Reposted by Lori FloresKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/01/2026The message from the White House this morning is that, once again, it falls on ordinary American citizens to remain calm and professional when dealing with the heavily armed agents of the government because they are very emotional and might fly off into a murderous rage at the slightest insult. 749244747258
Lori Flores @loriflores.bsky.social · 12/01/2026New York turned out, as always. So sick and heartened at the same time. 020
Reposted by Lori FloresLABOR: Studies in Working-Class History @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social · 23/12/2025And the pièce de résistance, we have our 2025 Bookmark, arising from the LABOR's 2024 Big Book Forum featuring @loriflores.bsky.social's Awaiting Their Feast: Latinx Food Workers and Activism from WWII to COVID-19 (@uncpress.bsky.social). 183
Reposted by Lori FloresFarmSTAND @farmstand.bsky.social · 23/07/2025A key reminder for the food movement. “Cruelty and dehumanization are the points of Trump’s immigration schemes. We must not lose sight of this while protesting raids in food spaces.” @loriflores.bsky.socialtheguardian.comHow US immigration raids hurt summer pleasures, from berries to barbecuesIn the US, hardly a food is untouched by immigrant labor – and Ice raids will profoundly affect the food labor system 021
Reposted by Lori FloresArturo Dominguez @extremearturo.bsky.social · 02/07/2025I want you guys to understand something. There aren't 65 million immigrants in this country, but there are 65 million Latinos. They're using the same language and tactics they once used against Black people and Indigenous people. This is ethnic cleansing. 39510181
Lori Flores @loriflores.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Thank you to the NYC Food Policy Center for including AWAITING THEIR FEAST on their summer reading list!nycfoodpolicy.org8 Books on Farming and Food Production to Add to Your Summer Reading List - NYC Food Policy Center (Hunter College)Food production is an essential but often undocumented part of our food system. This… 030
Reposted by Lori FloresImmigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Book Reviewers for the JAEH Needed If you are interested in reviewing books for the Journal of American Ethnic History, please complete the volunteer reviewer form (iehs.org/review-books...) or send your contact information and areas of expertise to Omar Valerio-Jiménez at jaehreviews@gmail.com.iehs.orgReview Books for the JAEHVisit the post for more. 11214
Reposted by Lori FloresChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 18/06/2025BREAKING: Sean Hecker, Jenna Dabbs, & David Patton of Hecker Fink and Rascoe Dean of Sherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison file a motion to take over as counsel for Kilmar Abrego Garcia in his criminal case in Tennessee. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 261838378
Reposted by Lori FloresPablo Piccato @ppiccato.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Escribí esta nota en Reforma sobre la situación en Estados Unidos: EU: Ofensiva en varios frentes reforma.com/kYjlcr 041
Reposted by Lori FloresMegan Kate Nelson 📚 @mkn.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Here’s the thing. If you don’t like the fun and the challenge of 1. Reading widely 2. Going to archives 3. Searching for new sources 4. Playing around with book structure 5. Writing and revising Why are you even writing a nonfiction history book? Fame? 😆 Money? 🤣 I just don’t get it. 1422552
Reposted by Lori FloresNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Another remarkable view down 5th Avenue. Tens of thousands united in saying no to Trump, no to ICE, no to fascism and #NoKings. (🎥 Unheard Voices) 282006511
Reposted by Lori FloresBruce Hinze @brucehinze.bsky.social · 14/06/2025“No Kings” demonstration, Ocean Beach, San Francisco 390454399406
Reposted by Lori FloresMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Here’s a New York Times photo of the Chicago “No Kings” rally. NYT said the march that followed spanned at least 10 blocks. 148160903676
Reposted by Lori FloresThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/06/2025TRUMP NOW SAYING DEPORTING GOOD FARM AND HOTEL WORKERS IS A BAD IDEA 🤔 Suddenly he now realizes this… and ties himself into a pretzel to justify it. (Why just farms and hotels? Spoiler: donors called) 2851898571
Lori Flores @loriflores.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Thank you to the International Labor History Association and the journal LABOR for naming my book Awaiting Their Feast “Book of the Year” and the “Big Book of 2025,” respectively. Both huge honors.✨ 050
Lori Flores @loriflores.bsky.social · 28/05/2025academeblog.org/2025/05/27/o...academeblog.orgOpen Letter from Concerned Faculty from Columbia University, Barnard College, and Teachers CollegeBY CONCERNED FACULTY AT COLUMBIA, BARNARD, AND TEACHERS COLLEGE We are publishing this letter at the request of several AAUP members from Columbia, Barnard, and Teachers College. The letter was dra… 000
