Chenjerai Kumanyika
Study & teach critical media studies of empire Creator and host of Empire City @nyu_journalism Stories/ Political ed @crookedmedia @sceneonradio @uncivilshow @mothstories @streetpoetsinc
- Reposted by Chenjerai KumanyikaBREAKING: Court orders Georgetown scholar Badar Khan Suri to be *freed* from ICE detention. Dr. Khan Suri — whose research focuses on peace building — was detained by the Trump administration two months ago. Follows the freeing of Mohsen Mahdawi & Rumeysa Ozturk.
- Reposted by Chenjerai KumanyikaRas Baraka elevated in 1 day for standing up to fascism. Democrats, learn from this.
- Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has been released after he was arrested for allegedly trespassing at an ICE facility in New Jersey pix11.com/news/local-n...
- Reposted by Chenjerai KumanyikaHoly cow! This lineup of audio storytelling programs coming up Tribeca is sure to feed your ears and your soul. Includes @chenjerai.bsky.social @ohitsbigron.bsky.social @thisamericanlife.org @nytimes.com @inthedarkradio.bsky.social and more. Can't wait!! tribecafilm.com/festival/aud...
- Reposted by Chenjerai KumanyikaNEW — I’ve obtained audio of new acting FEMA head David Richardson threatening staff in an all hands meeting this morning. As first reported by Reuters, he told those who resisted change in the agency, “Don’t get in my way…I will run right over you.” Listen to the clip here:
- Reposted by Chenjerai KumanyikaTexas state retirees haven’t received a boost in their pension since 2001, during Rick Perry’s first term as governor. That’s why AFSCME Retirees like Rick Farias, who dedicated their careers to helping Texans, support House Bill 886 – a 13th check for our retirees! #txlege
- Reposted by Chenjerai Kumanyika🚨NEW: Eric Adams and top NYPD brass met with group linked to Israeli far right NYPD won't say why. prismreports.org/2025/05/07/e...
- Reposted by Chenjerai Kumanyika“If any other type of organization had the types of relationships that the NYPD leadership has to the Israel Heritage Foundation, this would be viewed as an egregious, dangerous conflict of interest,” - @chenjerai.bsky.social
- Reposted by Chenjerai KumanyikaHost John Biewen shares the most honest moments about race from @prx.org’s @sceneonradio.bsky.social, co-hosted by @chenjerai.bsky.social—hear the history of forgotten coups, stories of racial healing, & conversations from the intersection of race & gender. share.harkaudio.com/25n1prNWyid4...
- Reposted by Chenjerai KumanyikaI am telling everyone who ranks this person that you are ranking Donald Trump. Period.
- A Maryland town wanted Trump to cut waste. Now it's a target www.npr.org/2025/05/05/n...
- Reposted by Chenjerai KumanyikaImmigrants are not more likely to be criminals, but the Trump administration is using the myth of criminal immigrants to detain swathes of people. Meanwhile, a different kind of crime is on the rise, says Peabody Award-winning audio journalist @chenjerai.bsky.social: bit.ly/4jZqeiL
- Reposted by Chenjerai KumanyikaIf only the rest of the media focused as well, as clearly, on reality as @chenjerai.bsky.social.
- Reposted by Chenjerai KumanyikaI am your lord and savior, only I can do it, and I’m addicted to my phone but…
- Reposted by Chenjerai Kumanyika"Of the 1,500 postdoctoral researchers at Penn, 1,000 signed authorization cards in support of forming Research Associates and Postdocs United, according to the group." @rapup-uaw.bsky.social www.thedp.com/article/2025...
- Reposted by Chenjerai KumanyikaA federal judge just ruled that our case seeking to block the Trump administration from carrying out large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations of noncitizen students and faculty who participate in pro-Palestinian protests can go forward. Read our statement: knightcolumbia.org/content/fede...
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- 🚨Emergency Plea🚨 This is not just a video ,it’s a cry for help.My children, Mohammed and Razan, are starving. All we have is lentils. No milk. No bread. No hope. Famine is killing them slowly. We urgently need $200 for milk and flour. Please, don’t let them fade away Help them👇 gofund.me/f35b5c64
- Reposted by Chenjerai Kumanyika"we need to share knowledge through creative inquiry, celebrate the experiences of people impacted by the issues we want to organize around, and speak in language they understand and relate to" hammerandhope.org/article/tik-...
