The Root @therootdotcom.bsky.social The Root is a digital magazine that provides thought-provoking commentary and news from a variety of Black perspectives.
Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social 26+ years at @CNBC and @NBCNews / @WSJ alum / Peabody, DuPont, Murrow & Emmy winner
Fresnoland @fresnoland.bsky.social Fresnoland is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit news organization dedicated to making policy public. www.fresnoland.org
Listen to the Fresnolandia podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6LrywarU2fOznJEz
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov Former public defender, now U.S. Congresswoman, proudly serving the good people of Texas’ 30th Congressional District. ✊🏾 
Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org We work to end mass incarceration, excessive punishment, and racial injustice. Led by Bryan Stevenson. Creators of @legacysites.eji.org
Stanford Sociology @stanfordsoc.bsky.social Official Bluesky account of the Department of Sociology at Stanford University. https://sociology.stanford.edu/
Ritchie Torres @ritchietorres.bsky.social Congressman (#NY15). Born and bred in the Bronx. Grew up in poverty. Product of public housing. https://Torres.nyc/
The Fresno Bee @fresnobee.com The No. 1 source of news in California's central San Joaquin Valley. #ReadLocal & Subscribe to The Bee: http://fresnobee.com/subscribe
The 74 @the74.bsky.social America's education news source
Wendy Laura Belcher @wendylbelcher.bsky.social Scholar of early African literature and translator of medieval Ethiopic texts. Author of Writing Your Journal Article in 12 Weeks, which helps academics globally to write publishable academic articles in 12 weeks. 
Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social The official "Resistance" team of U.S. National Park Service. Our website: www.ourparks.org
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum @cooperhewitt.org.web.brid.gy 2 East 91st St, New York NY | Open Th–M, 10 to 6
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Smithsonian Magazine @smithsonianmag.bsky.social Official feed for Smithsonian magazine. @ replies may be reprinted in the magazine. Legal: http://si.edu/Termsofuse
Poets & Writers @pw.org Official account of Poets & Writers, the primary source of information, support, and guidance for creative writers since 1970. Sign up for our newsletter: at.pw.org/newsletter
Oakland Review of Books @oaklandreviewofbooks.org \O/
Thinking from the Oakland Bay Area
https://www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/
ORB@oaklandreviewofbooks.org
Whitney Museum @whitney.org The Whitney is your home for American art.
SFMTA @sfmta.bsky.social themunistore.com
WTA @wtatour.bsky.social Serving up the latest from everything WTA 🎾
the #BookSky account 💙📚 @booksky.club #BookSky (est. 2023) is bluesky's home for readers and writers with 20+ literary feeds for every genre. ✏️ a project by @clarabelle.xyz
click for ALL the feeds + the FAQ 📕👉🏻 links.booksky.ink
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7PM in Brooklyn @7pminbrooklyn.bsky.social It’s not a time. It’s a destination. Sports and culture from The Hook. A Wave Original.
Baller Alert @balleralert.com Media company delivering news, & lifestyle content across social & web platforms. www.balleralert.com
IOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/id377741847
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜
Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social Entrepreneur
Costplusdrugs.com
Christopher Bouzy @cbouzy.bsky.social Founder & CEO of Spoutible.com/cbouzy
Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social Journalist, writer, former member of the Six Heartbeats. Championship-level spades player. ContrabandCamp.com founder. Author of NY Times bestseller: Black AF History: The Unwhitewashed Story of America.
@nomadkirani.bsky.social @nomadkirani.bsky.social 
Congressional Black Caucus @cbc.house.gov The Conscience of the Congress since 1971. Advocating for issues important to Black Americans.
Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info Public health experts resisting harmful policies, fighting disinformation, and defending public health from within.
Not official CDC—but close enough for transmission.
Proudly #AltGov
Tips? signal altCDC.99, email altCDCtips@proton.me or DM
Sarahbeth Maney @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social Purpose-driven storyteller, independent photog
✨ BAY AREA ☁️ FAA drone certified
Former staff: ProPublica, Freep, NYT
📨 Reach me: sbmaneyphoto@gmail.com
Jessica Christian @jachristian.bsky.social Garden-loving photojournalist for the San Francisco Chronicle with a very loud Bengal cat.
📍Oakland, CA
jessicachristianphoto.com
ESPN @espn.com Serving sports fans. Anytime. Anywhere.
@damaliabena.bsky.social @damaliabena.bsky.social 
@writingco-lab.bsky.social @writingco-lab.bsky.social Writing Co-Lab is an online teaching cooperative owned and operated by artists passionate about craft, community, creativity, and the joyous power of the written word. Check out our class offerings https://www.writingco-lab.com
David Labaree @dlabaree.bsky.social Emeritus Stanford professor. History & sociology of US education. Last books Ironies of Schooling and Being a Scholar. Love good writing. Blog at http://davidlabaree.com.