Lori Flores @loriflores.bsky.social · 09/05/2025So happy to be included in the “Food as Voice” issue of Voices of Mexico! I discuss Mexican food’s history in New York. Disponible a la librería del CISAN UNAM 020
Reposted by Lori FloresKarl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Columbia bylaws state that the president can only send police on campus to arrest protestors after consulting with the university senate. Once again, the president has neglected to follow these rules, which have been in place since 1968. 371652533
Reposted by Lori FloresRima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 26/04/2025“Today, we now know why they never showed Mahmoud that warrant — they didn’t have one." www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-us-...huffpost.comAgents Didn't Have Warrant To Arrest Activist Mahmoud Khalil, Documents ShowThe federal government defended its warrantless arrest by saying agents feared the legal permanent resident would flee. 218174
Reposted by Lori FloresGabriel Bosslet @gbosslet.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Well the NIH has cancelled the Women's Health Initiative, the largest study of women in history It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women Unreal www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgNIH cancels its first and largest study centered on womenThe Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings 13026701743
Reposted by Lori FloresStrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Two headlines in the New York Times today. 13723065810506
Reposted by Lori FloresUnited Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 19/04/2025The real #Coachella isn't a music festival. It's hard working farm workers who are out laboring to harvest crops. Farm workers like Cruz who shared this photo of the green pepper harvest and Salvador who shared this photo from the dates. #WeFeedYou 13776151
Reposted by Lori FloresTristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Not sure who needs to hear this, but any govt official who violates someone's constitutional rights -- and is acting outside the scope of their lawful authority -- can be PERSONALLY liable in a civil suit. ICE officers. Cabinet members. White House staffers. Even the president. 1022295179521
Reposted by Lori FloresAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/04/2025My 10 year old sister and I got Social Security payments after my father died from exposure to Agent Orange. It helped my widowed mom when the family lost his income. He paid into it his whole life. They even took it from his check while he was serving in Vietnam. Jeanine can go fuck herself. 1109234865669
Reposted by Lori FloresWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 09/04/2025So many student visas have been revoked that Inside Higher Ed started mapping them 15784416
Reposted by Lori FloresVíctor Manuel Ramos @vmramos.bsky.social · 08/04/2025A federal judge ordered the White House on Tuesday to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover presidential events, affirming on First Amendment grounds that the government cannot punish the news organization for the content of its speech. @apnews.comapnews.comAP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalistsA federal judge has ordered the White House to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover presidential events. 031
Lori Flores @loriflores.bsky.social · 08/04/2025In 2023, households led by undocumented immigrants paid $89.8 BILLION in taxes ($33.9B in state/local and $55.8B federal). They load the coffers that current Social Security recipients draw upon. Stupid (and above all cruel) decision for the #IRS to collaborate with the deportation complex. 010
Reposted by Lori FloresKarl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 08/04/2025I'm no lawyer but the text of the Enemy Alien Act says it applies only in "a declared war between the US & any foreign nation or government, or any invasion or predatory incursion ... against the territory of the United States, by any foreign nation or government." None of these conditions exist. 42913
Reposted by Lori FloresDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 05/04/2025Spectacular view of 100,000 people attending the #HandsOff march in NYC 13617773717453
Reposted by Lori FloresMor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 05/04/2025I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff 9804531611525
Reposted by Lori FloresLatinx Histories Book Series (UNCP) @latinxhistories.bsky.social · 04/04/2025At the #OAH with @latinxhistories.bsky.social @dgershenowitz.bsky.social @loriflores.bsky.social @profceciliam.bsky.social 1144
Reposted by Lori FloresCecilia Márquez @profceciliam.bsky.social · 05/04/2025*Making the Latino South* looking cute 😍 at the #OAH. My book has the best book series siblings around thanks to @monijimenez.bsky.social & @loriflores.bsky.social. Thanks so much to @latinxhistories.bsky.social @uncpress.bsky.social for the love ✨💖 0243
