Carla D. Martin
@carladmartin.bsky.social
Harvard Lecturer on African and African American Studies, Institute for Cacao and Chocolate Research Board President, author, researcher, reader, musician, polyglot, partner. Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's. she/her
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The famed, Chicago-based artist's career is taking a new direction with the purchase of Pickard China, the sole remaining maker of fine china in the United States. n.pr/3VNx83v
Theaster Gates bets on fine china
The famed, Chicago-based artist's career is taking a new direction with the purchase of Pickard China, the sole remaining maker of fine china in the United States.
n.pr
October 3, 2026 at 11:08 AM
The famed, Chicago-based artist's career is taking a new direction with the purchase of Pickard China, the sole remaining maker of fine china in the United States. n.pr/3VNx83v
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The assault on US universities didn't start in 2025. Our new paper traces the decades of corporate capture that made it possible, and why climate research is a primary target.
Open access:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Open access:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
September 25, 2026 at 5:24 PM
The assault on US universities didn't start in 2025. Our new paper traces the decades of corporate capture that made it possible, and why climate research is a primary target.
Open access:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Open access:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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In January, Ramirez introduced a standalone bill to abolish ICE and redirect its funding to safety-net programs that can help people navigate the spiraling affordability crisis. truthout.org/articles/the...
The Movement to Abolish ICE Is Gaining Momentum
As activists rally around federal legislation to dismantle ICE, Amnesty International joins the call for abolition.
truthout.org
September 26, 2026 at 9:03 PM
In January, Ramirez introduced a standalone bill to abolish ICE and redirect its funding to safety-net programs that can help people navigate the spiraling affordability crisis. truthout.org/articles/the...
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This is all a Dr. Seuss plot now www.404media.co/people-train...
People Training OpenAI’s AI Fired for Using AI to Train the AI
OpenAI has thousands and thousands of contractors helping improve the company's AI models. Multiple contractors have been fired for using AI to train the AI.
www.404media.co
September 22, 2026 at 1:18 PM
This is all a Dr. Seuss plot now www.404media.co/people-train...
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Many thanks to @aaup.org @hellobrittparis.bsky.social for putting together the following resources on higher ed and AI
www.aaup.org/issues-highe...
www.aaup.org/issues-highe...
Artificial Intelligence
The uncritical adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) poses a threat to academic professions through potential work intensification and job losses and through its implications for intellectual prope...
www.aaup.org
September 21, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Many thanks to @aaup.org @hellobrittparis.bsky.social for putting together the following resources on higher ed and AI
www.aaup.org/issues-highe...
www.aaup.org/issues-highe...
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A lot of people are not well right now: physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. This is an excellent time to de-escalate conflicts and to lean into patience. This is true in our personal lives and also (maybe especially) online when it's overwhelmingly strangers crashing into each other.
September 18, 2026 at 5:06 PM
A lot of people are not well right now: physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. This is an excellent time to de-escalate conflicts and to lean into patience. This is true in our personal lives and also (maybe especially) online when it's overwhelmingly strangers crashing into each other.
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I cannot stress enough how bad the situation is for the people ICE expelled to Equatorial Guinea right now.
Grateful to Ahmed Soliman for talking with me despite the retaliation against him every time he goes on the record.
prospect.org/2026/09/09/s...
Grateful to Ahmed Soliman for talking with me despite the retaliation against him every time he goes on the record.
prospect.org/2026/09/09/s...
‘Shoot Him!’: Police Threaten Third-Country Nationals Imprisoned in African Hotel - The American Prospect
‘I’m fighting for my life,’ said Ahmed Soliman after the latest in a string of abusive incidents in Equatorial Guinea, where ICE expelled him five months ago.
prospect.org
September 9, 2026 at 3:32 PM
I cannot stress enough how bad the situation is for the people ICE expelled to Equatorial Guinea right now.
Grateful to Ahmed Soliman for talking with me despite the retaliation against him every time he goes on the record.
prospect.org/2026/09/09/s...
Grateful to Ahmed Soliman for talking with me despite the retaliation against him every time he goes on the record.
prospect.org/2026/09/09/s...
