carrie freshour
@cfresh.bsky.social
geographer. southerner. mom. adoptee. labor. race. gender. DuBois. GLB. abolition.
*contribute according to ability, receive according to needs.*
*contribute according to ability, receive according to needs.*
as gsu partners with google to open the "AI Innovation Lab" to train teachers to "recruit" public HS students to "to participate in a daily curriculum focused on AI/ML literacy, problem-solving, design-thinking and mentorship"...
For decades, scholars have argued education’s hidden curriculum is about disciplining and socializing children as future workers, and they just….tweeted it out
The U.S. Education Department is moving management of K-12 and higher education to the Department of Labor
November 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
as gsu partners with google to open the "AI Innovation Lab" to train teachers to "recruit" public HS students to "to participate in a daily curriculum focused on AI/ML literacy, problem-solving, design-thinking and mentorship"...
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For decades, scholars have argued education’s hidden curriculum is about disciplining and socializing children as future workers, and they just….tweeted it out
The U.S. Education Department is moving management of K-12 and higher education to the Department of Labor
Is Trump dismantling the Education Department? Not yet. But changes are coming.
The U.S. Education Department is moving management of K-12 and higher education to the Department of Labor and parceling out other core job duties to other agencies. It's the most sweeping effort so f...
www.chalkbeat.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
For decades, scholars have argued education’s hidden curriculum is about disciplining and socializing children as future workers, and they just….tweeted it out
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"My beloved city Gaza stands on the brink of a full military occupation by the Israeli army. Their plan is to force us all to leave our homes and move into tents... We do not know what will happen to those who resist. We may be living our last days in Gaza City"
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
In Gaza City, we are saying goodbye
Forced expulsion is looming and we know this time we may never see our homes again.
www.aljazeera.com
August 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"My beloved city Gaza stands on the brink of a full military occupation by the Israeli army. Their plan is to force us all to leave our homes and move into tents... We do not know what will happen to those who resist. We may be living our last days in Gaza City"
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
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August 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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As Ruth Wilson Gilmore noted, "[Karl] Marx observed that tax struggle is the oldest form of class struggle."
Given the "Big Beautiful Bill," it might be useful for some of us to become more familiar with tax policy.
Here's a thread about U.S. tax policy and politics.
Given the "Big Beautiful Bill," it might be useful for some of us to become more familiar with tax policy.
Here's a thread about U.S. tax policy and politics.
July 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
As Ruth Wilson Gilmore noted, "[Karl] Marx observed that tax struggle is the oldest form of class struggle."
Given the "Big Beautiful Bill," it might be useful for some of us to become more familiar with tax policy.
Here's a thread about U.S. tax policy and politics.
Given the "Big Beautiful Bill," it might be useful for some of us to become more familiar with tax policy.
Here's a thread about U.S. tax policy and politics.
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Family abolition is the actualization of humanity’s universal care-neediness through the radical democratization of lifemaking without the mediations of the wage or the state. It is the politics that asks what we need from the family, and is brave enough to think about *actually making that happen.*
July 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Family abolition is the actualization of humanity’s universal care-neediness through the radical democratization of lifemaking without the mediations of the wage or the state. It is the politics that asks what we need from the family, and is brave enough to think about *actually making that happen.*
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“Leonard Peltier’s Story Isn’t Over Yet” my interview with the Native elder in the New Yorker, fifty years after the shootout at Oglala in the Pine Ridge reservation.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...
Leonard Peltier’s Story Isn’t Over Yet
The Native activist spent nearly fifty years in prison for the killing of two F.B.I. agents. In January, Joe Biden commuted his sentence, and he went home.
www.newyorker.com
June 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
“Leonard Peltier’s Story Isn’t Over Yet” my interview with the Native elder in the New Yorker, fifty years after the shootout at Oglala in the Pine Ridge reservation.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...
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Congrats to @empowermentave.bsky.social -represented author Phillip Vance Smith II for winning the 2025 Stillwater Award for Best Reported Essay from @prisonjournalism.bsky.social for his Inquest contribution linked below!
Best Reported Essay
First Place: Phillip Vance Smith II - "Uprooting Violence" published by Inquest: inquest.org/uprooting-vi...
