Jan McVicker
@jmcvicker.bsky.social
Professor, SUNY (English, INDS) focusing on lit/theory/culture/media. Virginia Woolf studies/modernism. Opinions my own.
What the closure of Teen Vogue means for journalism
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What the closure of Teen Vogue means for journalism.
Condé Nast folded a beloved magazine that treated youth and feminism as political topics, not trends.
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November 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
What the closure of Teen Vogue means for journalism
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Sherrilyn Ifill - Now What? (part 2) open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
NOW WHAT?
Part II - Real Talk for Voters, Advocates, & Dem Leaders in Congress
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November 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Sherrilyn Ifill - Now What? (part 2) open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Sherrilyn Ifill - The Bizarre End to the Shutdown (part 1) open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
The Bizarre End to the Shutdown
Part I - Democrats Fumble the Moment
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November 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Sherrilyn Ifill - The Bizarre End to the Shutdown (part 1) open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
the more you read about the new Texas A&M policy, the more insidious and outrageous it becomes: e.g. "This also includes course content that promotes activism on issues related to race or ethnicity, rather than academic instruction.” We're back to duck & cover
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Texas A&M Requires Approval for Courses That “Advocate” Certain Ideologies
Many faculty members decried the new restrictions on race- and gender-related courses as an assault on academic freedom. Meanwhile, the board also discussed a once-per-semester systemwide course revie...
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November 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
the more you read about the new Texas A&M policy, the more insidious and outrageous it becomes: e.g. "This also includes course content that promotes activism on issues related to race or ethnicity, rather than academic instruction.” We're back to duck & cover
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
"Smaller discretionary grants, awarded without scholarly review, have so far gone to scholars with ties to conservative or religious institutions... including $30,000 for a project called 'Meritocracy vs. Equity: The Declaration of Independence in Tension With Critical Race Theory and D.E.I.'"
As the top Democrat overseeing the National Endowment for the Humanities, I’ve spent the past few months digging into the Administration’s unprecedented dismantling of the agency.
What I found reveals a disturbing pattern of corruption.
What I found reveals a disturbing pattern of corruption.
Fired Scholars and Big Grants to Favored Projects: Inside Trump’s N.E.H.
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November 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"Smaller discretionary grants, awarded without scholarly review, have so far gone to scholars with ties to conservative or religious institutions... including $30,000 for a project called 'Meritocracy vs. Equity: The Declaration of Independence in Tension With Critical Race Theory and D.E.I.'"
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The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture. n.pr/43T2xmD
Pope Leo returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada
The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture.
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November 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture. n.pr/43T2xmD
Fired Scholars and Big Grants to Favored Projects: Inside Trump’s N.E.H.
Some Democrats and supporters of the National Endowment for the Humanities are questioning what they see as gutted procedures and a tilt toward handpicked projects.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/a...
Some Democrats and supporters of the National Endowment for the Humanities are questioning what they see as gutted procedures and a tilt toward handpicked projects.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/a...
Fired Scholars and Big Grants to Favored Projects: Inside Trump’s N.E.H.
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November 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Fired Scholars and Big Grants to Favored Projects: Inside Trump’s N.E.H.
Some Democrats and supporters of the National Endowment for the Humanities are questioning what they see as gutted procedures and a tilt toward handpicked projects.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/a...
Some Democrats and supporters of the National Endowment for the Humanities are questioning what they see as gutted procedures and a tilt toward handpicked projects.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/a...
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You know I have something to say about last week’s events. So much so that this week’s essay is a two-parter.
Here’s the shot.
Chaser drops in an hour.
Get started! And SHARE.
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Here’s the shot.
Chaser drops in an hour.
Get started! And SHARE.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
The Bizarre End to the Shutdown
Part I - Democrats Fumble the Moment
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November 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
You know I have something to say about last week’s events. So much so that this week’s essay is a two-parter.
Here’s the shot.
Chaser drops in an hour.
Get started! And SHARE.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Here’s the shot.
Chaser drops in an hour.
Get started! And SHARE.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
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“I’m Hispanic and I’m dark (skinned), so that’s why they picked me up,” Diaz, a U.S. citizen, said. “It feels scary because I’m wearing a target — you know, pick me up because I’m this color. It shouldn’t be like that.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’
The Tribune spoke to U.S. citizens and green card holders who have either been questioned or detained during Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
“I’m Hispanic and I’m dark (skinned), so that’s why they picked me up,” Diaz, a U.S. citizen, said. “It feels scary because I’m wearing a target — you know, pick me up because I’m this color. It shouldn’t be like that.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
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New: A site licensing Trump's name is selling merch with the presidential seal — including a $20 beer-pong set with “Presidential themed balls.”
Federal law says you can’t manufacture or sell likenesses of the seal without authorization.
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Federal law says you can’t manufacture or sell likenesses of the seal without authorization.
