Choosing politicization over expertise is a slippery slope. And don’t think this stops with sociology.

'Compelling, beautifully written and convincing'
- Catherine Corrigall-Brown, Social Forces (Social Forces)

I'm overwhelmed, honoured & incredibly pleased to share the very first review of my book, The Rise of the Masses! It also means so much to me to read such kind words by a

So excited this edited volume on transnational repression will come out in three months. The authors list is a who's who is experts working on transnational repression, and it will surely become a go-to resource. Thanks to Dana Moss (she/her) Saipira Furstenberg for pulling it together!

My book published by UChicagoPress is AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER in Amazon!

Insurgent Communities: How Protests Create a Filipino Diaspora a.co/d/1HxUc9g #Amazon via @Amazon

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I hope, in all honesty, that you guys watched my investigative documentary because it contains the trail of evidence to the graves of the children who died because of this person’s callousness, recklessness and shadiness!

My latest article

“America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked “insufficient funds.” But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt.”
MLK, 1963
March on Washington

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Island-hopping on a superyacht. Private jet rides around the world. The undisclosed gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the Supreme Court. “It’s incomprehensible to me that someone would do this,” says one former judge. propublica.org/article/claren…

The human cost of Morocco’s authoritarian governance: His daughter was rescued from the rubble and when he tried to move her from the harsh sun to secure medical treatment, local official prevented him from doing so because he needed approval from chain of command. She died.

This is a picture of a nonbinary trans person being charged with 'LGBT propaganda' in Russia.

The Heritage Foundation's 2025 Project intends the same in the USA.

Being trans is outlawed in Russia. All gender affirming care is banned.

This is what the GOP wants for America.

TNR Watch: Coercion at Home, Pressure Abroad | Freedom House #transnationalrepression #TNR #TNR 2023 freedomhouse.org/article/TNR-Up…

It would be better for everyone for this genocidal war to end quickly. And the way to end it quickly is to give the Ukrainians what they ask for.
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This #LaborDay , let's not forget that people who are incarcerated endure forced labor—often in unsafe working conditions—while being paid just 12¢-55¢ per hour in Indiana.

In the 'land of the free,' forced labor is never acceptable.

We previously reported that Thomas has received at least 38 destination vacations and 26 private jet flights from multiple billionaires. Thomas’ latest filing brings the total number of jet flights he’s received even higher. propublica.org/article/claren…

A civil US lawsuit accuses Twitter of 'helping Saudi Arabia commit grave human rights abuses against its users, including by disclosing confidential user data at the request of Saudi authorities at a much higher rate than it has for the US, UK, or Canada.' theguardian.com/world/2023/sep…

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Thrilled to get the news that my piece, 'Stable and Shifting Sexualities Among American High School Students, 2015 to 2021,” has been accepted at Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World!

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In a New Lines Magazine essay, Dr. Zaher Sahloul revisits his time as a doctor in Aleppo, where, because of barrel bombs, medical professionals were in far greater danger than fighters on the frontlines. Russia has since expanded that assault on humanitarian aid. newlinesmag.com/first-person/w…

Egyptian regime reps visited DC & played their patriotic act against 'foreign interference'. They were sure to inform me they knew everything from my birth date to my school. Yet, they missed one painful detail - today is the anniversary of mom’s death in Egypt while I’m in exile