Reposted by Hajar YazdihaStephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 29/04/2026NEW: The Supreme Court just gutted the Voting Rights Act, enabling the GOP to erase countless districts drawn to protect voters of color at the congressional, state, & local levels. We detailed each Dem VRA congressional seat that the GOP could target by 2028: www.the-downballot.com/p/with-the-v... 29551299
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 07/04/2026If Trump bombs power plants in Iran, the humanitarian crisis will be horrific. Experts tell me to expect water shortages, closed hospitals, many deaths. “We’ve never had a US president so proudly promise to commit war crimes," Sen Chris Murphy says. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2087...newrepublic.comTrump Threatens to Kill Thousands More Iranians in Unnerving TiradesIn a blunt warning, Senator Chris Murphy tells us that “everybody in that chain of command has to think hard” about carrying out such a hideously inhumane order, which he described as “war crimes.” 1062092800
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 07/04/2026The NYT straight up reports that Mossad is responsible for fomenting protest in Iran. Congratulations to all who have collaborated. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u... 311341
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaHeba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Very cool upcoming event with my favorites @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social & @saigrundy.bsky.social ! Come learn more about Boycott, Divestment & Sanction, and join sociologists who are committed to fighting injustice, even when it rears its head in our own professional organization. 12312
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 03/04/2026Crimes against humanity upon crimes against humanity 9992234
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 01/04/2026Preordering books is a powerful cultural statement that all readers can participate in, whether buying from a bookstore or requesting from your local public library. If there‘s an author you believe in who has a book coming out, do them a favor and preorder. #BookSkybuttondown.comPre-Ordering Books Makes You More of a Citizen of LiteratureRecently on Bluesky, I was shouting as usual about Lessons in Magic and Disaster, my novel that comes out in about a month. (It's about a young trans woman... 716862
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaMichaelRMuñiz @michaelrmuniz.bsky.social · 26/03/2026The U.S., Israel, and Milei’s Argentina, predictably, voted against the resolution. Of course, European countries, the architects of the trans Atlantic slave, abstained. 051
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaMichael L. Rosino @michaelrosino.bsky.social · 02/03/2026COME WORK WITH ME! Our job ad is now up! Molloy University is hiring an assistant professor (TT) in Sociology - preferences toward specialties in health, gender, immigration. Small private college with teaching focus and commuting distance to NYC! #academicjobs workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...workforcenow.adp.comRecruitment 2813
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 19/03/2026"Black women ...comprise 6 percent of the overall U.S. labor force and 12 percent of the federal labor force. But of the almost 300,000 federal jobs slashed in 2025, Black women were a stunning 33 percent of those cuts."hammerandhope.orgWhat Happened to the Black Women Trump Purged From the Federal Work Force?Over a year later, they are struggling to find financial footing and make sense of the racist backlash that displaced them. 2500310
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaTruthout @truthout.org · 18/03/2026Israeli forces have killed or wounded the equivalent of a classroom’s worth of children every day in Lebanon in the past two weeks of Israel’s escalation against the country, the UN’s children’s agency has reported.truthout.orgIsrael Has Killed or Wounded Classroom’s Worth of Children Every Day in LebanonIsrael has forcibly displaced 350,000 children from their homes in southern Lebanon since March 2. 5438261
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaEman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 18/03/2026A forum discussing Pamela Prickett's excellent book "Believing in South Central LA: Everyday Islam in the City of Angels" including Iddo Tavory, Rachel Rinaldo, @profhajaryazdiha.bsky.social and myself. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comBelieving in South Central: Everyday Islam in the City of AngelsPublished in The AAG Review of Books (Ahead of Print, 2026) 083
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaZeteo @zeteo.com · 16/03/2026Leqaa Kordia has been released from ICE detention after a year under lockdown. The 33-year-old Palestinian woman and Columbia University student was arrested during Pro-Palestine protests on campus. Read her account of her time under lockdown: zeteo.com/p/leqaa-kord...zeteo.comEXCLUSIVE: I’m the Palestinian Who Has Been in ICE Detention for Almost a YearDon't forget us on International Women's Day, writes Leqaa Kordia. 6347131
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaNichole @tnwhiskeywoman.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Gonna hold on to this croissant metaphor for the rest of my creative life 4962811858
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 13/03/2026If you appreciate my stance on this please read Afghan, Iraqi, or Palestinian writers You can also preorder my book from any bookstore or order a signed and personalized copy from Loyalty Books in DC Not doing this event does mean lost sales (long term because this venue won’t ask me again)penguinrandomhouse.comThe Edge of Space-Time by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein: 9780593701683 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: BooksA fresh, charming, socially conscious tour of the mysteries of space-time, from the award-winning author of The Disordered Cosmos “With this extraordinary book, Prescod-Weinstein cements her status..... 414438
