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Mary Rizzo

@maryrizzo.bsky.social
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Author of Baltimore's Black Arts Then & Now: Behind the Scenes of a Collaborative Public Humanities Project - available from U of Iowa Press. uipress.uiowa.edu/books/baltimores-… Anti-ICE activist in NJ. Diehard sewist.

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Mary Rizzo @maryrizzo.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
GEO Group & CoreCivic announce huge profits thanks to growing ICE detention. But where did GEO come from? How did it create this model ? What can we do to fight it? Read @Newark_History student Chris Pares @HAL_SOI statesofincarceration.org/blog/corporate… npr.org/2026/08/08/nx-���
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Blog | States of Incarceration
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Marty Olliff @martyolliff.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Third Way (or Third Place, as the electoral case may be) is certainly not living down the old saw that (neo)liberals hate leftists worse than they hate fascists.
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Mary Rizzo @maryrizzo.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Shame on Third Way for planning a 15 million dollar attack campaign against DSA. The Democrats were losing elections before leftists decided to fight against conservative and neoliberal policies that hurt people. Wake up centrists! www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/u...
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Moderate Democrats Prepare for ‘War’ Against an Ascendant Left (Gift Article)
One moderate group says the progressive wins are “deeply troubling” and is planning a $15 million effort against democratic socialism.
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Mary Rizzo @maryrizzo.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
This actually feels more like a scene from It's Always Sunny. It's giving Dennis doesn't have bowel movements because he's operating at peak efficiency.
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 04/08/2026
Another life. Another family forever changed. Edwin Jovanny Lopez Cornejo should have gone home to his family. Instead, his family was asked to identify his body. Remember his name. 🕊️ Delaney Hall needs to be shut down. #SheShed
Still image from a video showing a father hugging his smiling young daughter at a celebration. Large text reads: “Another immigrant man dies inside Delaney Hall, his name was Edwin.” The video discusses the death of Edwin Jovanny Lopez Cornejo while in ICE custody at Delaney Hall.
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Mary Rizzo @maryrizzo.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
As we mourn Edwin Lopez-Cornejo, who died in detention at Delaney Hall in Newark, let's remember he isn't the first person to die there. Read more in this piece by a Rutgers Newark history student here. A Crisis of Accountability: Deaths at Delaney Hall statesofincarceration.org/blog/crisis-ac…
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Baltimore Beat @baltimorebeat.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Looking for our printed newspaper? Find it using our interactive map. baltimorebeat.com/our-print-lo...
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Our Print Locations
Looking for our printed newspaper? You can find it in multiple locations throughout the city that can be viewed within the interactive map below.
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Mary Rizzo @maryrizzo.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Great time to get a copy of Come and Be Shocked: Baltimore Beyond John Waters and The Wire! I analyze representations of Baltimore in tv, movies, fiction and more from the 1950s to early 21st c. Plus, that cover is going to look great when you read it at the beach. share.google/YwSVvuiI7H2Y...
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Come and Be Shocked
Baltimore beyond John Waters and The Wire
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Mary Rizzo @maryrizzo.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I'm so honored to have been named a 2026 Historian/Scholar by the Baltimore City Historical Society for my two books about Baltimore history and my work with the Chicory Revitalization Project. www.baltimorecityhistoricalsociety.org/new-page-2
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Historian/Scholar Honors — Baltimore City Historical Society
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Mary Rizzo @maryrizzo.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
This book talk event is happening tomorrow at Word Bookstore in Jersey City. Come on by!
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
You Holiness Pope Leo XIV, I have a proposition for you: if you excommunicate JD Vance I will come out of spiritual retirement and re-Catholicize. That way your numbers stay they are. I don’t want to put a clock on it, but I’d prefer sooner rather than later
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Mary Rizzo @maryrizzo.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Delaney Hall in Newark, NJ is the largest immigration detention center in the Northeast. In this series of posts, @rutgersnewarkoll.bsky.social graduate students explore its history as a halfway house and conditions for detained people today. Please read and share! statesofincarceration.org/blog
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Blog | States of Incarceration
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Mary Rizzo @maryrizzo.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
What's up with a trip to Uzbekistan having such divorced man energy?
