Kevin Lujan Lee

Labelled, judged and far from home: Marshallese deported by ICE 'having the hardest time' People deported to the Marshall Islands from the United States face a tough road to survival.

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Free UH summit on ʻāina stewardship, justice | University of Hawaiʻi System News At the annual Piʻo Summit, leaders, scholars and community advocates examine how land, law and justice intersect and what that means for Hawaiʻi’s future.

Here is some information about our upcoming Pi’o Summit, ‘Āinaho’i Land, Law, and Justice!

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Proposed ICE Warehouse Locations - Google My Maps Proposed sites for industrial warehouses to be used as mass detention centers by the US Department of Homeland Security. Descriptions include current status of each site, and any response from local...

Is the regime trying to build an ICE detention camp near you?

Hey @leahgreenberg.bsky.social and I are both Carleton grads and this fucking rocks - love to see a college protect its students from the goons instead of cutting deals with the regime.

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The largest Trump superPAC donor so far this cycle is the president of OpenAI

ICE has become a domestic terror organization. Everyone involved should be prosecuted. The leaders should be hung as the traitors they are.

Abolishing ICE isn’t enough – it’s time to center people’s humanity | Heba Gowayed and Victor Ray It’s far from radical to reject a system predicated on violence – despite what thinktanks might claim

ASA members Heba Gowayed @hebagowayed.bsky.social @huntercollege.bsky.social and Victor E. Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social (University of Iowa) note that ICE's violence isn't a "mistake," but a reflection of how the agency is designed to operate. @theguardian.com

Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.

ICE appears to have strangled a detainee to death.
An employee with El Paso County’s Medical Examiner says the death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at an ICE detention center is likely to be ruled a homicide. A fellow detainee reports witnessing guards choke Campos to death.
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32 people died in ICE custody last year — the agency’s deadliest year in over two decades.

Meanwhile, private prison corporations that are building and overseeing ICE detention centers are raking it in.

Cashing in on cruelty.

US Border agent shoots, wounds two people in Portland that DHS says are gang members A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent shot and wounded two people in Portland on Thursday afternoon, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security,

THIS ISN'T GOING TO STOP UNLESS WE MAKE IT STOP. They will always claim "self defense."

#CBP agent shoots, wounds two people in #Portland #Oregon

#FuckICE #EyesOnIce #FightFascism #FascismInAmlerica #ICE

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Think about the mindset, and the expectation of immunity, of someone who texts this to friends.

ICE Agent Kills Woman, DHS Tells Obvious, Insane Lies About It | Defector On Wednesday in Minneapolis, masked government agents apparently representing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) surrounded a stationary vehicle stopped in the middle of a residential street. O...

As always, Defector gets it right: defector.com/ice-agent-ki...

Research Is Not Enough: Public Engagement and the Citizen Scholar Philip N. Cohen (University of Maryland) January 14, 2026 12:00 - 1:15 p.m. PT CCPR Seminar 4240 Pub Aff Building UCLA Campus What is the role of professional scholars in civic life? How and why should academics seek to reach audiences beyond their disciplines and institutions? Must there be tension between advancing along an academic career path and taking part in public conversations, or can these goals reinforce each other? Drawing from personal experience and in-depth research, this talk features straightforward advice that acknowledges professional risks as well as rewards. Cohen embraces the reciprocal relationship between professional scholarship and active citizenship. arguing that aligning personal and vocational identities can enhance both public and academic contributions. He explores intellectual work on social media, science communication, political activism, and how to build trust while developing a public intellectual identity. College | Social Sciences UCLA California Center for Population Research

Click to RSVP Michael Geruso After the Spike Population, Progress, and the Case for People Dean Fancinating, thoughtful, and timely." Simon Jenson, NobelLaurae in Ecenemics College | Social Sciences UCLA California Center for Population Research invites you to a book talk on ... After the Spike Michael Geruso, University of Texas Commentary By Martha Bailey (UCLA) and Philip Cohen (University of Maryland) January 14, 2026 6:00 p.m. PT Reception to Follow Royce Hall, Room 314 UCLA Campus Michael Geruso is an economic demographer, public economist, and Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Texas at Austin. His book, "After the Spike' with co-author Dean Spears, investigates what depopulation would mean for the climate, living standards, equity, progress, freedom, and humanity's general welfare. And what it would mean if, instead, people came together to share the work of caregiving. making parenting better and stabilizing our numbers. Martha Bailey is a UCLA Professor of Economics and Director of the California Center for Population Research. As an economic demographer, labor economist, and economic historian, Bailey's rescarch focuses on the short- and long-run determinants of childbearing in the U.S. Philip Cohen is a University of Maryland Professor of Sociology. His research focuses on demographic trends, family structure, the division of labor, health disparities, as well as open science and related topics.

Hey, I'm going to UCLA next week! Two events Wednesday, 14 Jan. at the California Center for Population Research:

1. A talk on my book, Citizen Scholar (ccpr.ucla.edu/event/philip...)

2. A discussion on a book talk by Michael Geruso on “After the Spike." ccpr.ucla.edu/event/michae...

#demography

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congrats!!!!

Landmark victory for American Samoa fishing rights Large scale commercial fishing will no longer be allowed close to American Samoa's coast thanks to a landmark ruling handed down by the US Federal Court today, Monday, in Hawaii.

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Support for Bougival Accord waning in New Caledonia Noumea’s vote on the next step towards greater autonomy under the Accord reveals that divisions are deepening.

“Noumea’s vote on the next step towards greater autonomy under the Accord reveals that divisions are deepening” Read Denise Fisher in The Interpreter.
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/support-bougival-accord-waning-new-caledonia

Remembering Dr. Dwanna McKay, Mvskoke (Creek) Nation scholar and leader. Her work reshaped Indigenous sociology and challenged injustice with brilliance, integrity, and heart.

A special panel at ASA 2026 will honor her memory.

@asanews.bsky.social

U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students

“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”

A Little-Noted Element Propelled Mamdani's Rise: Gen Z Loneliness Members of Gen Z found something unexpected in the mayoral race: a chance to hang out. Their enthusiasm turned into real votes. Listen to this article • 7:30 min Learn more Share full article GIRLS

Off their phones and into the streets

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I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.

"Part of that statistic": Black women face rising unemployment and vanishing job opportunities After surviving breast cancer and sending out nearly 800 job applications, Fairburn resident Shana Pinnock Glover is still searching for work — a struggle shared by thousands of Black women amid a gro...

Over 300,000 Black women have lost jobs or left the workforce in recent months. Shana Pinnock Glover has applied to 800 jobs while battling two forms of breast cancer. This is the toll of a system failing Black women. We must demand equity and opportunity!

Red Trump-style graphic with images of Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo. At the top it says, "I'm going to pick [Cuomo]." - Donald Trump, 60 Minutes Interview, 11-2-25 Then beneath it TRUMP ENDORSES CUOMO

Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!

I know how hard you worked for this.

Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

Kent Wong, a champion of nonviolent resistance in the L.A. labor movement, dies at 69 Kent Wong, who spent decades teaching a doctrine of nonviolent resistance, died Wednesday at a hospital in Los Angeles at the age of 69.

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Kent Wong on Solidarity: action YouTube video by W.K. Kellogg Foundation

UFW mourns the passing of our brother Kent Wong. Please watch Kent speak in beautiful short video connecting his time with UFW to his view of the importance of solidary across labor and race and cultural backgrounds.

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