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaAndrew J Douglas @ajdouglas.bsky.social · 16/03/2026As Rodney might have put it, what today is the responsibility of the intellectual? 012
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaJamil Smith @jamilsmith.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Six years ago today, police killed Breonna Taylor during a no-knock raid at her home. She wasn’t even the target of the investigation. Now the Trump DOJ is doing away with the rules meant to prevent another tragedy like hers. My latest for @us.theguardian.com.theguardian.comSix years after Breonna Taylor’s death, America is weakening the rules that could have saved her | Jamil SmithFollowing Taylor’s death, the US limited no-knock warrants. But the Trump administration has quietly rescinded those limits 18158
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaDaniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 13/03/2026It's my mom's birthday today. I might do a new thread but for now here's last year's. 0131
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaNathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 12/03/2026New book from @uncpress.bsky.social: Ongoing Return: Mapping Memory and Storytelling in Palestine by Rana Barakat uncpress.org/978146968030... 131
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaHeba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 12/03/2026a piece shared with me from a Palestinian friend, written by her friend, A. Kayum Ahmed, about the month after Mahmoud Khalil's detention, when he knew he was next. Please read. africasacountry.com/2026/03/the-...africasacountry.comThe arrest protocol on my fridgeA year after ICE detained Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil, pro-Palestinian organizers in the United States are living under the threat of arrest, detention, and deportation. 04026
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaBig Data & Society @bigdatasoc.bsky.social · 05/03/2026New in Big Data & Society 🗞️ Alejandra Regla-Vargas, AJ Alvero, and Hajar Yazdiha analyze anti-Asian hate and counter-hate on social media during COVID-19, showing how hate and resistance enact racial projects through shifting frames. 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/2053... 042
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaAJ Alvero @ajalvero.bsky.social · 06/03/2026New work with Alejandra Regla-Vargas and @profhajaryazdiha.bsky.social!! 041
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/02/2026An ICE agent shot and killed 23-year-old U.S. citizen Ruben Ray Martinez in Texas almost an entire year ago and hid the shooting from the public. It’s only now coming to light, 11 months later, due to Freedom of Information Act requests. What else is the regime hiding from us?theguardian.comUS citizen shot and killed by federal immigration agent last year, new records showShooting death of Ruben Ray Martinez, 23, in Texas was not publicly disclosed by Department of Homeland Security 27999744917
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaDaisy Pitkin @daisy-pitkin.bsky.social · 18/12/2025As of this morning 4,500 Starbucks workers are on strike. Don’t cross their picket line. No Starbucks. NO Starbucks gift cards! 5923442
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaHaymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 11/12/2025Black-led vigilance committees not only protected and aided fugitives but also learned from the formerly enslaved as they built a movement pedagogy together.hammerandhope.orgThe Black People Who Fled Slavery Had a Lot to Teach Their Northern AlliesBlack-led vigilance committees not only protected and aided fugitives but also learned from the formerly enslaved as they built a movement pedagogy together. 03814
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaRachel Schwartz @raschwartz.bsky.social · 24/11/2025My colleague, Dr. Vahid Abedini, was illegally detained by ICE on Saturday. He is currently being held without a court date in sight, despite being in the country legally. Please spread the word! We must ensure his due process rights are upheld. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-prof...oudaily.comOU College of International Studies professor reportedly arrested by ICEU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reportedly arrested an OU professor at Will Rogers International Airport Saturday. 6391274
Hajar Yazdiha @profhajaryazdiha.bsky.social · 06/11/2025⚡️Coming soon: a special symposium on Du Bois’s Black Reconstruction at 90 organized by @alimeghji.bsky.social & Jose Itzigsohn! Early look at my piece here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 04721
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaImmigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Check out this new special issue of the Journal of American Ethnic History focused on "Immigration and Citizenship" edited by @migrantherstory.bsky.social and @irpinaingiro.bsky.social: scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/iss...scholarlypublishingcollective.orgVolume 44 Issue 4 | Journal of American Ethnic History | Scholarly Publishing Collective 078
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 16/10/2025USC IS OUT! Let me tell y'all, the emergency meetings that got called yesterday and today... dailytrojan.com/2025/10/16/u...dailytrojan.comUSC declines Trump administration compact - Daily TrojanThe University of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Brown University have also declined the compact which was sent to nine colleges Oct. 1. 848293
Hajar Yazdiha @profhajaryazdiha.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools the federal government just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freedom across America. alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/tr...alumni.standforcampusfreedom.orgSTAND WITH YOUR SCHOOL: Trump attacks 9 universities. Sign the alumni petition now.Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools the federal government just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freed... 043