First Place: Phillip Vance Smith II - "Uprooting Violence" published by Inquest: inquest.org/uprooting-vi...
Uprooting Violence | Phillip Vance Smith | INQUEST
Restorative justice seeks to address the root causes of violence—while also doing the work of healing the grief caused by it.
inquest.org
May 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Congrats to @empowermentave.bsky.social -represented author Phillip Vance Smith II for winning the 2025 Stillwater Award for Best Reported Essay from @prisonjournalism.bsky.social for his Inquest contribution linked below!
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My racial wealth gap class this fall is going to be so, so much weirder. My students were already getting stuck on how little progress has been made toward equity, way back in 2023 when that was still a priority. Now I get to try and explain…this
“The University of Cincinnati wants to make all students eligible for Davis’s scholarship, not just Black applicants. At least six other scholarships worth about $4 million established by Black doctors at the school are also under review, according to an email obtained by The Washington Post.”
Trump DEI policies threaten millions in scholarships raised by Black doctors
Trump’s campaign to DEI programs has put at risk six scholarships worth about $4 million established by Black doctors in Cincinnati.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
My racial wealth gap class this fall is going to be so, so much weirder. My students were already getting stuck on how little progress has been made toward equity, way back in 2023 when that was still a priority. Now I get to try and explain…this
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No one deserves detention.
No one deserves deportation.
No one deserves prison.
No one deserves to be separated from their loved ones.
No human is illegal. Free them all.
No one deserves deportation.
No one deserves prison.
No one deserves to be separated from their loved ones.
No human is illegal. Free them all.
April 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
No one deserves detention.
No one deserves deportation.
No one deserves prison.
No one deserves to be separated from their loved ones.
No human is illegal. Free them all.
No one deserves deportation.
No one deserves prison.
No one deserves to be separated from their loved ones.
No human is illegal. Free them all.
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“We have academic freedom & freedom of speech on this campus!”
Hundreds of Cornell students, staff & supporters held an emergency rally today for Momodou Taal, a Ph.D. student suing Donald Trump over the constitutionality of targeting students for protected speech.
www.wbng.com/2025/03/20/r...
Hundreds of Cornell students, staff & supporters held an emergency rally today for Momodou Taal, a Ph.D. student suing Donald Trump over the constitutionality of targeting students for protected speech.
www.wbng.com/2025/03/20/r...
Rally held at Cornell for Momodou Taal amid lawsuit against Trump
Taal claims an unidentified federal officer approached his home.
www.wbng.com
March 21, 2025 at 1:48 AM
“We have academic freedom & freedom of speech on this campus!”
Hundreds of Cornell students, staff & supporters held an emergency rally today for Momodou Taal, a Ph.D. student suing Donald Trump over the constitutionality of targeting students for protected speech.
www.wbng.com/2025/03/20/r...
Hundreds of Cornell students, staff & supporters held an emergency rally today for Momodou Taal, a Ph.D. student suing Donald Trump over the constitutionality of targeting students for protected speech.
www.wbng.com/2025/03/20/r...
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"I will never sell out the Black struggle for liberation, nor can the enemy break my revolutionary spirit."
Martin Sostre was born in Harlem 102 years ago today. He became a jailhouse lawyer, bookseller, tenant organizer and youth mentor, and pioneering thinker of Black anarchism. (1/2)
Martin Sostre was born in Harlem 102 years ago today. He became a jailhouse lawyer, bookseller, tenant organizer and youth mentor, and pioneering thinker of Black anarchism. (1/2)
March 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"I will never sell out the Black struggle for liberation, nor can the enemy break my revolutionary spirit."
Martin Sostre was born in Harlem 102 years ago today. He became a jailhouse lawyer, bookseller, tenant organizer and youth mentor, and pioneering thinker of Black anarchism. (1/2)
Martin Sostre was born in Harlem 102 years ago today. He became a jailhouse lawyer, bookseller, tenant organizer and youth mentor, and pioneering thinker of Black anarchism. (1/2)
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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/777485...
March 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/777485...
Recalling the organizing in WA state when COs at stafford creek attacked Jerrell Jackson - using COVID policies as coverup. Incarcerated people held their ground in protest against Jackson's treatment, despite repercussions. www.kuow.org/stories/man-...
