Richard Ashby Wilson
@richardawilson.bsky.social
Professor of #Anthropology at Princeton University. Co-Director of the Human Rights Initiative. I write about #HumanRights & #CivilRights
Views are personal, obviously.
Views are personal, obviously.
Trump Loyalist Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Trump: I’m very proud of the job he’s done. What he’s done is incredible in terms of human rights.
November 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Guatemalan woman erroneously deported & separated from her 2 year old son. And this chilling line, “Moments later, armed agents began separating the workers into two groups — U.S. citizens and immigrants.” #CrimesAgainstHumanity
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
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She Was Deported in Error. Her Child Was Left Behind.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Guatemalan woman erroneously deported & separated from her 2 year old son. And this chilling line, “Moments later, armed agents began separating the workers into two groups — U.S. citizens and immigrants.” #CrimesAgainstHumanity
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
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Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
Vulture capitalism is not working.
Socialism looks less bad when Elon Musk gets a trillion dollars from the board of Tesla for...ruining Tesla
Welcome to Tesla Capitalism
Or: JVL explains why Americans are toying with socialism.
www.thebulwark.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Vulture capitalism is not working.
“While the president has publicly focused on confronting the region’s drug threat to the United States, in private he has talked more about Mr. Maduro’s fate, and about oil, aides say.”
This conflict is entirely pretextual. Imperial & distracting from domestic issues
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
This conflict is entirely pretextual. Imperial & distracting from domestic issues
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Trump Escalates Pressure on Venezuela, but Endgame Is Unclear
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
“While the president has publicly focused on confronting the region’s drug threat to the United States, in private he has talked more about Mr. Maduro’s fate, and about oil, aides say.”
This conflict is entirely pretextual. Imperial & distracting from domestic issues
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
This conflict is entirely pretextual. Imperial & distracting from domestic issues
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
The officials ordering extra-judicial killings in the #Caribbean must face legal consequences.
Bacon: "If we're gonna go to war with Venezuela, the president needs to make his case. And they've done 0 on this. He needs to come to Congress."
November 15, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The officials ordering extra-judicial killings in the #Caribbean must face legal consequences.
"Trumpism began in anger, alienation, frustration and division. The antidote is empathy, solidarity, mutual respect and hope. Tuesday’s elections delivered a starter dose." Hear hear.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
Opinion | Now We Know Trump’s Kryptonite
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
"Trumpism began in anger, alienation, frustration and division. The antidote is empathy, solidarity, mutual respect and hope. Tuesday’s elections delivered a starter dose." Hear hear.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
The ruling class tried this in Louis XVI’s France and look how that ended
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Officials Demand States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamp Benefits
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The ruling class tried this in Louis XVI’s France and look how that ended
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
When 1 in 8 Americans rely on food aid, it's time to recognize our economic system is not working.
#TimeForChange
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/u...
#TimeForChange
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Families in Limbo After Supreme Court Order Interrupts Food Stamp Payments
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
When 1 in 8 Americans rely on food aid, it's time to recognize our economic system is not working.
#TimeForChange
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/u...
#TimeForChange
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Zohran Mamdani ran on freezing the rent in NYC.
Abigail Spanberger ran on supporting fired federal workers and lowering the cost of living in VA.
Mikie Sherrill ran on lowering utility bills in NJ.
Ensuring people can afford to live a decent life is the path forward.
Abigail Spanberger ran on supporting fired federal workers and lowering the cost of living in VA.
Mikie Sherrill ran on lowering utility bills in NJ.
Ensuring people can afford to live a decent life is the path forward.
November 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Zohran Mamdani ran on freezing the rent in NYC.
Abigail Spanberger ran on supporting fired federal workers and lowering the cost of living in VA.
Mikie Sherrill ran on lowering utility bills in NJ.
Ensuring people can afford to live a decent life is the path forward.
Abigail Spanberger ran on supporting fired federal workers and lowering the cost of living in VA.
Mikie Sherrill ran on lowering utility bills in NJ.
Ensuring people can afford to live a decent life is the path forward.
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Vincent van Gogh ~ Mulberry Tree, 1889
November 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Vincent van Gogh ~ Mulberry Tree, 1889
Signed #AAUP petition against government violation of First Amendment.
#EducationNotIdeology
You can too!
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#EducationNotIdeology
You can too!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...
Trump Higher Ed Compact 2025
We stand for education—for science, for students and for freedom—and against this backward, anti-American policy. We call on university leaders, faculty, staff and students to unite in rejecting the T...
actionnetwork.org
November 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Signed #AAUP petition against government violation of First Amendment.
#EducationNotIdeology
You can too!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...
#EducationNotIdeology
You can too!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...
Is our economy working for the 99%, when 42 million people rely on federal food aid= one in eight Americans?
November 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Is our economy working for the 99%, when 42 million people rely on federal food aid= one in eight Americans?
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New York knows how to do Halloween!
November 1, 2025 at 7:50 AM
New York knows how to do Halloween!
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Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
October 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
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More than 47 million Americans — including one in five children — don’t have reliable, affordable access to nutritious food. And as the cost of living skyrockets, more families are depending on SNAP benefits, or food stamps, to put food on the table.
October 31, 2025 at 6:49 PM
More than 47 million Americans — including one in five children — don’t have reliable, affordable access to nutritious food. And as the cost of living skyrockets, more families are depending on SNAP benefits, or food stamps, to put food on the table.
Professors, we need to step outside #universities and engage the populace in #CivicEducation.
open.substack.com/pub/therenov...
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Step Outside the Ivory Tower, Professors. Your Democracy May Depend on It.
The Alliance for Civics in the Academy is bringing together a nationwide network of college faculty devoted to teaching citizenship.
open.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Professors, we need to step outside #universities and engage the populace in #CivicEducation.
open.substack.com/pub/therenov...
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The White House reveals their new logo.
October 26, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The White House reveals their new logo.
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there will be more joy in heaven over one nudger who repents than over ninety-nine sociologists who have no need of repentance.
October 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
there will be more joy in heaven over one nudger who repents than over ninety-nine sociologists who have no need of repentance.
Walking the Delaware Raritan Canal today. 66 miles, hand by #immigrants
THey get the job done!
THey get the job done!
October 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Walking the Delaware Raritan Canal today. 66 miles, hand by #immigrants
THey get the job done!
THey get the job done!
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Good job, America!
Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants
Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates
www.gelliottmorris.com
October 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Good job, America!
Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
October 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM