’ICE owes millions in unpaid bills to hospitals and, in some cases, detainees themselves have been directly billed for care, records show. 641517807 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 02/09/2026My latest in the Guardian - where the wealthiest country in the world allocates money has always been a question of political will over political way. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comTrump admin spends billions to deport Black and brown people while doubling dollars for white ‘refugees’ | Heba Gowayed‘Where the wealthiest country in the world allocates money has always been a question of political will over political way’ 013776 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/09/2026My daughter, a freshman in college, has texted me twice now to let me know she stopped by office hours to just chat with the professorstatic.klipy.comJason Momoa Makes a Heart Shape with HandsALT: Jason Momoa Makes a Heart Shape with Hands 42115730 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Brad Simpson @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026This is quite literally an extinction level event for graduate education in several fields in the United States. 301551526 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Stacy Fahrenthold @sfahrenthold.bsky.social · 26/08/2026This ethical conflict is coming to light as AHA members are preparing to ask AHA to oppose the IHRA definition. Will member advocacy prevail in an environment when AHA is so closely affiliated with defense industry lobbying firms? Who does AHA represent anyway?? We'll see. 49215 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Stacy Fahrenthold @sfahrenthold.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The American Historical Association hired a lobbying firm to help silence member advocacy on Palestine. In this essay, Adam Rzepka covers @historians.org's relationship w/ Thorn Run Partners, its deep ethical conflicts, & the advocacy crisis AHA has thrust upon us. www.chronicle.com/article/a-sc...chronicle.comOpinion | A Scholarly Association’s Secret Washington PlaybookDid the American Historical Association ask a corporate lobbying firm for advice on how to silence its members? 11332195 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Jes Steele ✌️ @piratito.com · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris performing “Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow” on The Dolly Parton Show (1976) 213217836 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 20/08/2026READ: If you read (& perhaps clutched your pearls over) that Tyler Austin Harper piece in The Atlantic about DEI and Bates College, then I hope you’ll have the integrity to read this rejoinder by Andrew Baker, a Black male professor who preceded Harper at Bates. open.substack.com/pub/thedrift...open.substack.comRacism and labor at Bates: the other side of the storyAndrew Baker responds to Tyler Austin Harper 5511187 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 17/08/2026This is IT! “The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy” drops tomorrow (8/18) 1st week sales are crucial to success. So: Give the tech fascists hell, make “The Nerd Reich” sell! Big things coming! Be a part of this moment—please buy it wherever you get your books. 29439180 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Sam Ulmschneider @samulmschneider.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Normally I just appreciatively read @jamellebouie.net 's columns-sharable video content just isn't my bag. But this is a very, very, very trenchant piece of commentary that captures a lot of how I increasingly understand the disjunction between the commentary environment and on-the-ground politics.youtube.comThe pundits have completely lost the plotYouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie 7729221016 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.John Garrison Marks @johngmarks.com · 10/08/2026On my blog, I wrote about how America's museums are falling apart. The US has 20k+ museums, and most have historic buildings with leaky roofs, failing HVAC units, and flooding basements. What they don't have is money for repairs. Please read/share! 🧵 johngmarks.beehiiv.com/p/america-s-...johngmarks.beehiiv.comAmerica's Museums are Falling ApartWith 7259138 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Bad news. There's a war that Trump's winning...on higher ed in America Now they want to end student loans if they don't think you'll earn enough money. Americans are anxious our kids aren't learning, so why don't Dems make an issue out of college? My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...inquirer.comShould Democrats campaign for more English lit majors? | Will BunchA new Trump attack on student loans is part of a push to crush the liberal arts. How can the humanities fight back? 25364142 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Elizabeth Hernandez @lizzy-hernandez.bsky.social · 07/08/2026New: Universities (CU, CSU, others nationwide) are partnering with AI giants like ChatGPT to roll out university-sanctioned AI Hear from the students resisting & why some liken their opposition to wartime conscientious objectors www.denverpost.com/2026/08/07/c... via @denverpost.com #EdColo #AIdenverpost.comAs Colorado universities align with ChatGPT, student AI resisters take a stand against the ‘plagiarism machine’“The majority of my participants flat out don’t think AI has a place in education,” said Mirakle Wright, a CU graduate student who is studying resistance to artificial intelligence. 