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Mary Rizzo @maryrizzo.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Well, that's enough Internet for me today.
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Mary Rizzo @maryrizzo.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
What's the role of film or poetry in radical politics? I'm going to be in conversation with Whit Strub about our new books on 1960s radical culture on July 7 @wordbookstores.bsky.social in Jersey City. Come on by! withfriends.co/event/285376...
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7/7 - North Jersey DSA Presents Mary Rizzo and Whitney Strub by WORD
Get tickets and support WORD by becoming a member
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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
+ So here it is, my 281st #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, please share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ + blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
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#ScholarSunday Thread 281 (6/21/26) – Black and White and Read All Over
Father’s Day is my most important holiday of the year, for a pair of interconnected reasons that I’ll get into at the end of this thread. So I’m really excited to share my latest #ScholarSunday thread...
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Carly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
I feel so proud to share this important piece by my Rutgers colleagues Ulla Berg and @maryrizzo.bsky.social. What’s happening in NJ matters deeply everywhere. www.inquirer.com/news/new-jer...
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Delaney Hall’s current crisis builds on decades of N.J. immigration detention
Decades ago, New Jersey became a central node in the detention and deportation regime—and in the fight to end it.
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Mary Rizzo @maryrizzo.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
In honor of the anniversary of an uprising by detainees at the Elizabeth Detention Center in NJ in 1995, I co-wrote an article for @inquirer.com. We show how EDC led to Delaney Hall by allowing privatized detention in NJ and overturning a law banning it. www.inquirer.com/news/new-jer...
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Delaney Hall’s current crisis builds on decades of N.J. immigration detention
Decades ago, New Jersey became a central node in the detention and deportation regime—and in the fight to end it.
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Mary Rizzo @maryrizzo.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
I love when Republicans accidentally become leftists. In a quest to own the libs, NJ Republicans are condemning Dems for talking too much about ICE jails and ignoring the bad conditions in state prisons. Let me introduce you to the concept of abolition, sweetie! share.google/bckMGUJStYeT...
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Assembly Republicans tour state prison, contrast conditions with scrutiny of Delaney Hall - New Jersey Globe
A group of Assembly Republicans toured New Jersey State Prison in Trenton on Monday, using the visit to draw attention to conditions at the state-run
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Mary Rizzo @maryrizzo.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Tonight!
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Mary Rizzo @maryrizzo.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Baltimore friends, come out to @redemmas.org on June 16 to hear my bae Whit Strub talk about his latest book, a biography of radical left filmmaker Robert Kramer. redemmas.org/events/whitn...
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Whitney Strub presents "Films That Explode Like Grenades: Robert Kramer and the Search for a Radical Cinema"
The definitive portrait of independent filmmaker Robert Kramer that traces the revolutionary dreams of the Left from the 1960s through the end of the twentieth century.
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Mary Rizzo @maryrizzo.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Want to know more about what's happening at Delaney Hall from organizers who have been on the ground? Mass call today at 2pm with @north.dsanj.org @socialists.nyc and others. I'll be doing a quick overview of Delaney Hall's sordid history. actionnetwork.org/events/the-c...
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The Call for Justice at Delaney Hall: Historical Context and Current Landscape
Join the NYC-DSA Immigrant Justice Working Group this Sunday, June 7 in Brooklyn Heights at 2PM for a political education training about Delaney Hall. Topics covered will include historical context, h...
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Mary Rizzo @maryrizzo.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
So sad. I'm at the age now where 72 doesn't seem old at all.
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Mary Rizzo @maryrizzo.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
We're protesting @govsherrill.bsky.social today in Newark. She called in the state police on peaceful protesters doing ICE'S work for them. We're going to uplift the demands of the people still on strike inside Delaney Hall. Join us! Noon at 33 Washington st in Newark.
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
This is COMPLETELY divorced from what actually happened on the ground last night.
govsherrillnj via @ threads
Delaney Hall is a private detention facility, run by a for-profit company, providing zero transparency.
