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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 3h

Happy ee cummings Day! listen: there’s a hell of a good universe next door; let’s go.

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October Nominees

October 1: Daniel Boorstin , the towering historian and Librarian of Congress whose pioneering and influential scholarly works include T...

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Regina Mills @guategamerphd.bsky.social · 1d

Hello world! I'm a professor (currently in Texas but moving to Michigan) of Latine studies who publishes and teaches in AfroLatina/o/x studies, US-Central American lit, & video games and pop culture. One publication I'm proud of is this @theconversation.com piece: theconversation.com/across-the-s...

‘Across the Spider-Verse’ and the Latino legacy of Spider-Man

Latino characters have traditionally been underrepresented in mainstream comics. But Spider-Man’s backstory makes him the perfect superhero to be recast as a minority.

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Dr. Vaughn Joy @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social · 1d

PSA: Public Scholars

I'm working on a resources page for our website to help scholars find homes for their op-eds, guest blogs, and otherwise expertise.

If you run a site or podcast that regularly posts such things and would like us to share it as a potential place to pitch, please let me know!

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 17h

Peterborough, New Hampshire on a perfect autumn afternoon.

A view of a river and fall foliage in Peterborough, New Hampshire.

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 1d

Starting with today's post, on two lesser-known moments in the telling history of Pong, the first blockbuster arcade game, including an industry lawsuit & some (predictably sexist) dating advice!

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October 13, 2025: Not Just (Video) Games: Pong – Black and White and Read All Over

[Forty years ago this weekend, Nintendo released its first game system, and video gaming and American culture changed significantly. So this week I’ll blog about a handful of other games that likewise...

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 1d

On October 18th, 1985, Nintendo released its first game system, & video gaming & American culture alike changed significantly. So this week I’ll blog about a handful of other video games that likewise changed things, leading up to a weekend post on Nintendo! 🗃️

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Alan Rudy @aprudy.bsky.social · 1d

Carlo Fuckin' Tresca - jacobin.com/2022/10/carl...

Carlo Tresca Was an Italian Radical Who Fought Fascism in the United States

In the early twentieth century, Carlo Tresca was one of the most important immigrant labor organizers in the United States. When fascism triumphed in his homeland in 1922, he took up the struggle agai...

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 1d

2nd generation immigrant & bricklayer-turned-author Pietro di Donato & his fascinating Modernist political novel Christ in Concrete (1939):
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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 1d

& I also love @seeyobahn.bsky.social's edited anthology *Dawnland Voices*:

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Dawnland Voices

Dawnland Voices calls attention to the little-known but extraordinarily rich literary traditions of New EnglandÕs Native Americans. This pathbreaking anthology includes both classic and contemporary l...

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 1d

No better read for Indigenous Peoples' Day (& every other day) than Ned Blackhawk's *The Rediscovery of America*. 🗃️

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September 24, 2025: Recent Scholarly Reads: The Rediscovery of America – Black and White and Read All Over

[It’s been a while since I shared a series on scholarly books I’ve had the pleasure of checking out recently, and for this latest iteration I wanted to highlight recent reads that have offered inspira...

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Herblock Day & Lenny Bruce Day!

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October Nominees

October 1: Daniel Boorstin , the towering historian and Librarian of Congress whose pioneering and influential scholarly works include T...

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 1d

Once more before Sunday ends, here’s today’s thread of public scholarly goodness. Please share as widely as possible, thanks! 🗃️ @hcrichardson.bsky.social

Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 2d

Here it is, my 245th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more in comments below, please share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️

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#ScholarSunday Thread 245 (10/12/25) – Black and White and Read All Over

Here it is, my 245th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more in comments below, please share widely, & en...

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 1d

J.D. Vance was right, crime is rampant in American cities & communities. Masked criminals are wreaking havoc on our nation's children & families. Fuck ICE.

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 1d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

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Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 1d

Once more before Sunday ends, here’s today’s thread of public scholarly goodness. Please share as widely as possible, thanks! 🗃️ @hcrichardson.bsky.social

Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 2d

Here it is, my 245th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more in comments below, please share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️

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#ScholarSunday Thread 245 (10/12/25) – Black and White and Read All Over

Here it is, my 245th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more in comments below, please share widely, & en...

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s today’s thread to accompany your Fall brunching. Please share widely & enjoy, all! 🗃️ @kevinmkruse.bsky.social

Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 2d

Here it is, my 245th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more in comments below, please share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️

blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

#ScholarSunday Thread 245 (10/12/25) – Black and White and Read All Over

Here it is, my 245th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more in comments below, please share widely, & en...

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 2d

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 2d

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