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Trump-Licensed Presidential Seal Beer Pong Set Could Violate Federal Law
A site affiliated with Lee Greenwood sells merchandise with the seal—such as a $20 beer pong set with “Presidential themed balls”—and pays licensing fees to a Trump LLC.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
New: A site licensing Trump's name is selling merch with the presidential seal — including a $20 beer-pong set with “Presidential themed balls.”
Federal law says you can’t manufacture or sell likenesses of the seal without authorization.
me, for @forbes.com
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Federal law says you can’t manufacture or sell likenesses of the seal without authorization.
me, for @forbes.com
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This is a wonderful victory for @aaup.org. Can’t help thinking about how the pretext was obvious from the jump in March, when Columbia got its letter. Our law profs said it then, in their excellent post in response: balkin.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-ti...
November 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This is a wonderful victory for @aaup.org. Can’t help thinking about how the pretext was obvious from the jump in March, when Columbia got its letter. Our law profs said it then, in their excellent post in response: balkin.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-ti...
truly orwellian .. presidents now can determine whether hundreds of courses are 'legitimate' ... censorship of the worst kind––how knowledge is constructed, validated, accessed
Faculty, advocates react to Texas A&M University's new race and gender approval system
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Faculty, advocates react to Texas A&M University's new race and gender approval system
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Faculty, advocates react to Texas A&M University's new race and gender approval system
The new Texas A&M University System, which requires professors to obtain approval from the school president to discuss certain race and gender topics, has been met with opposition from faculty and fre...
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November 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
truly orwellian .. presidents now can determine whether hundreds of courses are 'legitimate' ... censorship of the worst kind––how knowledge is constructed, validated, accessed
Faculty, advocates react to Texas A&M University's new race and gender approval system
www.npr.org/2025/11/15/n...
Faculty, advocates react to Texas A&M University's new race and gender approval system
www.npr.org/2025/11/15/n...
Hospice workers call for Gov. Hochul to sign bill restricting for-profit hospices
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Hospice workers call for Gov. Hochul to sign bill restricting for-profit hospices
Workers gathered to call on Governor Hochul to sign legislation preventing for-profit hospices from growing or opening until better patient safeguards are in place.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Hospice workers call for Gov. Hochul to sign bill restricting for-profit hospices
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ICE arrests draw protest outside Elmwood restaurant in Buffalo
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ICE arrests draw protest outside Elmwood restaurant
Protestors said four individuals who work at Aguacates, a Mexican restaurant on Elmwood Ave., were detained by Homeland Security agents around 10 a.m. Thursday. BTPM has two sources who confirm this i...
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November 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
ICE arrests draw protest outside Elmwood restaurant in Buffalo
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Waymo Was on a Roll in San Francisco. Then One of Its Driverless Cars Killed a Cat
The self-driving taxis have become ubiquitous in the city, but an uproar ensued when one ran over a beloved feline.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...
The self-driving taxis have become ubiquitous in the city, but an uproar ensued when one ran over a beloved feline.
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Waymo Was on a Roll in San Francisco. Then One of Its Driverless Cars Killed a Cat.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Waymo Was on a Roll in San Francisco. Then One of Its Driverless Cars Killed a Cat
The self-driving taxis have become ubiquitous in the city, but an uproar ensued when one ran over a beloved feline.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...
The self-driving taxis have become ubiquitous in the city, but an uproar ensued when one ran over a beloved feline.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...
She Was Deported in Error. Her Child Was Left Behind.
Maribel Lopez was hastily deported to Guatemala despite a pending asylum appeal, leaving behind a toddler. Her case highlights a growing pattern of speedy deportations.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Maribel Lopez was hastily deported to Guatemala despite a pending asylum appeal, leaving behind a toddler. Her case highlights a growing pattern of speedy deportations.
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She Was Deported in Error. Her Child Was Left Behind.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
She Was Deported in Error. Her Child Was Left Behind.
Maribel Lopez was hastily deported to Guatemala despite a pending asylum appeal, leaving behind a toddler. Her case highlights a growing pattern of speedy deportations.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Maribel Lopez was hastily deported to Guatemala despite a pending asylum appeal, leaving behind a toddler. Her case highlights a growing pattern of speedy deportations.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Dramatic Chicago ICE raid touted as anti-terror win results in no criminal charges
A new investigation by ProPublica found that immigration raids hailed by the Trump administration as a major strike against terrorism did not live up to those claims.
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A new investigation by ProPublica found that immigration raids hailed by the Trump administration as a major strike against terrorism did not live up to those claims.
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Dramatic Chicago ICE raid touted as anti-terror win results in no criminal charges
A new investigation by ProPublica found that immigration raids hailed by the Trump administration as a major strike against terrorism did not live up to those claims. Dozens of Venezuelan migrants wer...