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Jacob Lawrence, The Library, 1978. Lawrence loved libraries, where he did research for his paintings from early on in his career, most notably at Harlem's Schomburg Center. He made numerous pictures of libraries that celebrate the librarians & library workers who keep them running
September 7, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Jacob Lawrence, The Library, 1978. Lawrence loved libraries, where he did research for his paintings from early on in his career, most notably at Harlem's Schomburg Center. He made numerous pictures of libraries that celebrate the librarians & library workers who keep them running
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On the same day as Lonnie Bunch's resignation. #publichistory www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/08/a...
Boston’s Museum of African American History lays off top-level staff amid deepening financial trouble - The Boston Globe
Three director-level jobs, including chief curator, were vacated in order to cut costs. The museum had also recently cut back hours of operation.
www.bostonglobe.com
September 9, 2026 at 1:14 AM
On the same day as Lonnie Bunch's resignation. #publichistory www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/08/a...
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Good that it’s down, but bad for it to be forgotten
Considering that major news outlets including NPR could cover TPUSA as a “free speech” organization without mentioning the “watchlist” even while it was still up, I’m not hopeful
Considering that major news outlets including NPR could cover TPUSA as a “free speech” organization without mentioning the “watchlist” even while it was still up, I’m not hopeful
Charlie Kirk’s nonprofit Turning Point USA’s Professor Watchlist, which claims it uncovers the most radical left wing professors from universities that are known to suppress the conservative voices and advance the progressive agenda," has been taken down.
Turning Point USA's Professor Watchlist is down. Instructors describe its impact
This week marks one year since the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. While the nonprofit he created, Turning Point USA, is still working to engage young conservative voters ahead of the m...
www.nbcwashington.com
September 9, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Good that it’s down, but bad for it to be forgotten
Considering that major news outlets including NPR could cover TPUSA as a “free speech” organization without mentioning the “watchlist” even while it was still up, I’m not hopeful
Considering that major news outlets including NPR could cover TPUSA as a “free speech” organization without mentioning the “watchlist” even while it was still up, I’m not hopeful
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Indigenous leaders say the US government's decision to close 3 National Archives sites was made without tribal consultation. buff.ly/KCGAvUK
3 National Archives Locations Are Set to Close. Tribal Docs’ Fate Is Unclear.
Indigenous leaders say the US government’s decision to close the sites was made without tribal consultation.
truthout.org
September 7, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Indigenous leaders say the US government's decision to close 3 National Archives sites was made without tribal consultation. buff.ly/KCGAvUK
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When, in January 2025, I wrote that the Trump administration was segregationist folks said I was exaggerating. I would have *loved* to be wrong about this but the unfortunate evidence remains on my side.
This is just racism, pure and simple.
This is just racism, pure and simple.
Trump Moves to Strip Tax Exemption From Schools That Aid Minority Students (Gift Article)
The Treasury Department released rules that would prevent schools with race-based programs from qualifying for tax-exempt status, a threat to both higher education and other private schools.
www.nytimes.com
September 3, 2026 at 4:06 PM
When, in January 2025, I wrote that the Trump administration was segregationist folks said I was exaggerating. I would have *loved* to be wrong about this but the unfortunate evidence remains on my side.
This is just racism, pure and simple.
This is just racism, pure and simple.
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“It is naive, perhaps, to think that the liberal arts as practiced on an elite college campus might fix today’s world. But a future that abandons it is a dire one.”
thebaffler.com/latest/class...
thebaffler.com/latest/class...
Class Dismissed | Hannah Gais
Private liberal arts schools were never going to kickstart the revolution. But the closure of Hampshire College further narrows the political imaginary.
thebaffler.com
September 1, 2026 at 12:44 AM
“It is naive, perhaps, to think that the liberal arts as practiced on an elite college campus might fix today’s world. But a future that abandons it is a dire one.”
thebaffler.com/latest/class...
thebaffler.com/latest/class...
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no amnesty
“A Haitian immigrant who had grown increasingly distraught after losing his protection from deportation and being outfitted with an ankle monitor was run over and killed Monday in what his family believes was a suicide.”