I'm going to keep working with families and advocates to demand answers.
I'll keep working with State Police and law enforcement to keep all New Jersey residents safe.
I'm continuing to take every action available to get the Department of Health inside the facility to do a full inspection.
And I'll keep pushing to see Delaney Hall closed.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 30/05/2026
Scenes from Delaney Hall today, Saturday, May 30. ALL EYES ON DELANEY.
Someone holds a sign that says Be humane

A band of brass and drummers play music

The text says outside Delaney Hall, Saturday, May 30
STRIKERS DEMANDS:
MEET W/ MIKIE SHERRIL
HUMANITARIAN RELEASE
MEANINGFUL REVIEW OF CASES + HABEAS FILINGS END COERSIVE PRESSURE TO SIGN DEPORTATION +
VOLINTARY DEPARTURE DOCS 
FREEDOM!

ALLOW
IMMEDIATE MEDICAL CARE!
BE
HUMANEWe are here for
DETAINEES and their
FAMILIES!
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Mary Rizzo @maryrizzo.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Great job @govsherrill.bsky.social getting the state police to do ICE'S work for them. I'm so disgusted that you believed the propaganda that protesters at Delaney Hall were violent when ICE was out there pepper spraying and shoving people into traffic.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Geo Group employees are *laughing* at protestors right now in the state police designated “First Amendment Zone” at Delaney Hall. Well done, @mikiesherrill.bsky.social. You gave them all the protection they needed to keep torturing detainees.
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Mary Rizzo @maryrizzo.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
For anyone who believes the nonsense that protesters at Delaney Hall are violent, I want to tell you that I have gotten more hugs from strangers in the last few days than I can count. People are out there taking care of each other and we're confronted with this.
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Mary Rizzo @maryrizzo.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
About 40 ICE agents at Delaney Hall. The militarization is real. All this money on these people and this equipment could be used to fund schools, healthcare, infrastructure, etc..... but here we are spending billions to protect a private prison corporation and white supremacy. @north.dsanj.org
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 28/05/2026
What's happening at Delaney Hall should be major news with 24/7 coverage. People have been linking arms and protesting for 6 days straight. Don't let the regime bury this story. ALL EYES ON DELANEY.
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Mary Rizzo @maryrizzo.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
@kim.senate.gov @booker.senate.gov @govsherrill.bsky.social there are credible reports that people inside Delaney Hall are being tear gassed and beaten. This is unconstitutional. According to SCOTUS detention is not supposed to be punitive. Please help. @north.dsanj.org
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Mary Rizzo @maryrizzo.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
ICE is acting as a secret police force protecting a multi billion dollar company. @north.dsanj.org
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Ruth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
“No human being should be treated this way. It’s not illegal to try to live in safety.” Norma Bowe, a registered nurse, says “an ICE officer shoved her to the ground outside Delaney Hall in Newark on Monday while she was trying to help a young woman during protests” www.nj.com/politics/202...
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N.J. nurse says ICE officer shoved her to the ground. ‘No human being should be treated this way.’
Norma Bowe, who runs a mobile health clinic, claims she suffered injuries after being thrown onto the sidewalk while providing medical support to protesters Monday.
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Mary Rizzo @maryrizzo.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
At Delaney Hall in Newark 300 detainees are on hunger strike over lack of due process and bad conditions. Outside, ICE has maced, tear gassed and attacked protesters. Families are raising bond money to try to get their people out. You can donate here. @north.dsanj.org givebutter.com/DHFreeThemAll
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Legal Aid and Bond Fund
Help Free Someone From Immigration Detention
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
ICYMI — I went through more than 1,100 lawsuits and found hundreds of Minnesota immigrants detained despite living and working legally in the U.S.
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The government gave these Minnesota immigrants permission to live and work here — then detained them • Minnesota Reformer
Willi Rondon was arrested in his apartment parking lot by immigration agents nearly six months ago. His wife, Genesis Mendoza, was in the passenger seat and their 2-year-old son in the back.  Rondon d...