Stanford Graduate School of Education @stanfordeducation.bsky.social At Stanford Graduate School of Education, we envision a world where all learners are prepared to thrive in a dynamic future.
EdTrust @edtrust.bsky.social Advancing policies & practices to dismantle the racial & economic barriers embedded in the American education system. www.edtrust.org
The Obama Foundation @obamafoundation.bsky.social We believe in a world with more opportunity, participation, and trust.
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com Always fighting for the people.
Wife, Momala, Auntie. She/her.
107 Days, my behind-the-scenes account of the shortest campaign in history, is available now at https://kamalaharris.link/107Days.
Elizabeth Gilbert @lizgilbert.bsky.social Author of EAT PRAY LOVE, BIG MAGIC, THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS, CITY OF GIRLS, and the newest: ALL THE WAY TO THE RIVER
linktr.ee/lizgilbert
Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov U.S. Senator, Massachusetts. She/her/hers. Official Senate account.
https://substack.com/@senatorwarren
Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social Founder @democracydocket.com. Chair of Elias Law Group. My dog's name is Blue.
Anne Lamott @annelamott.bsky.social Mother, wife, Nana, activist, Sunday School teacher, sister. Bird by Bird, Somehow: Thoughts on Love. Old quotes compiled by Dean Dauphinais.
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social Husband, Actor, Activist, Uncle George to the Internet 🖖
Dan Rather @thedanrather.bsky.social Journalist, storyteller, and lifelong reader
A Texan by birth and by choice
Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social internet typist at the verge, known cat lady, zevon stan. she/hers/hesher
tip me: liz@theverge.com
Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social Went to some colleges, now studying them for a living
Talk equally about ed policy and reality tv
She/Her
Personal account
https://www.dominiquebaker.com/
(I generally don't follow students as they deserve space to blow off steam about people like me)
Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social Fmr FBI Special Agent, lawyer, @JacksonYale. Tiger(ish) mom. Legal and national security analyst. Editor @just_security. Steam mop influencer. Views mine.
https://asharangappa.substack.com
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social 7th/Newest book: Misbehaving at the Crossroads: Essays & Writings (June 24). Substack: honoreejeffers
Uché Blackstock, MD @ucheblackstockmd.bsky.social Physician. NYT bestselling author of LEGACY 📚 TIME100 Health ✨ Thinking about health, culture, & the life I choose.
Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social Martial Artist. Executioner of Mediocrity.
Ex-Washington Post.
Substack: https://substack.com/@karenattiah?r=2bz6j&utm_medium=ios
Rogue Radical Professor: @resistanceschool.bsky.social
ACLU @aclu.org A nonprofit, nonpartisan, legal and advocacy 501(c)(4) organization. Visit our site for more about us and our affiliated organization, the ACLU Foundation.
WNBA GOLDEN STATE VALKYRIES @wgoldenstate.bsky.social 
WNBA @wnba.com The official account for the WNBA
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Danyel Smith @danyelsmith.bsky.social staff writer @theatlantic.com ✨ audio + film | CAA + Pande Literary
https://www.danyelsmithwriter.com/
https://shinebrighthq.substack.com/
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder of @inequalitymedia.bsky.social and @imcivicaction.bsky.social.
Substack: http://robertreich.substack.com
Buy my new book: https://sites.prh.com/reich
Visit my website: https://rbreich.com/
Jasmine Guillory @thebestjasmine.bsky.social Writer, Oakland.
City of Oakland @cityofoakland.bsky.social Official account for the City of Oakland, California ❤️ #OaklandLoveLife
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Chalkbeat @chalkbeat.org Chalkbeat is a nonprofit news network covering schools and education policy across the U.S. Follow our education journalism at chalkbeat.org. Have a news tip? Here's how you can reach us: ckbe.at/contact-chalkbeat or email us at community@chalkbeat.org
Daphne Penn @daphnempenn.bsky.social Asst. Professor doing academia differently • Deep work disciple democratizing academic knowledge and spaces • Southern girl writing to change the world • Sociologist writing a book about race, immigration, and schooling in the U.S. South
Jonathan Collins @jonathanecollins.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Political Science and Education Teachers College, Columbia • 🏀 Supremacist • ✍🏾 Phi Delta Kappan
Janelle Scott @janellescott.bsky.social Professor of education policy & politics, fan of democracy
Ericka (Wiggins) Weathers @erickaweathers.bsky.social Here as a well-balanced human with many identities. Posting my own views as my full self. K-12 Ed policy researcher. Mom |🪴🏀🏈 lover | Consumer of the Philly food scene | CT native | Hampton alum | 1913 🔺
Eos Trinidad @eostrinidad.bsky.social @UCBerkeley Asst Prof of Educ Policy | @UChicago PhD Sociology & Human Dev | sociologist of education, policy, and org change
Thomas Toch @thomastoch.bsky.social Founding Director of FutureEd at Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy.
