Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk.bsky.social Carter G. Woodson Endowed Chair in History @Howard.edu • Director @huadvstudy.bsky.social • Editor @TheEmancipator.org • National Book Award Winner • #1 NYT Bestselling Author. #BeAntiracist. 🐍🦁🌱
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JJ McCauley @jj-mccauley.bsky.social Sociologist. Working on social: inequality, movements, change, and the environment. 
sinajo.bsky.social @sinajo.bsky.social Feminist theorist, urban studies/critical geography afficionado, teacher, writer, renter, nerd. Assoc Prof of WGS at LMU. All opinions my own, yadda yadda.- W Willow @wowwillow.bsky.social
Yasmin Nair (One Tenacious B.) @yasminnair.bsky.social 
Eamon Costello @eam0.bsky.social (Post)Digital Learning. Critical Pedagogy. Post-AI futures. Creative methods. Speculative design. Pedagogies of kindness. Teacher education and fac dev.
Assoc Prof, Dublin City University - He/Him).
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Asinus Pervicax @knownagitator.lol Still fighting to cleanse the world of ancient evils, ancient ills.
Lucy Parsons Labs @lucyparsonslabs.com Chicago-based collaboration between data scientists, transparency activists, artists, & technologists that sheds light on the intersection of digital rights and on-the-streets issues.
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Juana María Rodríguez @radiorodriguez.bsky.social A queer Latina femme fighting for a Free Palestine 🇵🇸Author of 📚Puta Life: Seeing Latinas, Working Sex//Sexual Futures, Queer Gestures and Other Latina Longings//Queer Latinidad: Identity Practices, Discursive Spaces juanamariarodriguez.com
Contexts Magazine @contexts.org Contexts is a quarterly magazine that makes cutting-edge sociology research accessible to general readers. Edited by David Grazian, with managing editor Elena van Stee.
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Neville Eclov @neclovian.bsky.social MedPhys @ Allina Health |
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Data Workers’ Inquiry @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social The Data Workers’ Inquiry is a community-based research project in which data workers lead their own inquiry in their respective workplaces.
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Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics @journalrep.bsky.social The Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics is the official journal of the Race, Ethnicity, and Politics section of the American Political Science Association, published by @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org.
Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org radical publisher of politics, culture, current events
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
AAUP @aaup.org The American Association of University Professors champions academic freedom, advances shared governance, and organizes faculty to ensure higher education's contribution to the common good.
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Joey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social LA-based investigative journalist covering policing, injustice, and inequality. I create job security for public records custodian’s in California.
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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social Reader, writer, teacher, gardener, seamstress, contrarian. Alice Griffin Professor Emerita of English, Former Director-Carter G. Woodson Institute, U of Virginia. Please, no DMs unless I know you. For professional matters, please contact me via UVA.
Christina Proenza-Coles @proenzacoles.bsky.social Author of AMERICAN FOUNDERS: How People of African Descent Established Freedom in the New World. I study, research, teach, & post American history.
Ashley D. Farmer @drashleydfarmer.bsky.social Historian, Professor, Writer, Author. 👑📚: Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore (Pantheon, 25)
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Meredith Rose @mrose.ink Grumpy feminist lawyer. Writer with ADHD. Senior Policy Counsel, @publicknowledge.bsky.social . Copyright, copywrong, tech, music, AI, fandom. I talk about stuff.
Negate the gods -- raise rocks.
She/her 🏳️🌈
IamFeyisayo @iamfeyisayo.bsky.social Yoruba indigenous epistemology & Anglophone Africana diasporic lit/culture. Poetry.Poetics
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Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social Chicago. Interested in how places are shaped. Friend to alley cats. I don't speak on behalf of my affiliations. he/him
"We know this world is good enough because it has to be."
Current Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social A magazine of political commentary, analysis, and amusements.