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 03/10/2025🚨🚨 My dear friend and fellow academic, the Palestinian American sociologist @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social has been taken by the Cook County Sheriff near Chicago. They have not mirandized her. Please signal boost. All eyes on Broadview for Eman and the community she was defending 🚨🚨 1614861119
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaHeba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 03/10/2025This is who @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social is. Brilliant. Fearless. I fucking hate typing this shit out: Free Eman. Amplify amplify amplify please. 5507282
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaMonica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 03/10/2025My husband was detained by ICE today Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away I have had zero contact or updates since #SOS @duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov 7602620013457
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 03/10/2025“Fuck them kids.” That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other. abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi... 35777724317
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaDara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Speaking as someone with experience: stuff like this reveals both a) how pissed off sources are and b) who the respected reporters are among people who know their stuff, who may not be at the outlets you expect!! 09213
Hajar Yazdiha @profhajaryazdiha.bsky.social · 30/09/2025📌 Join us online 10/21 to reflect on the legacy of Black Altadena and the devastating aftermath of the Eaton Fire: bit.ly/AltadenaVoicesWebinar Hosted by USC’s Black Studies Center & Equity Research Institute. 084
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaRoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 30/08/2025In the authoritarian playbook, rewriting collective memory is just this critical strategy for controlling the masses," Hajar Yazdiha..." #Pinks www.axios.com/2025/08/30/h...axios.comFresh discoveries are rewriting U.S. history amid backlash from conservativesA new generation of historians have produced works challenging old myths 098
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaChildren Thrive Action Network @letkidsthrive.bsky.social · 23/09/2025"A CLASP study from 2018 found that children as young as 3 experienced behavioral changes–like frequent crying, separation anxiety, and sleep problems–due to the loss of a parent or the fear of losing a parent. www.clasp.org/publications...clasp.orgOur Children’s Fear: Immigration Policy’s Effects on Young Children | CLASPOur country's children are living in fear. This report documents how the current immigration context is impacting our nation’s youngest based on focus groups in six states. 122
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/09/2025There's a moment in the Trump regime's America 250 propaganda that takes a swipe at the 1619 Project as "revisionist history." Well, about that ...youtube.comANNOUNCING: America 250 Civics Education CoalitionYouTube video by America First Policy Institute 33559148
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaMichael Yarbrough (he/him) @mwyarbrough.bsky.social · 22/09/2025CUNY @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social is hiring two tenured associate professors in Black, Race, and Ethnic Studies! Review of applications begins October 1. See link for more info. cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...cuny.jobsJobs | City University of New York 15036
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaHaymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 19/09/2025A reading list for building durable organizations for both short term survival and long term social transformation.haymarketbooks.orgThey're Organized; We Need to Be Organized, TooTrump and his far-right acolytes wield their power to disinvest from public services, terrorize our neighborhoods with ICE agents, and ensure that opposition to genocide becomes a fireable, and d... 111674
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaUSC Sociology @uscsociology.bsky.social · 08/09/2025📢Hot off the presses by Profs @profhajaryazdiha.bsky.social and Courtney Boen at Social Forces @sfjournal.bsky.social examining racialized affective politics in the wake of police violence: academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...academic.oup.comThe affective strategies of White unknowing: how police violence reveals the expression of racialized emotions on TwitterAbstract. Racism shapes the ways racialized actors and groups feel about the social world, but how does racism get reproduced through affective politics, t 031
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaHeba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 06/09/2025Friends I’m running a 5K in Brooklyn on October 12 as a fundraiser for Gaza & UNRWA. If you can, join us or donate here! getinvolved.unrwausa.org/fundraiser/6...getinvolved.unrwausa.org2025 NYC Gaza 5K{{MetaTags.description}} 24318
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/09/2025The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed. 470334779205
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaDanielle Terrazas Williams @drdanielletw.bsky.social · 02/09/2025Colloquium on Black and Indigenous Women's History 👇🏾 02815
Reposted by Hajar YazdihaCourtney Boen @courtneyboen.bsky.social · 01/09/2025🚨 Job! 🚨 Brown Sociology & the Watson School of International & Public Affairs are hiring a TT assistant professor whose research focuses on social policy (broadly conceived). Apply by 9/15: apply.interfolio.com/172655 Happy to chat about life at Brown, etc!apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 25362