Joya Misra
@joyamisra.bsky.social
Reader, cook, wanderer, sociologist, committed to building democratic, hopeful, just societies
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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...
MADC_ Public & LGUs.pdf
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April 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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...
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"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"
April 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
"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"
Check out this brilliant piece by Nathan Meyers! theconversation.com/trumps-doge-...
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.
theconversation.com
March 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Check out this brilliant piece by Nathan Meyers! theconversation.com/trumps-doge-...
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More info on these books here: www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/laboring-in-...
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 ...
www.rutgersuniversitypress.org
March 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
More info on these books here: www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/laboring-in-...
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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.
March 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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.
Great work from Beth Mitchneck and Stephanie Goodwin www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
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.
www.insidehighered.com
March 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Great work from Beth Mitchneck and Stephanie Goodwin www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
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This is what House Republicans voted for tonight.
Another reminder that we have socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest.
Another reminder that we have socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest.
February 26, 2025 at 3:20 AM
This is what House Republicans voted for tonight.
Another reminder that we have socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest.
Another reminder that we have socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest.
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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.
Educators Sue to Challenge Trump Administration's Efforts to Weaponize Civil Rights Laws, Attack Educational Programs and Student Opportunities - Democracy Forward
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February 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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.
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And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.
February 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.
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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...
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...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
February 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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
February 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Markey on the Muskocracy
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Resist!
What you can do
Revised and expanded
robertreich.substack.com
February 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Resist!
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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.
Here’s a revised and expanded list, in rough order of importance.
What you can do
Revised and expanded
robertreich.substack.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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.
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.
February 5, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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.
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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...
They can slowly begin to convince themselves that almost any horrifying, toxic, painful, twisted reality is acceptable.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dont-gasli...
Don't Gaslight Yourself. You're Right To Grieve What's Happening to America.
I know what you're thinking.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
January 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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...
They can slowly begin to convince themselves that almost any horrifying, toxic, painful, twisted reality is acceptable.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dont-gasli...