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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social Professionally disagreeable senior Chicago politics reporter for @wttw.bsky.social News
Ignacio Gallup-Diaz @igallupd.bsky.social College teacher, Atlantic World historian, Poirot + Morse aficionado
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Who Makes Cents? @whomakescents.bsky.social A monthly podcast about the history of capitalism. Hosted by @jessicaannlevy.bsky.social and @dygottlieb.bsky.social
Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social The only living Waterworld fan. Planet Hollywood Historian. Let Joe Dante direct the WALT DISNEY’S ENCHANTED TIKI ROOM movie.
Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social Co-Founder Momentum Training Institute, IfNotNow, More Perfect Union. Formerly Warren, Justice Democrats, etc. Tottenham until they kill me.
Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social Democratic nominee for Congress in NY-10. Dad Lander. Love unions, justice, seltzer, and NYC. #FightDontFold
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social Author and journalist. THE MISSION: The CIA in the 21st Century and LEGACY OF ASHES: The History of the CIA. https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-mission-tim-weiner?variant=43465484206114
David Priess @davidpriess.bsky.social Intelligence, geopolitics, and strategy | Vice President of Strategy, Emergent Risk International | Senior Fellow, Hayden Center | Former CIA & State Department | Duke poli sci PhD | Author, The President’s Book of Secrets
Pierre Romera Zhang @pirhoo.com I’m CTO at the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (@icij.org) where I build interactive stories, data driven investigations and tools.
#PandoraPapers #UberFiles #FinCENFiles #LuandaLeaks and many more.
Heidi @heidig144.bsky.social 
Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social Historian @ruhistorydept.bsky.social
John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social Apocalyptic shit disturber elephant trainer -
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Jennifer Smith Richards @jsmithrichards.bsky.social Investigations in the Midwest at ProPublica. Past: Chicago Tribune by way of OH/GA/NY/WV. Enthusiastic about FOIA + data. Tell me everything.
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Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social Fighting ICE since 2006, cohosting @openargs.bsky.social since 2024, playing your piano since 1987. Read my journal at http://deportnation.com
Women’s March @womensmarch.com Organizing every day to mobilize the power of feminists. Courage is contagious. Refusal is powerful. Take the Brave Women Pledge ⬇️
Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social SCOTUS reporter @ Courthouse News
Come for the legal news, stay for the Taylor Swift commentary and cat photos
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Tonantzin Carmona @tonantzin-tlc.bsky.social Director of Economic Policy at @tcfdotorg.bsky.social Former: @brookings.edu, WH NEC, Treasury, Sen. Warren, City of Chicago. Opinions mine.
Rob Wisc @robwisc.bsky.social US educational policy | political economies | community organizing | labor
Immigrant Defenders Law Center @immdef.bsky.social Immigrant Defenders Law Center (ImmDef) is a next-generation social justice law firm that defends our immigrant communities against injustices in the immigration system.
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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social Tuesday-Friday at 9pm ET on MS NOW.
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awkword @awkword.bsky.social Hip Hop Artist | Sociologist | Organizer | Journalist • @tendemands.bsky.social Co-Founder | @crushcolonialism.bsky.social Board | @joindayenu.bsky.social Comms | @unicornriot.bsky.social Writer • aka @philmandelbaum.bsky.social • thisisawkword.com
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JB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social Husband, Father, Entrepreneur at 1871 tech, Founder @thinkbigusa.bsky.social, Governor.
Fighting for a stronger, fairer, and safer Illinois.
OpenNews @opennews.bsky.social We help journalists connect as peers to build the skills that transform their work and the relationships that transform our industry.
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AK Press @akpress.org Your friendly anarchist publisher & distributor, worker-run and collectively managed since 1990. No bosses, no bullshit.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social A career spent in government affairs & media. Now an interested eye on the news. Not always balanced; there aren’t two sides to fascism.
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Melissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social Historian. Associate Professor. Community College enthusiast. Researching 17th-c gossip. Weighs more than a duck. Employed by George and Gracie. She/her.
Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info Public health experts resisting harmful policies, fighting disinformation, and defending public health from within.
