For those of you in or near NY: BAM - Race, Sex & Cinema: The World of Marlon Riggs
Caught in a crossfire: Chinese students abroad and the battle for their hearts
Immigrant rights attorneys and journalists denied entry into Mexico
The White House quietly rolled back workplace safety rules during the shutdown
Erik Prince company to build training center in China’s Xinjiang
Kind of sad that #chabudwellian (Chinese “chabuduo” + Orwellian) never cought on. Not just useful in China! Like how airlines invariably combine my first and middle name because the surveillance state apparently still hasn’t learned about middle names?
In Memoriam: Joseph Buttigieg, Kenan Professor Emeritus of English
About all I get to see of Taipei before I fly out again…
#CollectiveLetter Against the Eradication of Polish Anthropology
Sunset over Saigon
General Strikes, Explained (I wish my niece was old enough for Teen Vogue…)
Grad program director steps down after warning students not to speak Chinese
Google doesn’t want employees to use work email to organize, per report
The genius behind ‘Headless Body in Topless Bar’ headline dies at 74 (“What should we have said? ‘Decapitated cerebellum in tavern of ill repute’?”)
Jonas Mekas, ‘Godfather’ of American Avant-Garde Film, Is Dead at 96
Why flight attendant union head Sara Nelson called for a general strike during the shutdown.
Official convicted over Iran-Contra scandal appointed to help ‘restore democracy’ in Venezuela (Post-irony)
Airport Shutdowns Force Trump to Reopen the Government (It was the unions…)
Breaking: Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Reaffirms Award for Angela Davis