Author, Revolution in Development (@UCPress 2021) / Co-director, @HPE_Project / #PellGrant professor / @NACLA siempre / #NoMoreDrugWar(s)
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“If Mamdani fears antagonizing the police department and disturbing this slumbering beast, he should note that things have changed.” New online: an interview with @stschrader1 about Zohran Mamdani, the NYPD, and the challenges of confronting police power. nplusonemag.com/online-only/…
“Like others I spoke with in México’s south, García felt he’d been targeted for deportation to avoid paying out his Social Security and Medicare benefits.”
I've got a new story up from Villahermosa, where Cuban elders—many of whom spent decades in the US—are being deported and left to fend for themselves. theborderchronicle.com/banis…
Instructive to compare this to the massive growth in college enrollment over time:
The number of people writing dissertations in the humanities has collapses, now the same thing is happening in the social sciences.
I'd wager that we will see a similar trend in psychology and other fields before long. Cuts in funding, the tight academic job market, and AI are rapidly changing the university and cratering graduate programs.
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Not even hiding the fact that resumption of the war and planning certain war crimes is Israel's bidding.
"Hegseth travelled to Israel on Monday... one person said Israeli officials had presented an updated target bank in Iran gleaned from new intelligence, including civilian infrastructure targets that were not struck earlier this year." ft.com/content/eb4d1101-45ed…
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The Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke University is now accepting applications for the 2027-28 Visiting Scholars program.
For a complete description of the program and how to apply, please visit:
hope.econ.duke.edu/fellowshi…
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The lengths to which the AHA is going to prevent democratic deliberation have reached levels that would be comical if they weren't so McCarthyite... chronicle.com/article/the-ah…
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This set of quotes from @IsabellaMWeber’s new Anti-Fascist Economics really says it all
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Lula's best debate moment so far
Flávio Bolsonaro: “Lula, você pode explicar por que 73% dos presidiários votaram em você?”
Lula responde: “Eu quero que vote 100%, até seu pai.”
#Eleicoes2026
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Forget the spectacular violence you see covered in English. Substantive French reporting tells the story of scandalous under-investment in school buildings + teachers, esp in stigmatized areas & violent police repression.
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IMPERIAL ENTANGLEMENTS OF POLICING, edited by @jgo34 & me, is now available! Order using discount code E26IMPRL from @DukePress (pup not included): dukeupress.edu/imperial-enta…
ALT Red book on perfect merl pitbull
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Now released. Use discount code E26IMPRL
Just released: the Imperial Entanglements of Policing, co-ed with @stschrader1 @DukePress
Read the intro follow link
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ohh, so DHS said they were looking for him but ICE hadnt even written up their own fake administrative warrant before they shot him.
your daily reminder that DHS categorically lies
ICE Had No Valid Warrant Ahead of Shooting thecityreporter.nyc/2026/10/…
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This week, NACLA Managing Editor Julianne Chandler and Web Editor Gabe Levine-Drizin are participating in Esperanza Crítica, a regional gathering of leftist publications convened by Revista Común to discuss the challenges facing independent media and explore opportunities for solidarity and collaboration amid the rise of the far right and an increasingly precarious media landscape.
📸 Eswin Quiñónez / Plaza Pública (Guatemala)
At Yale, @GregGrandin opens the “No End in Sight: The Unwinding and Afterlife of the Cold War in Latin America” conference macmillan.yale.edu/latam/con…
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Many on the left suspected this was the case, but it’s still wild to see the WSJ confirm it.
Needless to say, stripping the citizenship of opposition elected officials is really, really far down the road to fascism.
New: The federal investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar aims to build a case to strip her of her U.S. citizenship and ultimately deport her, according to U.S. officials and others familiar with the probe wsj.com/politics/policy/ilha… via @McCormickJohn @MHackman @sgurman