- Reposted by Chenjerai Kumanyika"As quintessentially American and idiosyncratic as Trump’s affect may appear, we have seen his likes before in Italy in the form of the late Silvio Berlusconi, another sexually incontinent predator and corporate, opportunist bigot with implausible hair" hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
- Reposted by Chenjerai Kumanyika"What began in 2022 as an ad hoc group of fewer than two dozen union members has grown into an org of hundreds of active members, a network of 15,000+ workers, and a developing infrastructure to organize and train leaders within every federal union in the country" hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
- Reposted by Chenjerai Kumanyika"We must not forget the sacrifices of the everyday people behind momentous demonstrations and movements." hammerandhope.org/article/gera...
- Reposted by Chenjerai Kumanyika"The authentic storytelling of One of Them Days has become a rarity in today’s Hollywood landscape...the potency of bespoke Black stories is wearing off." hammerandhope.org/article/holl...
- Reposted by Chenjerai Kumanyika"I’ve always had Gaza and Palestine in my mind, and it’s always been a struggle I see as the last kind of stronghold of 500 years of European colonialism." hammerandhope.org/article/momo...
- Reposted by Chenjerai KumanyikaWe asked Black organizers, academics, and writers to consider the state of Black politics five years after the 2020 uprisings and with the re-election of Donald Trump. Their responses, some written before Trump’s inauguration, offer ideas for where we go from here. hammerandhope.org/forums/georg...
- Reposted by Chenjerai Kumanyika"The promise of Altadena explains why so many families held on to their property or passed it on to their children and grandchildren. They never intended to renovate and flip their houses for a profit in order to move to a better neighborhood." Robin D. G. Kelley hammerandhope.org/article/los-...
- Reposted by Chenjerai KumanyikaThe Trump administration is repurposing antiracism into a grenade and lobbing it at the remnants of the welfare state. But regular people are providing the varied, creative, noncooperative opposition to the neo-fascist administrative takeover that we need. hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
- Reposted by Chenjerai KumanyikaThe sixth issue of Hammer & Hope is now live. It’s morning again in America. Federal agents snatch students off the streets. The White House boasts of banishing hundreds of people to a Salvadoran prison. Head Start and domestic violence shelters await the chopping block. hammerandhope.org
- Reposted by Chenjerai KumanyikaNote: When right-wing activist Sean Feucht held and impromptu evening worship service in the Capitol Rotunda back in 2023, police occasionally walked in to speak with lawmakers participating, but no one was arrested. religionnews.com/2024/07/08/t...
- 1) I’m thrilled to accept the Webby Award for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in podcasting. Our podcast is just one example showing that the authoritarian crackdown on DEI is an attempt to replace real history, real research and the real work of democracy w/ some fascist bs we aint trying to hear
- Reposted by Chenjerai KumanyikaMcGill will never see a cent from me again. I actually gave thousands of dollars to support the Black Students' Network on campus. Done.
- Exclusive: McGill closes DEI office, replaces racialized staff montrealgazette.com/news/article895693.html
- Reposted by Chenjerai KumanyikaThe Border Patrol has been a cult of brutality since enslaved Black folks tried to escape to Mexico and were sent right back to subjugation.
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- Reposted by Chenjerai KumanyikaWe should be horrified by Elon Musk's Nazi salute — not student protesters advocating for a free Palestine. @chenjerai.bsky.social, an award-winning journalist and assistant professor at New York University, shares how educators are handling the discourse around antisemitism: bit.ly/3YF5Tqn
- Reposted by Chenjerai KumanyikaPeople who care only about profits have always been toxic in the news business. "60 Minutes" producer Bill Owens is quitting rather than deal with Paramount and CBS execs who disrespect their own product and seem willing to capitulate to Trump.
- Reposted by Chenjerai KumanyikaThis story is particularly hard to take, the idea of tiny children, alone, defenseless. It’s absolutely horrible. 😢 #MomSky
- Reposted by Chenjerai KumanyikaThe war on higher ed is being met by a “linked-arm underground” as I discovered when educators convened to share info (& protest!) For more on Trump’s carceral/colonial crack-down on critical thinking, check out this week’s episode w. Maria Hinojosa & @chenjerai.bsky.social on @lauraflanders.org
- Reposted by Chenjerai KumanyikaIn the U.S. today, immigrants, students, visitors and even U.S. residents are facing exclusion, militarization, detention, rendition, and elimination of due process rights. Are our media doing enough to sound the alarm? Featuring @mariahinojosa.bsky.social & @chenjerai.bsky.social: bit.ly/4jZqeiL
- Reposted by Chenjerai KumanyikaAmerican citizens keep getting rounded-up by ICE. And it's gonna keep happening. During the first Trump admin, 70 Americans were mistakenly **deported.** From March, by @nicolefoy.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/more...
