Hajar Yazdiha
@profhajaryazdiha.bsky.social
Sociologist at USC. Carnegie Fellow & Harvard Carr Center Racial Justice Fellow. Writer. Thinker. 📚Author of The Struggle for the People’s King: How Politics Transforms the Memory of the Civil Rights Movement.
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NEW: 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...
We detailed each Dem VRA congressional seat that the GOP could target by 2028: www.the-downballot.com/p/with-the-v...
April 29, 2026 at 3:00 PM
NEW: 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...
We detailed each Dem VRA congressional seat that the GOP could target by 2028: www.the-downballot.com/p/with-the-v...
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If 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...
“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...
Trump Threatens to Kill Thousands More Iranians in Unnerving Tirades
In 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.”
newrepublic.com
April 7, 2026 at 2:50 PM
If 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...
“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...
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The 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...
Congratulations to all who have collaborated.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u...
April 7, 2026 at 5:43 PM
The 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...
Congratulations to all who have collaborated.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u...
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Very 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.
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.
Join S4P for a Town Hall on the Palestine exception and the crisis of democracy at the American Sociological Association! Featuring @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social, @saigrundy.bsky.social, Gay Seidman and Howard Winant!
April 7, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Very 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.
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.
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Crimes against humanity upon crimes against humanity
The US reportedly waited to strike the bridge in Iran a second time until rescue workers and others in the area gathered to help the wounded, which then killed at least eight people. Authorities in Iran are describing it as an act of terrorism.
April 3, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Crimes against humanity upon crimes against humanity
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Preordering 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. #BookSky
If there‘s an author you believe in who has a book coming out, do them a favor and preorder. #BookSky
Pre-Ordering Books Makes You More of a Citizen of Literature
Recently 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...
buttondown.com
April 1, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Preordering 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. #BookSky
If there‘s an author you believe in who has a book coming out, do them a favor and preorder. #BookSky
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The U.S., Israel, and Milei’s Argentina, predictably, voted against the resolution. Of course, European countries, the architects of the trans Atlantic slave, abstained.
The UN General Assembly just adopted a resolution on the enslavement of Africans as the gravest crime against humanity.
123 in favor.
Countries in red - voted against.
Countries in yellow - abstained.
#BlackskyNews
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123 in favor.
Countries in red - voted against.
Countries in yellow - abstained.
#BlackskyNews
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UNGA vote map
March 26, 2026 at 3:52 AM
The U.S., Israel, and Milei’s Argentina, predictably, voted against the resolution. Of course, European countries, the architects of the trans Atlantic slave, abstained.
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COME 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...
Recruitment
workforcenow.adp.com
March 2, 2026 at 5:26 PM
COME 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...
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"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."
What 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.
hammerandhope.org
March 19, 2026 at 5:22 PM
"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."
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Israeli 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.
Israel Has Killed or Wounded Classroom’s Worth of Children Every Day in Lebanon
Israel has forcibly displaced 350,000 children from their homes in southern Lebanon since March 2.
truthout.org
March 18, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Israeli 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.
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A 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....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Believing in South Central: Everyday Islam in the City of Angels
Published in The AAG Review of Books (Ahead of Print, 2026)
www.tandfonline.com
March 18, 2026 at 6:03 PM
A 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....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Leqaa 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...
Read her account of her time under lockdown: zeteo.com/p/leqaa-kord...
EXCLUSIVE: I’m the Palestinian Who Has Been in ICE Detention for Almost a Year
Don't forget us on International Women's Day, writes Leqaa Kordia.
zeteo.com
March 16, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Leqaa 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...
Read her account of her time under lockdown: zeteo.com/p/leqaa-kord...
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Leqaa Kordia IS FREE.
March 16, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Leqaa Kordia IS FREE.
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Gonna hold on to this croissant metaphor for the rest of my creative life
March 16, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Gonna hold on to this croissant metaphor for the rest of my creative life
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If 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)
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)
The Edge of Space-Time by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein: 9780593701683 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A 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.....
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
March 13, 2026 at 2:46 PM
If 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)
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)
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As Rodney might have put it, what today is the responsibility of the intellectual?
March 16, 2026 at 2:35 PM
As Rodney might have put it, what today is the responsibility of the intellectual?
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Six 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.
Six years after Breonna Taylor’s death, America is weakening the rules that could have saved her | Jamil Smith
Following Taylor’s death, the US limited no-knock warrants. But the Trump administration has quietly rescinded those limits
www.theguardian.com
March 13, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Six 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.
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It's my mom's birthday today. I might do a new thread but for now here's last year's.
Today is my mom, Jenny's birthday. I like to tell the internet why she's great, since she has Alzheimer's & is in a (lovely) nursing home in Seattle & I can't communicate with her.
Since trans & queer people are under attack, let me tell you Jenny was 1000% supportive of my queerness -
(1/n)
Since trans & queer people are under attack, let me tell you Jenny was 1000% supportive of my queerness -
(1/n)
March 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM
It's my mom's birthday today. I might do a new thread but for now here's last year's.
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New book from @uncpress.bsky.social:
Ongoing Return: Mapping Memory and Storytelling in Palestine by Rana Barakat
uncpress.org/978146968030...
Ongoing Return: Mapping Memory and Storytelling in Palestine by Rana Barakat
uncpress.org/978146968030...
March 12, 2026 at 7:47 PM
New book from @uncpress.bsky.social:
Ongoing Return: Mapping Memory and Storytelling in Palestine by Rana Barakat
uncpress.org/978146968030...
Ongoing Return: Mapping Memory and Storytelling in Palestine by Rana Barakat
uncpress.org/978146968030...
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a 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-...
Please read.
africasacountry.com/2026/03/the-...
The arrest protocol on my fridge
A 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.
africasacountry.com
March 12, 2026 at 7:33 PM
a 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-...
Please read.
africasacountry.com/2026/03/the-...
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New 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...
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...
March 5, 2026 at 6:01 PM
New 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...
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...
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New work with Alejandra Regla-Vargas and @profhajaryazdiha.bsky.social!!
New 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...
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...
March 6, 2026 at 2:43 PM
New work with Alejandra Regla-Vargas and @profhajaryazdiha.bsky.social!!
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An 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?
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?
US citizen shot and killed by federal immigration agent last year, new records show
Shooting death of Ruben Ray Martinez, 23, in Texas was not publicly disclosed by Department of Homeland Security
www.theguardian.com
February 23, 2026 at 6:30 PM
An 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?
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?
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Join us next Friday!!!
Looking forward to this ASA Culture Section event: "Diversity in Culture: The Current Landscape and Limitations" with Natasha Warikoo (Tufts University), Ellen Berrey (University of Toronto), and Laura Garbes (University of Minnesota).
February 27, 2 PM EST
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February 27, 2 PM EST
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February 20, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Join us next Friday!!!