A well-reported story on the bigger picture behind the closure of gender and ethnic studies programs in Texas and elsewhere--including, as of today, at UT Austin.
www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
BREAKING: FIRE and ACLU contacted President Jim Davis about using the institutional neutrality policy to silence the Graduate Assembly.
www.statesman.com/opinion/colu...
It feels like I'm writing mainly for posterity, but please do share if helpful.
🗣️UT Austin AAUP Chapter Pres. Pauline Strong: “We oppose state censorship of college courses + support the right of gender studies faculty to teach in their areas of expertise. There is no law that says teaching about gender in a university classroom is illegal.“
www.statesman.com/news/educati...
"Enough is enough. Texas must allow faculty and college students to explore freely the breadth of human knowledge, and administrators must support us in that time-honored quest."
– Pauline Strong, President @utaustinaaup.bsky.social
#AcademicFreedom
#AcademicSky
@texasaaup.bsky.social
I must have missed this worthwhile read from @drewmagary.bsky.social in SFGate when it first came out earlier in April. Highly recommended:
I encourage every academic who follows me to watch this.
If Columbia University becomes a subsidiary of the Trump administration, it is no longer a university.
If there was ever a symbol of why we need to get big money out of politics, reform campaign financing, stop conflicts of interest, and tax great wealth, Elon Musk is it.
Kudos to Susan Crawford on this big victory for democracy, labor rights, and reproductive freedom in Wisconsin.
We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
The unlawful detention of Mahmoud Khalil is one of the most extreme threats to free speech in 50 years.
Trump is sending a message that people who speak out will be punished — but we have a message for him, too.
We'll see you in court.
The arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil—a green card holder whose wife is eight months pregnant—is a blatant assault on the First Amendment and a sign of advancing authoritarianism under Trump. He must be released now.
The massive income and wealth inequality that exists in America today is literally a matter of life and death.
People in wealthy counties live SEVEN years longer than people in poorer communities. That’s unacceptable.
EVERYONE has the right to a long, happy and productive life.
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Democracy Forward represents @aftunion.bsky.social, @aftmaryland.bsky.social & @asanews.bsky.social, in lawsuit challenging the Dept of Ed's new policy threatening to withhold federal funding for education institutions that do not comply with its weaponization of civil rights laws. (1/2)
The top 0.1% of Americans control $22 trillion in wealth.
The bottom 50% control $3.8 trillion in wealth.
Read that back.
Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.
Black women entrepreneurs hit hard as U.S. companies axing diversity programs
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Trump has begun his cruel mass deportations, and many good people are endangered and frightened.
Know your rights and protect your community. This is an urgent moral call to action.