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Mary Rizzo @maryrizzo.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
omw to DC for the @ncph.bsky.social mini con. Been looking forward to this but also worried about all of my friends and activists who are still protesting at Delaney Hall detention center in support of the hundreds of people inside on hunger and labor strike. We've seen what ICE is capable of.
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Mary Rizzo @maryrizzo.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Great time to pick up a copy of Come and Be Shocked which examines cultural representations of Baltimore in terms of policy and race. share.google/XE1NWLez6UKB...
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Come and Be Shocked
Baltimore beyond John Waters and The Wire
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Mary Rizzo @maryrizzo.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Anyone else going to the @ncph.bsky.social mini con in DC tomorrow?
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Mary Rizzo @maryrizzo.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I took this video right before ICE pepper sprayed the crowd at Delaney Hall, including Senator Andy Kim. ICE was dressed like they're going to war, with weapons and an armored vehicle. That's because we are the enemy to them. We just keep standing up to this repression. @north.dsanj.org
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Letsfixit @emerald27.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
ICE just pepper sprayed US Sen. Andy Kim, denied entry to the NJ Governor & Reps. Menendez, Pou, McIver, & Mejiato to their Delaney Hall facility in NJ where 300 prisoners are on a hunger strike for inhumane conditions already documented by Rep. Frank Pallone. Seriously, we have to #AbolishICE.
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Action Together New Jersey @atnj.org · 25/05/2026
#DelaneyHall May 25 2026
Little girl holding sign: Let my Dad out!
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Mary Rizzo @maryrizzo.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
ICE is out in full force today at Delaney Hall in tactical gear. They're threatening the hunger strikers with transfer and have already transferred one of the strike leaders. The community is out, too, refusing to let this happen.
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
This is in regard to the multi-day hunger and work strike at Delaney Hall, an ICE detention center in Newark, NJ. Last week, detainees sent out letters decrying dreadful conditions. They're demanding the immediate release of the young, the elderly and medically vulnerable people.
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Mary Rizzo @maryrizzo.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Martin, strike leader was coerced to sign self-deportation papers, has been confirmed transferred to Elizabeth Detention Center. We suspect it was when they tear gassed protestors last night. He specifically had a no transfer order. They ignored it. @north.dsanj.org
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 25/05/2026
Martin Soto went out to buy diapers for his children when he was detained. Now his wife is sleeping outside Delaney Hall begging to see him. Officials are reportedly trying to transfer detainees involved in the hunger strike to try to end it. Something is very wrong with this country. #SheShed
Martin Soto, holds two small children in his arms. Large text over the image reads: “BREAKING: Officials are transferring a detainee out of Delaney Hall in order to end strike.” The image includes branding from Here’s Why with Kevin Ortega-Rojas.
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Action Together New Jersey @atnj.org · 24/05/2026
From Pax Christi New Jersey Want to help the people held at Delaney Hall and their families? Direct to Families- Linktr.ee/SupportOur Families Grocery Store Gift Card Fund- GiveButter.com/GroceryCards Commissary Fund- GiveButter.com/commissaryfund Pantry Bags- Food4NJ.org #EyesOnICE #FreeThemAll
How to donate - See links in the text
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Mary Rizzo @maryrizzo.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
@govsherrill.bsky.social one of the leaders of the hunger strike at Delaney Hall is being threatened with transfer. Your presence can protect his rights and due process. The time to show up is now! @north.dsanj.org
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Mary Rizzo @maryrizzo.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Senator Andy Kim confirms inhumane conditions, bad food and water and lack of due process in Delaney Hall. Says there are pregnant women not getting medical care. Asks for his Republican colleagues to also visit and press ICE and GEO Group on these issues. @north.dsanj.org
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Mary Rizzo @maryrizzo.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Hundreds of people inside Delaney Hall are on hunger and labor strike protesting their continued detention. They're demanding @stateofnewjersey.bsky.social come speak to them. Round-the-clock vigil happening now. #abolishice @north.dsanj.org
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