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Haitian immigrant in Ohio takes his own life after losing temporary protected status, family says
Pierre Damas Bel’s family said he felt humiliated by an ankle monitor ICE officers placed on him after the Trump administration canceled protections for thousands of Haitian immigrants.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 1, 2026 at 1:43 PM
no amnesty
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Nearly a year after launching its deadly and illegal bombing campaign near the Caribbean, the Trump administration has killed at least 227 civilians at sea.
The administration has provided no legal justification or reparations for these strikes, which is why we're suing.
The administration has provided no legal justification or reparations for these strikes, which is why we're suing.
Return of Trump's boat strike campaign reignites questions of legality -- and usefulness
The revival of the Trump administration's boat strike campaign targeting alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean has prompted a fresh round of scrutiny from critics.
abcnews.com
September 1, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Nearly a year after launching its deadly and illegal bombing campaign near the Caribbean, the Trump administration has killed at least 227 civilians at sea.
The administration has provided no legal justification or reparations for these strikes, which is why we're suing.
The administration has provided no legal justification or reparations for these strikes, which is why we're suing.
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NEW FROM ME: On a hellish third-country removal flight last month, passengers say ICE-contracted guards got drunk, teased and beat them, tied them up, refused to let them use the lavatory. One says he witnessed an ICE agent admit to illegal chain refoulement. prospect.org/2026/08/31/w...
‘What America Did to Me Is Wrong’: Inside One of the Largest Third-Country Removal Flights So Far - The American Prospect
On July 31, an estimated 71 detainees were expelled to various countries on a hellish flight to Africa. Many were then illegally returned to their home countries.
prospect.org
August 31, 2026 at 11:35 AM
NEW FROM ME: On a hellish third-country removal flight last month, passengers say ICE-contracted guards got drunk, teased and beat them, tied them up, refused to let them use the lavatory. One says he witnessed an ICE agent admit to illegal chain refoulement. prospect.org/2026/08/31/w...
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Ceres estimates data centers in 7 states used ~3.4 trillion gallons of freshwater for electricity in 2024 alone, ~12X the combined total of Los Angeles, Phoenix & Washington, D.C. Big increases projected (4T to 8T) for 2030. Tech companies say they're working on it, talk about how ag is worse.
Data centers’ hidden water footprint is linked to the grid
A Ceres analysis shows that data centers’ indirect water footprint from power plants dwarfs direct cooling.
www.latitudemedia.com
August 25, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Ceres estimates data centers in 7 states used ~3.4 trillion gallons of freshwater for electricity in 2024 alone, ~12X the combined total of Los Angeles, Phoenix & Washington, D.C. Big increases projected (4T to 8T) for 2030. Tech companies say they're working on it, talk about how ag is worse.
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Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.
imaginationlibrary.com
August 25, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com
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Don't Let It Trouble Your Mind
YouTube video by Dolly Parton - Topic
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August 25, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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'A number of faculty members at Texas A&M University–Victoria have quit after the university announced in late June that full-time faculty are required to be on campus for eight hours a day, five days per week this fall.' 1/3
Faculty Quit as Texas University Orders Them Back to Campus
The new policy, announced in June, is a response to a Texas law restricting remote work for public university faculty. The Texas AAUP says it has prompted chaos and tears.
www.insidehighered.com
August 25, 2026 at 2:55 PM
'A number of faculty members at Texas A&M University–Victoria have quit after the university announced in late June that full-time faculty are required to be on campus for eight hours a day, five days per week this fall.' 1/3
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More thoughts from me--- and a breakdown of the arbitrator's decision.
The Washington Post Fired Me. I Fought—and Won My Job Back.
karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...
The Washington Post Fired Me. I Fought—and Won My Job Back.
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The Washington Post Fired Me. I Fought—and Won My Job Back.
Nearly a year after being wrongfully fired for my comments on race, gender and violence, an arbitrator has ordered my immediate reinstatement.
karenattiah.substack.com
August 24, 2026 at 8:31 PM
More thoughts from me--- and a breakdown of the arbitrator's decision.
The Washington Post Fired Me. I Fought—and Won My Job Back.
karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...
The Washington Post Fired Me. I Fought—and Won My Job Back.
karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...