The Family Business: An Open Letter (satire/opinion) Things have changed, Jennifer Lundquist writes (satirically).

Awesome

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Inequality has risen from 1970 to Trump − that has 3 hidden costs that undermine democracy The Republican tax bill is set to worsen inequality, government data shows. It’s part of a 50-year trend that’s affecting the social fabric as well as the economy.

Great piece on rising inequality by Nathan Meyers !

theconversation.com/inequality-h...

This Is a Summer to Organize (opinion) Faculty may want a break, but the architects of the assault on higher ed won’t be breaking and neither should we, Jennifer Lundquist and Kathy Roberts Forde write.

www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

horrifying

I'm proud that UMass' Faculty Senate adopted an important motion yesterday to take a leading role in helping all public institutions statewide and nationwide stand up for academic freedom and more. Motion, FAQ, and what your institution can do to join! #AcademicSky drive.google.com/file/d/1TNDl...

"those who credit manufacturing jobs for a glorious past mistake correlation for causation. They think their grandparents had the 'good life' because of jobs in manufacturing. In reality, it was unions, pensions, high marginal tax rates, and strong social policies—with racism and sexism thrown in"

People are doing things. You will meet those people when you start doing things.

Democracy is Crumbling. Is Anybody Doing Anything? Yes. And You Can Too.

sherrilyn.substack.com/p/democracy-...

Trump’s DOGE campaign accelerates 50-year trend of government privatization The president’s executive orders are part of a decades-long trend of shrinking government’s role while expanding private sector control over public services.

Check out this brilliant piece by Nathan Meyers! theconversation.com/trumps-doge-...

Laboring in the Shadow of Empire - Rutgers University Press Laboring in the Shadow of Empire: Race, Gender, and Care Work in Portugal examines the everyday lives of an African-descendant care service workforce that ...

More info on these books here: www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/laboring-in-...

A truth from Trump that reads “All Federal Funding will STOP for any College, School, or University that allows illegal protests. Agitators will be imprisoned/or permanently sent back to the country from which they came. American students will be permanently expelled or, depending on on the crime, arrested. NO MASKS! Thank you for your attention to this matter”

If you’re a professor in a classroom today & you don’t mention this, I believe you’re doing your students a profound disservice. This is targeted 1st at international students, but it’s deliberately broad enough to lay groundwork for a scene Trump & Hegseth have fantasized: troops on campus.

How to support faculty during the chaos (opinion) Beth Mitchneck and Stephanie A. Goodwin suggest some simple ways academic administrators can support faculty whose research and teaching are under threat.

Great work from Beth Mitchneck and Stephanie Goodwin www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

This is what House Republicans voted for tonight.

Another reminder that we have socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest.

Educators Sue to Challenge Trump Administration's Efforts to Weaponize Civil Rights Laws, Attack Educational Programs and Student Opportunities - Democracy Forward

The ASA, American Federation of Teachers @AFT, and AFT-Maryland, facilitated by @DemocracyForward, have filed a complaint today in federal court in Maryland challenging the “Dear Colleague Letter” published by the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights.

And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.

appalling

No One Knows How This Will End (But I Do Not Think It Will End Well for Them) I can sum up the Trump/Musk/Vance theory of power in five words: "We have power; you don't." Alternative version in six words: "we can do anything we want." They seem to believe that nothing is really...

These three horsemen of the MAGA-tech-bro apocalypse are in the position of penthouse dwellers who think their top floor apartment doesn't rest on all the floors underneath... www.meditationsinanemergency.com/no-one-knows...

Markey on the Muskocracy

What you can do Revised and expanded

Resist!

What you can do Revised and expanded

In light of Trump II’s first 18 days of mayhem — including his and Musk’s coup against our system of government — many are asking: “What can I do now?”

Here’s a revised and expanded list, in rough order of importance.

The world is darker, sadder, and more broken without the brilliance, joy, and resolve of Michael Burawoy. I cannot fathom a world without him in it. Devastated for all who loved him and for all of sociology.

Don't Gaslight Yourself. You're Right To Grieve What's Happening to America. I know what you're thinking.

If enough time passes, an otherwise healthy person can start to get used to sickness.

They can slowly begin to convince themselves that almost any horrifying, toxic, painful, twisted reality is acceptable.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dont-gasli...

"This Joy" by the Resistance Revival Chorus YouTube video by Resistance Revival Chorus

From a book club friend, restorative
youtu.be/1TbDPwA09Bc

1456 days til Jan 20 2029

This week has been a lot. I am grateful for the helpers and fighters and hope I’m counted among their number.