Lavar Edmonds @lavaredmonds.bsky.social Anything I ever do is to avoid doing something else
Stanford Economics PhD Student
lavaredmonds.com
Kaylee T. Matheny @kmatheny.bsky.social Asst prof at Georgetown’s McCourt School & faculty affiliate at JHU’s Poverty & Inequality Research Lab. Forever a Waffle House waitress, public school teacher, and FLI student of Griffin, GA.
Marissa Thompson @marissathompson.bsky.social assistant professor of sociology at Columbia • researching inequality, education, race/ethnicity, & social policy • 26.2 x2, 13.1 x14 • 1913 | Γ • she/her • views mine
marissaethompson.com
@ctownflowers.bsky.social @ctownflowers.bsky.social 
Joy Esboldt @jesboldt.bsky.social Assistant professor in the School of Education at The University of Delaware. Scholar of teacher learning, racial politics, & educational inequality. Enjoys running in the woods.
she/her
Amanda Lu @amandaluedu.bsky.social Postdoc at the National Student Support Accelerator | Incoming faculty director at the Georgetown McCourt School of Public Policy
Diehard New Orleans Pelicans Fan
Tananarive Due - The Reformatory @tananarivedue.bsky.social Lifewriting Podcast - Exec Producer #HorrorNoire: A History of Black Horror, Writer: Twilight Zone. UCLA Lecturer. Vanity Fair. Author: American Book Award #BLM #blacksky She/Her - https://linktr.ee/tananarivedue
Corey J. Miles @coreyjmiles.bsky.social assistant professor | ethnographer of da black south | wrote vibe | Patricia’s son | ΚΑΨ
coreyjmiles.com
Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social Ex NY Times, now author of Substack Paul Krugman. Nobel laureate and, according to Donald Trump, "Deranged BUM". Also Research Professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center and senior scholar at the GC-CUNY Stone Center.
Jelani Cobb @jelaniya.bsky.social your new neighbor from your old neighborhood. dean. writer. left-hander & occasional photographer. known to frequent the new yorker and columbia journalism school. 
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. 🐍🦁🌱
ibramxkendi.com
Black Voters Matter Fund @blackvotersmatterfund.org We are a national organization dedicated to expanding Black voter engagement and increasing progressive power. #BlackVotersMatter #WeFightBack ✊🏾
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social Cross-disciplinary social & behavioral science research & fellowship in service of generating knowledge, illuminating understandings, building fields, informing policy discourse, & creating an enduring scholarly community like no other | casbs.stanford.edu
Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) @socwomen.bsky.social Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) advances and supports feminist research, activism, and scholarship.
Links provided here are for informational purposes and do not constitute an endorsement or approval by SWS of the content.
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SXSW @sxsw.com Helping creative people share ideas and achieve their goals since 1987. SXSW 2027: March 15–21 | Austin, TX
Melissa V. Abad, PhD @melissa-v-abad.bsky.social Strategist | work and orgs sociologist | WOC at work (immigration book project, 2025)
Chicago native, reluctant West Coast suburbanite 🇩🇴🇵🇷🧘🏽♀️💃🏽
www.melissabad.com
Eve L. Ewing @eveewing.bsky.social I’m a Chicagoan and a prof and I write a lot of things like books [Original Sins, Electric Arches, 1919, Ghosts in the Schoolyard, Maya and the Robot] and comics [X-Men, Black Panther, Ironheart] and more + I love my dog so so much
Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears.
Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame.
“I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
AERA @aeraedresearch.bsky.social Official account of American Educational Research Association, a national interdisciplinary research association for ~25K+ scholars who undertake #edresearch.
University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) @ucea-leadership.bsky.social UCEA is a consortium of higher education institutions committed to advancing the preparation and practice of educational leaders for the benefit of schools and children.
Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social Aggregator of Black Culture. James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of African & African American Studies at Duke University. Host of the Webby-nominated Left of Black. Author of several books, including forthcoming SAVE A SEAT FOR ME (on Black Fatherhood).
Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social Assistant professor of political science at Stanford. Forthcoming book, Respectability Politics, with University of Chicago Press.
Not Hakeem Jeffries, the Minority Leader.
hakeemjefferson.com
Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social Brooklyn Congressman. Democratic Leader.
Work hard. Stay focused. Deliver results #ForThePeople.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
Joy-Ann Reid @joyannreid.bsky.social Host of The Joy Reid Show, best-selling author, writer, documentary filmmaker, and happy warrior blerd 'bout town. Subscribe at thejoyreidshow.com and joyannreid.com!
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social Mondays at 9pmET on MS NOW
MaddowBlog.com
@livianwriteswords.bsky.social @livianwriteswords.bsky.social 
Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/roxanegay
Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
Shirley Huey @shirleyhuey.bsky.social Writer/reader/eater/wanderer. SF born + raised. Words: Catapult, Panorama: the Journal of Travel, Place, & Nature, EatingWell, sparkle+blink, Berkeleyside, & others. Former atty. Member, Writers Grotto. https://www.shirleyhuey.com