"Once the links between citizen and conflict have been severed, you can tell yourself whatever story you want about who you are and what you are doing in the world."

America Is Used to Hiding Its Wars. Trump Is Doing the Opposite.

America Is Used to Hiding Its Wars. Trump Is Doing the Opposite. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/m...

Lebanon: A Nation Uprooted by War

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/w...

Iran War Live Updates: Israel Agrees to Talks With Lebanon but Will Still Strike Hezbollah

The Human Rights Activists News Agency said at least 1,665 civilians, including 244 children, had been killed in Iran as of Monday. Lebanon’s health ministry on Monday said that more than 1,500 people had been killed in the latest fighting between Israel and Hezbollah
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani spoke about the anti-Muslim hate he says some New Yorkers have experienced amid the war in Iran, saying "at the center of war is dehumanization."

He told a story of a Muslim woman who was attacked on a subway platform in a one-on-one interview with @errollouis.bsky.social.

'The US administration's dysfunctions and the Iranian regime's resilience are driving Trump further into an obsession with force' COLUMN. Five weeks into the US bombing campaign against Iran, Donald Trump's trademark unpredictability has been overtaken by the unpredictable dynamics of the war itself, observes Le Monde columnist ...

www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...

It was great.

Laundry is key.

Thank you #SUNY #FCCC for the time to speak about Academic Freedom at your plenary! @csvacin.bsky.social @diverdanna.bsky.social @eialongo.bsky.social #madc

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*Establish a NY State MADC: Promote collaboration between CUNY and SUNY to defend against political attacks. ✊

In Italy, Giorgia Meloni's failed referendum opens a new chapter in her term The judicial reform project submitted to voters by the Italian prime minister was rejected by 53.7% of the vote, after a tense campaign and amid high voter turnout.

www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...

The New War on Speech | Aryeh Neier Partway through his second inaugural address on January 20, Donald Trump started listing the executive orders he planned to sign that day. Among others,

“It is hard,” Aryeh Neier writes, “to think of an instance in which the president himself has played such a direct and overt part in an assault on free speech.”

𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗦𝗖 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀

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@cadhe.bsky.social Happy to support this Initiative at @cuny.edu

@cadhe.bsky.social

Why the Removal of Faculty Unions Matters to St. John’s Students. In an era of growing corporate consolidation, labor power is as important as ever.  The statistics are clear: not only do unionized workers, especially those of color, make more money, but they also r...

The St. John’s University administration is setting a dangerous precedent in ceasing to recognize its faculty labor unions after 56 years of bargaining...a decision that will further hurt the university’s quality of education if they don't reverse course immediately.

100% support this, and would recommend it for every meeting that could simply have been an email.

Nigeria: ‘Renewed Hope’ or ‘Hopelessness’? | Mehdi Hasan and Daniel Bwala | Head to Head YouTube video by Al Jazeera English

W 141m Nigerians living in multidimensional poverty + number of deaths in Nigeria, it's absurd to claim like Nigerian government does, that stats are trending in right direction. Someone should remind Bwala that in the long run, we are all dead! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygdN...

Pedro Sánchez’s lone stance against Trump may look risky, but it is cannily pragmatic | Eoghan Gilmartin The Spanish PM’s defiant foreign policy line may seem outspoken. The truth is that he is a sound strategist at home and abroad, says journalist Eoghan Gilmartin

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Stand with Coaches for Campus Freedom: Let universities be free and independent Head coaches and athletic administrators across the U.S. are joining together to support a public letter defending the universities and colleges that form the backbone of the sports we love. Show supp...

Head coaches and athletic administrators across the U.S. are joining together to support a public letter defending the universities and colleges that form the backbone of the sports we love! alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/co...

Nearly one-third of women in the EU are subject to violence This statistic comes from a survey published by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, which also showed that most violence is 'widely underreported' and often 'overlooked by the institutions meant to address and prevent it.'

Nearly one-third of women in the EU are subject to violence

Opinion | War and Peace Cannot Be Left to One Man — Especially Not This Man

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/o...

Heartbreaking. Happy for Darnold.

Congrats to @seattleseahawksbr.bsky.social and to @samdarnold.bsky.social . Well deserved.

Let’s go @patriots.bsky.social !

Love this @qbklass.bsky.social

The Patriots are Super Bowl-bound.

The boys are going to the Super Bowl. @patriots.bsky.social

Due to severe weather conditions, all CUNY colleges and offices will shift to remote learning and work tomorrow, Monday, January 26, 2026. Essential staff is expected to report to work, please consult with your campus or office.

Due to severe weather conditions, all CUNY colleges and offices will shift to remote learning and work on Monday, January 26, 2026. Essential staff is expected to report to work, please consult with your campus or office.

A bit more resistance earlier would have been a good idea. So let’s see how he handles this.