Reposted by Lori FloresHakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 05/04/2025“Stanford learned on Friday, April 4, that 4 students & 2 recent grads have had their student visas revoked. The Univ learned of revocations during routine check of SEVIS database. Stanford notified students of revocations & made external legal assistance available to them.” immigration.stanford.edu 2291114
Lori Flores @loriflores.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Everybody at #OAH25, stop by our @latinxhistories.bsky.social reception on Friday! 🍷 Free drinks for the first 50ish people! 151
Reposted by Lori FloresImmigration History Research Center @ihrc-umn.bsky.social · 27/03/2025You still have time to register for Awaiting Their Feast: A Conversation about Latinx Food Workers and Activism with @loriflores.bsky.social Join us for this important conversation about the US's relationship with immigrant food workers and immigrant cuisine. z.umn.edu/AwaitingTheirFeastz.umn.eduAwaiting Their Feast: A Conversation about Latinx Food Workers and Activism with Lori A FloresThe Immigration History Research Center invites you to join us for a conversation with Lori Flores about her new book, Awaiting their Feast: Latinx Food Workers and Activism from World War II to COVID... 021
Reposted by Lori FloresGeraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Writing Latinos, Season 3, Episode 1: Lori Flores on her new book Awaiting Their Feast. @uncpress.bsky.social @dgershenowitz.bsky.social @loriflores.bsky.social www.publicbooks.org/lori-a-flore...publicbooks.orgLori A. Flores on “Awaiting their Feast” - Public BooksYou probably remember the picture of himself, both thumbs up, that Donald Trump posted on social media with the caption, “Best Taco Bowl.” It was his ode 062
Reposted by Lori FloresDebbie Gershenowitz @dgershenowitz.bsky.social · 25/03/2025@latinxhistories.bsky.social is now on Bluesky! Led by series editors @innisjimenez.bsky.social & @loriflores.bsky.social, supported by a dream editorial advisory team, & blessed with an incredible roster of authors, please follow. We're also at uncpress.org/series/latin.... @uncpress.bsky.socialuncpress.orgLatinx HistoriesUNC Press is delighted to announce the launch of Latinx Histories, a book series premised on the view that understanding Latinx history is essential to a more complete and complex understanding of the... 01311
Reposted by Lori FloresKarl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Letter signed by members of the Columbia History Department urging resistance to the Trump Administration's efforts to dictate university policy. "Should this control be realized, here or elsewhere, it would make any real historical scholarship, teaching, and intellectual community impossible." 6432161132
Reposted by Lori FloresDebbie Gershenowitz @dgershenowitz.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Thank you, @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social & Public Books for this episode featuring @loriflores.bsky.social! It's discounted right now on the @uncpress.bsky.social site and will be at the @oah.org meeting in a few weeks! So will Lori! So will I! So will many members of the Latinx Histories board! 083
Reposted by Lori FloresBeth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · 11/03/2025This isn't going to get the attention of Columbia, but it's at least as bad: the University of Maine is having its funding cut off because the governor of Maine dared to challenge Trump. 10544012115
Reposted by Lori FloresMadison Pauly @msjpauly.bsky.social · 24/02/2025LGBTQ federal workers say they're terrified they're about to be fired for their gender identity, sexual orientation, or past efforts to support other queer and trans employees—in other words, a second Lavender Scare. Honored to have their trust with this story: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comLGBTQ federal workers brace for a McCarthyist purge"They’re not asking people ‘Are you gay? Are you lesbian?’ They’re asking, ‘Who is participating in DEI?'" 311847851
Reposted by Lori FloresRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/02/2025DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement. 11456272622460
Reposted by Lori Flores🐶 @AL- I’m here! @phoenix-al.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Mind boggling when you see the entire confirmed list of agencies with mass firing of probationary employees, : 591100579
Lori Flores @loriflores.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Created a takeaway flower bar for friends tonight. 💐 Fight ugliness with beauty. 030
Reposted by Lori FloresAlt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 08/02/2025Stay strong my friends. Rest. Recharge. Dig deep. We need each other and the country needs us. I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there are sick people and they need curing. Albert Camus, The Plague 363633531