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November 15, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Dramatic Chicago ICE raid touted as anti-terror win results in no criminal charges
A new investigation by ProPublica found that immigration raids hailed by the Trump administration as a major strike against terrorism did not live up to those claims.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
A new investigation by ProPublica found that immigration raids hailed by the Trump administration as a major strike against terrorism did not live up to those claims.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Indiana Senate Says It Won’t Vote on Redistricting That Trump Sought
The pushback from Senate Republicans follows the governor’s call for a special session to consider a new congressional map that President Trump wanted.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
The pushback from Senate Republicans follows the governor’s call for a special session to consider a new congressional map that President Trump wanted.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Indiana Senate Says It Won’t Vote on Redistricting That Trump Sought
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November 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Indiana Senate Says It Won’t Vote on Redistricting That Trump Sought
The pushback from Senate Republicans follows the governor’s call for a special session to consider a new congressional map that President Trump wanted.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
The pushback from Senate Republicans follows the governor’s call for a special session to consider a new congressional map that President Trump wanted.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Boston University Student Faces Backlash After He Called ICE on Workers
The student, the president of the school’s College Republicans club, said he reported immigrant carwash workers. Now he is facing online attacks after nine of the workers were detained www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
The student, the president of the school’s College Republicans club, said he reported immigrant carwash workers. Now he is facing online attacks after nine of the workers were detained www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Boston University Student Faces Backlash After He Called ICE on Workers
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November 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Boston University Student Faces Backlash After He Called ICE on Workers
The student, the president of the school’s College Republicans club, said he reported immigrant carwash workers. Now he is facing online attacks after nine of the workers were detained www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
The student, the president of the school’s College Republicans club, said he reported immigrant carwash workers. Now he is facing online attacks after nine of the workers were detained www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Trump Plan Could Limit Green Cards for Immigrants From Travel Ban Countries
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Trump Plan Could Limit Green Cards for Immigrants From Travel Ban Countries
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November 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Trump Plan Could Limit Green Cards for Immigrants From Travel Ban Countries
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emerging reports about possibly imminent US military attack on venezuela. there can be no doubt about it, certainly not in the coverage: such an attack would be an act of aggression, lacking any basis in international law. we'll get sophistic arguments about self-defense but none will be legit.
October 31, 2025 at 3:02 PM
emerging reports about possibly imminent US military attack on venezuela. there can be no doubt about it, certainly not in the coverage: such an attack would be an act of aggression, lacking any basis in international law. we'll get sophistic arguments about self-defense but none will be legit.
Former U.Va. President Details Justice Department Pressure That Led to Ouster
In an extraordinary 12-page letter, James E. Ryan described the pressure campaign leading to his resignation as akin to a “hostage situation.”
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In an extraordinary 12-page letter, James E. Ryan described the pressure campaign leading to his resignation as akin to a “hostage situation.”
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Former U.Va. President Details Justice Department Pressure That Led to Ouster
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November 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Former U.Va. President Details Justice Department Pressure That Led to Ouster
In an extraordinary 12-page letter, James E. Ryan described the pressure campaign leading to his resignation as akin to a “hostage situation.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
In an extraordinary 12-page letter, James E. Ryan described the pressure campaign leading to his resignation as akin to a “hostage situation.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
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About 100 Indigenous protesters blocked the main entrance to the United Nations climate conference on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon for 90 minutes on Friday, in a peaceful standoff that ended after a lengthy discussion with the president of the climate talks. https://to.pbs.org/4peOZKn
'No one enters, no one leaves.' Protesters block main entrance to COP30 climate talks in Brazil
About 100 Indigenous protesters blocked the main entrance to the United Nations climate conference on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon for 90 minutes on Friday in a peaceful standoff that ended after a lengthy discussion with the climate talks president...
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November 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
About 100 Indigenous protesters blocked the main entrance to the United Nations climate conference on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon for 90 minutes on Friday, in a peaceful standoff that ended after a lengthy discussion with the president of the climate talks. https://to.pbs.org/4peOZKn
State Department erases 15 pages of nuclear history — with no warning
Key historical records about the incident during the Reagan administration, known as the Able Archer 83 War Scare, were removed without explanation.
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Key historical records about the incident during the Reagan administration, known as the Able Archer 83 War Scare, were removed without explanation.
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Analysis | State Department erases 15 pages of nuclear history — with no warning
Key historical records about the incident during the Reagan administration, known as the Able Archer 83 War Scare, were removed without explanation.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
State Department erases 15 pages of nuclear history — with no warning
Key historical records about the incident during the Reagan administration, known as the Able Archer 83 War Scare, were removed without explanation.
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Key historical records about the incident during the Reagan administration, known as the Able Archer 83 War Scare, were removed without explanation.
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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How a Texas shrimper stalled Exxon’s $10bn plastics plant | Shilpi Chhotray
How a Texas shrimper stalled Exxon’s $10bn plastics plant | Shilpi Chhotray
Diane Wilson recognized Exxon’s playbook – and showed how local people can take on even the most entrenched industries
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November 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
How a Texas shrimper stalled Exxon’s $10bn plastics plant | Shilpi Chhotray