Man held in isolation for 274 days and counting after maskless bathroom trip, WA prison report says
Advocates say the action points to a large problem within the Washington State Department of Corrections: an atmosphere of violence and unchecked retaliation, especially against people of color.
www.kuow.org
March 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Recalling the organizing in WA state when COs at stafford creek attacked Jerrell Jackson - using COVID policies as coverup. Incarcerated people held their ground in protest against Jackson's treatment, despite repercussions. www.kuow.org/stories/man-...
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“Prisons were transformed into a wedge that encouraged white guards to see their class mobility as tied to the criminalization of the racialized poor.” —Orisanmi Burton, author of ‘Tip of the Spear’ ( @ucpress.bsky.social ), on the deadly NY prison guard strike.
The Hidden War Fueling the New York Prison Guard Strike - Inquest
The deadly labor action can best be understood in the context of white supremacy and class struggle.
inquest.org
March 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
“Prisons were transformed into a wedge that encouraged white guards to see their class mobility as tied to the criminalization of the racialized poor.” —Orisanmi Burton, author of ‘Tip of the Spear’ ( @ucpress.bsky.social ), on the deadly NY prison guard strike.
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how did ICE know where to find Mahmoud Khalil, and who will they go after next? I wrote about the vast surveillance network that powers ICE arrests, and the Zionist groups making deportation wishlists for the agency:
www.theverge.com/policy/62718...
www.theverge.com/policy/62718...
The disappeared Columbia student is the start of a surveillance nightmare
Mahmoud Khalil is a legal permanent resident. That didn’t stop ICE.
www.theverge.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
how did ICE know where to find Mahmoud Khalil, and who will they go after next? I wrote about the vast surveillance network that powers ICE arrests, and the Zionist groups making deportation wishlists for the agency:
www.theverge.com/policy/62718...
www.theverge.com/policy/62718...
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Very excited to finally share my article on reparative-advocacy planning in Philadelphia public schools! This article would not have been possible without all the support of organizers, parents, teachers, and staff in Philadelphia including OCOS, WPCNS, and @parentsunitedphl.bsky.social
February 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Very excited to finally share my article on reparative-advocacy planning in Philadelphia public schools! This article would not have been possible without all the support of organizers, parents, teachers, and staff in Philadelphia including OCOS, WPCNS, and @parentsunitedphl.bsky.social
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Haha this is terrifying!
I've been thinking about how the idea of working in higher ed in a state like Louisiana makes me uneasy (esp. if I was at a public school), but it turns out there is no good state to be in higher ed right now.
I've been thinking about how the idea of working in higher ed in a state like Louisiana makes me uneasy (esp. if I was at a public school), but it turns out there is no good state to be in higher ed right now.
Folks asking for sources other than NY post, Inside Higher Ed article was published yesterday, link below.
February 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Haha this is terrifying!
I've been thinking about how the idea of working in higher ed in a state like Louisiana makes me uneasy (esp. if I was at a public school), but it turns out there is no good state to be in higher ed right now.
I've been thinking about how the idea of working in higher ed in a state like Louisiana makes me uneasy (esp. if I was at a public school), but it turns out there is no good state to be in higher ed right now.
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#Labor4HigherEd and @fedworkersunited.bsky.social unite! @aaup.bsky.social @aftunion.bsky.social @cwaunion.bsky.social @uaw.org @neatoday.bsky.social @seiu.org @afscme.bsky.social @higheredlabor.bsky.social
inthesetimes.com/article/fede...
inthesetimes.com/article/fede...
The Movement Supporting Public Employees Is Rising
Thousands of workers across the country hit the streets this week to declare their opposition to Trump and Musk who, under the guise of "efficiency," are slashing and burning public services.
inthesetimes.com
February 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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🚨ALL OUT FOR WORKERS RIGHTS! Tomorrow in D.C. at the Department of Labor—show Elon Musk and his lackeys that workers are ready and willing to fight back!! 🚨
February 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
🚨ALL OUT FOR WORKERS RIGHTS! Tomorrow in D.C. at the Department of Labor—show Elon Musk and his lackeys that workers are ready and willing to fight back!! 🚨