420776 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Franchesca Ramsey @chescaleigh.bsky.social · 08/08/2026"I would never thought the United States would act this way" - Nunca Pensé featuring Mariachi Arcoiris is available on all streaming platforms 30250111574 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Andrew Reeves @andrewsshi.bsky.social · 07/08/2026I find it fascinating that in the 1990s, the US managed to re-create early twentieth-century Vienna café culture only to have it gradually decay over the first quarter of the twenty-first century such that now most coffee shops are closed by six PM. 711446180 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 07/08/2026New work by Dr. Nicole M Guidotti-Hernandez: "How the Chicano Movement Silenced Women: The César Chávez Revelations Are Part of a Long History of Marginalization, Abuse, and Profiting From Patriarchy" www.zocalopublicsquare.org/how-the-chic...zocalopublicsquare.orgHow the Chicano Movement Silenced Women | EssayThe César Chávez Revelations Are Part of a Long History of Marginalization, Abuse, and Profiting From Patriarchy 082 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Eladio Bobadilla @eladiobobadilla.com · 06/08/2026My piece, now in the Guardian (no paywall!): www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comWhy do Latinos work for ICE?Half of border agents are Latino, and they are part of a long history of Hispanic support for – and enforcement of – harsh immigration policies 14020 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Rest in Power to Johanna Fernández, leading historian of NYC amsterdamnews.com/news/2026/08...amsterdamnews.comJohanna Fernández, Young Lords historian and prison abolitionist, makes her transitionDr. Johanna Fernández, the Dominican American historian, prison abolitionist, and movement scholar, died on July 30. 014145 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/08/2026"Why should I major in History?" 504053530 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 27/07/2026A short thread on Trump's attack on the Smithsonian Institution. First, his executive order accuses the Smithsonian of being "inaccurate" without ever specifying these supposed inaccuracies. (No doubt because none exist.) 1/ www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comTrump orders Smithsonian to post warnings about 'inaccurate' US historyThe Trump administration has often accused the world's largest research museum of harbouring an anti-American bias. 22614 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.🪬Lina-Maria Murillo @drlmmurillo.bsky.social · 20/07/2026My brilliant colleague Iván Chaar López 's tenure denial is not only a threat to UT faculty, but to all scholars who research topics considered "controversial." His case is a model for how to deny tenure with zero justifications to him or his colleagues. www.statesman.com/news/educati...statesman.comUT border surveillance scholar was a shoo-in for tenure. UT denied him.American Studies scholar Iván Chaar López fears UT’s unexplained tenure denial violated his academic freedom amid scrutiny of controversial fields. 15630 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Local plumbers two steps ahead of every university administrator in america 👏 58153713628 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 14/07/2026This is footage of ICE handcuffing a 26 year old father after murdering him in broad daylight. We cannot look away. Abolish ICE. Abolish qualified immunity. Hold these murderous thugs accountable. 1412506969 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Amalia S. Levi, PhD @amaliasl.bsky.social · 13/07/2026📢 Once more for the people in the back: - Most [more than 95%] of archives have not been digitized. - Most of humanity's knowledge and memory is *not* reachable by LLMs. - Believing that AI can provid you with comprehensive, definitive, "intelligent" results is folly. 5544271529 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.EL PAÍS México @elpaismexico.bsky.social · 13/07/2026El FBI investigó al escritor Carlos Monsiváis al relacionarlo con los Black Panthers y el movimiento chicano dozz.es/hg_7gndozz.esEl FBI investigó al escritor Carlos Monsiváis al relacionarlo con los Black Panthers y el movimiento chicano 001 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Fight like a professor! Or better yet, like professors fighting together for academic freedom, shared governance, free higher education, and against contingency. @aaup.org 1307 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Camilo Pérez-Bustillo @cperezbustillo.bsky.social · 12/07/2026mobilize.us/s/d9Qo18/rmobilize.usJustice for Lorenzo: Day of Action & Accountability Movement Call · Disappeared in AmericaOn Tuesday, July 7, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Houston, Texas. Lorenzo was not under investigation. He was not a suspect. He was a dad driving a work van with his cr... 011 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Dr David S Anderson @dsaarchaeology.bsky.social · 10/07/2026 3348232173 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Grim New Details of Fatal ICE Shooting Make It Even Worse talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...talkingpointsmemo.comGrim New Details of Fatal ICE Shooting Make It Even WorseA Case of Mistaken Identity The ICE shooting of an unarmed immigrant... 312038 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 09/07/2026 261111143068 0
Reposted by Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D.Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 09/07/2026The ICE murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo deserves the same fury as Renee Good and Alex Pretti 156161525488 0