- A 19-year old U.S. citizen was traveling from Albuquerque to Tucson. He was arrested and detained by ICE for 10 days, before his family showed a judge his identification & he was finally released. news.azpm.org/p/news-artic...
- Reposted by Chenjerai KumanyikaIn an executive order, Trump targeted the Smithsonian and the National Museum of African American History & Culture suggesting that it is “divisive” and pedaling “improper ideology.” So, I took a trip back to the museum, and what I saw was a place trying to tell the unvarnished truth about America.
- Reposted by Chenjerai KumanyikaA new study models the impact of the implosion of U.S.-funded disease treatment and prevention in the developing world — and suggests that Elon Musk and Marco Rubio will go down as among history’s greatest monsters if funding and effective administration are not restored.
- Reposted by Chenjerai KumanyikaFor all of you whose vote was manipulated by mass media & politicians scaring you into believing you’ve never been less safe, the *2024 crime rate was the lowest in record since 1961.*
- Reposted by Chenjerai KumanyikaFrom PhD alum @chenjerai.bsky.social.
- Reposted by Chenjerai Kumanyika"Students told WNCN, Raleigh CBS affiliate, that they’ve been dealing with a lot — from mold in the dorms and broken air conditioners to brown tap water and mice. They say they’re simply asking for better, safer living conditions." context: this is a public HBCU www.wfmynews2.com/article/news...
- Reposted by Chenjerai KumanyikaI'd encourage folks to listen to the Empire City podcast on the history of the NYPD. It is timely for where we are rn @chenjerai.bsky.social crooked.com/podcast-seri...
- Reposted by Chenjerai KumanyikaDropping today: @mariahinojosa.bsky.social @chenjerai.bsky.social Kumanyika on criminalizing migrants and teaching. Ban CRT, ban Middle East Studies..Does anyone really believe they can stop oppressed people thinking deeply about power? Follow @lauraflanders.org for premiere.
- Reposted by Chenjerai Kumanyika"This is ideological. They want to replace public science with corporate science. And they want to defund fields that they can't control" - @chenjerai.bsky.social of @aaup.bsky.social Watch the full clip @therealnews.com: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEX_...
- Reposted by Chenjerai KumanyikaJoin Laura Flanders & Friends on YouTube tomorrow at 5pm ET for another episode of “Meet the BIPOC Press.” This month, award-winning journalists @mariahinojosa.bsky.social and @chenjerai.bsky.social examine the erosion of first amendment rights and how media are covering these issues: bit.ly/3J0THWn
- Communication, Culture and Critique is an essential place for critical scholarship and it has been absolutely pivotal to my own education. Please follow, and check out our latest article from our editorial collective. 👇🏿👇🏿💪🏿💪🏿
- 🚨 JUNE ISSUE PREVIEW 🚨Read latest article on the limits of US and UK public media coverage of the on-going genocide in Gaza, published thanks to our Editorial Collective from @ccc-journal.bsky.social Congrats Authors @sydneyforde.bsky.social and @desfreedman.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/ccc/...
- Reposted by Chenjerai KumanyikaCommunication, Culture & Critique is now under the direction of a new editor and editorial collective! Check our first issue to learn more: academic.oup.com/ccc/issue/18/1
- Rest in power Jonathan Sterne
- We are deeply saddened by the loss of CCC Editorial Collective member Jonathan Sterne. A major figure in media history, sound studies, disability studies, and the critical study of technology and culture, he will also be sorely missed for his kindness and generosity. www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...
- Reposted by Chenjerai KumanyikaCheck out the latest from @hoornazkeshava.bsky.social and @nicolestewart.bsky.social, "Make Iran Great Again: Apolitical Influencers and the Revival of a Romantic Patriarchal Nationalism"! doi.org/10.1093/ccc/...
- Reposted by Chenjerai KumanyikaCheck out the latest in critical global feminist media studies from @ccc-journal.bsky.social, @hoornazkeshava.bsky.social and @nicolestewart.bsky.social, "Make Iran Great Again: Apolitical Influencers and the Revival of a Romantic Patriarchal Nationalism"! doi.org/10.1093/ccc/...