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Proudly #AltGov
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Words to Win By @wordstowinby.bsky.social A podcast about winning for political insiders, outsiders and every progressive in between hosted by @anatosaurus.bsky.social
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
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Logan Jaffe @loganjaffe.bsky.social Newsletter Editor and Writer @ProPublica.org. Public History grad student. Floridian in the Midwest.
Acyn @acyn.bsky.social Senior Digital Editor for MeidasTouch.com
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Chronicle of Higher Education @chronicle.com Academe’s most trusted resource for independent journalism, career development, and forward-looking intelligence.
Website: www.chronicle.com
Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com Welcoming media and government (and everyone else!) to Bluesky.
Formerly of The Atlantic, Boston Review.
Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social Political theorist studying democracy, ethics, & institutions. Author of Democracy for Busy People (https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/D/bo194847654.html); more at kevinjelliott.net. Generally poasting my way through this thing
The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com by transfemmes. for transfemmes. about transfemmes. | @transjournalists.org member | thetransfemininereview.com | ed. Bethany Karsten
Sarah Fackrell @design-law.bsky.social Professor of Law at Chicago-Kent. Design patent geek. Also interested in #ScheduleA litigation. Full bio (including link to CV): https://kentlaw.iit.edu/law/faculty-scholarship/faculty-directory/sarah-fackrell
Katie Romich @katieromich.bsky.social Union organizer. Granddaughter of dairy farmers.
Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social Writer, reporter, and floofy dog owner. Previously at ARTnews, Business Insider, Quartz and other outlets. Based in Toronto.
Michelle Wilson @mlwilson.bsky.social Tony nominated actress - currently in the Broadway production of Our Town.
Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org Women-run nonprofit/nonpartisan newsroom reporting causes, solutions, context since 3/20. Mantra: "Do the right thing and wait."
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
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Appalachian Prison Book Project (APBP) @appalachianpbp.bsky.social We send free books and provide educational opportunities to people incarcerated in Appalachia. 📖 https://appalachianprisonbookproject.org
Peter Nickeas @peternickeas.bsky.social Chicago. Reporter now, @illinoisanswers.bsky.social. Focused on violence, and running to ground things related. Past: CNN, Chicago Tribune. More of a baseball account now if I am being honest.
Well used to ghostly company by this time
Florida Freedom to Read Project @flfreedomread.bsky.social FL public school parents who believe in preserving access to information in public education and libraries. https://www.fftrp.org/florida_censorship_attempts
Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social senior reporter at the guardian us / julia.wong@theguardian.com / juliacarriewong.11 on Signal
Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social Professor @ Boston U, History & Philosophy of Science—esp Philosophy of Geosciences, Director Phi-Geo Research Group, Assoc @ Harvard U. Hist Sci, Radcliffe Fellow Alum. Settler, wife, & mother. 📸s my crappy phone.
Webpage: https://bokulich.org/
Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social Teaches US History at Willamette Univ. Working on a book about the long history of the US Right. https://rightlandia.ghost.io/
Gabrielle Orum Hernández @ghernandez16.bsky.social writer (education, power, radical contestation), teacher, friend 🙂
Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov Husband and father. Proudly serving as Illinois’ 43rd governor.
Kenji @elementaleucology.com Healer | Miraculist | Cultural engineer
Black queer strategist and organizer committed to a habitable earth and joyful embodiments of the erotic. Life finds a way. (Some NSFW)
https://campsite.bio/the_eucologist
Shaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social historian of early christianity, scholar of magic & heresy, critic of empires, neurospicy, bleeding heart
books: magic and heresy (https://bit.ly/4mo1fY4) and smoke & mirrors (https://bit.ly/43ygshX). now writing about teleology, epistemicide, and empire.
Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social Political science professor at McGill 🇨🇦⚜️Hiram Mills Chair; Co-Director, Jean Monnet Centre Montreal;
Russo-Ukrainian war; Rule of law, (anti)corruption; European politics 🇺🇦 🇧🇬 🇪🇺. Opinions mine.
https://linktr.ee/popovaprof
Mayor Brandon Johnson @mayorofchicago.bsky.social Father. Husband. Mayor. Building Chicago into the safest, most affordable big city in America.
CROSSROADS FUND @crossroadsfund.bsky.social Crossroads Fund supports community organizations working on issues of racial, social and economic justice in the Chicago area.
The Continent @thecontinent.org The Continent is Africa's most widely read newspaper. Get the most recent edition delivered for free on:
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social Founder @democracydocket.com. Chair of Elias Law Group. My dog's name is Blue.
Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social Archives rich in social and political history from the late 19th century onwards.
Follow the MRC for highlights from our collections, details of our online resources and more!
https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc
Alexis Goldstein @alexisgoldstein.bsky.social Fired by the Trump admin for doing my job. Forever CFPB Union proud: @nteu335.bsky.social
Previously: Candidate for the U.S. House in Maryland’s 6th district @ElectAlexis.bsky.social | ElectAlexis.org
CFPB Union @nteu335.bsky.social Representing over 1,100 workers nationwide at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. CFPB workers have returned over $21 billion to millions of Americans since 2012
www.nteu335.org
Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com Your story. Your platform. Follow our live coverage on aljazeera.com
@womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social The original & only WomensArt created/ curated by art historian/author PL Henderson to celebrate/promote women in the arts.
Real art...real artists...No AI
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com News from a West Coast perspective.
Read more at www.latimes.com.
Lydialyle Gibson @lydialyle.bsky.social Writer at Harvard Magazine; alum of UChicago Mag and Chicago Journal (RIP). NC/Va --> Chicago --> Boston. Views mine, etc.
Adia Benton @ethnography911.bsky.social Quick! Somebody call an anthropologist! Assoc prof @ Northwestern. MedAnthro. African studies. Pop culture. Politics. She/her. book: https://www.upress.umn.edu/9780816692439/hiv-exceptionalism/
Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com Leading digital news and information platform covering voting rights, elections, and the courts — from an unapologetically pro-democracy standpoint.
Newsletters: https://demdock.com/3T3Owjg
Reporting: democracydocket.com
Founded: @marcelias.bsky.social
John Horgan @johnhorgan.bsky.social Professor of psychology who studies terrorism, forensic psychology, and school safety📍Atlanta, GA via Ireland. Seven Summits 🏔️ (5/7). Adopt don’t shop 🐶 Personal account.
Moms United Against Violence & Incarceration @momsunitedchicago.bsky.social Moms United is a Chicagoland community group that organizes mutual support & participatory defense in solidarity with mothers who suffer criminalization & forcible separation from their kids. 
Raúl Carrillo @raulcarrillo.bsky.social law prof @ BC. focused on the future 💸 ⚖️ 🛰️
formerly Deputy Director @lpeproject.bsky.social
Board of Directors, @a-lpe.bsky.social
https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/schools/law/academics-faculty/faculty-directory/raul-carrillo.html
Chy Sprauve @csprauve.bsky.social professoring // research areas: comp-rhet & writing studies • critical pedagogy • Af-Am studies 📚 stargazer ✨ always in my bag 😭
https://bio.site/chysprauve
Shani 🫧 (Bluesky hates Palestinians) @mom4medicare4all.blacksky.app Solo parent raising a brave autistic child, defends fare-evaders and beaters. defund the police. STFU about Chicago. Medicare 4 All is my single vote issue. WESTSIIIIIIDE!!! Go #B1GCats! She/her, M.A.
“Care work IS justice work.” - @whatashrinkthinks.com
Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social Historian of Civil War & Reconstruction. Bicyclist, baker, 3d favorite human of Banjo the dog. Views=mine, repost ≠endorsement
Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social Chicago journalist. Formerly The People’s Fabric.
Co-founder @UnraveledPress.com.
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