@profmder.bsky.social
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Yesterday, after a new EO calling to close the Dept. of Education, Sec. McMahon offered reassurance, saying closure "does not mean cutting off funds" for "essential programs." But if DOE programs and funds are essential, why close it? My latest newsletter explains.
open.substack.com/pub/jesscala...
open.substack.com/pub/jesscala...
March 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Yesterday, after a new EO calling to close the Dept. of Education, Sec. McMahon offered reassurance, saying closure "does not mean cutting off funds" for "essential programs." But if DOE programs and funds are essential, why close it? My latest newsletter explains.
open.substack.com/pub/jesscala...
open.substack.com/pub/jesscala...
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Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.
March 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.
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Talked with @andersoncooper360.bsky.social about what is, and what IS NOT, DEI. And what Trump & his confederates are trying to accomplish with erasing the accomplishments of non-white people, women and LGBTQ people.
March 19, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Talked with @andersoncooper360.bsky.social about what is, and what IS NOT, DEI. And what Trump & his confederates are trying to accomplish with erasing the accomplishments of non-white people, women and LGBTQ people.
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It doesn't surprise me that a midwife was the first person arrested. Since the days of the Witch Trials, this country has relished in punishing women who operate outside the mainstream.
A Houston-area midwife has been arrested on allegations she performed illegal abortions, the first criminal charges brought under the state’s near-total abortion ban, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Monday.
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Houston-area midwife arrested for allegedly providing illegal abortions
This represents the first criminal charges under Texas’ near-total abortion ban.
19thnews.org
March 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
It doesn't surprise me that a midwife was the first person arrested. Since the days of the Witch Trials, this country has relished in punishing women who operate outside the mainstream.
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“Universities have more power than they are pretending to have in this moment. Their acts of cowardice are baffling. Universities can & should join together and use all tools in their considerable toolbox to fight these attacks on their most vulnerable members” www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
March 6, 2025 at 4:36 AM
“Universities have more power than they are pretending to have in this moment. Their acts of cowardice are baffling. Universities can & should join together and use all tools in their considerable toolbox to fight these attacks on their most vulnerable members” www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
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Our colleges & universities should encourage, not suppress, open & vigorous dialogue & debate about even the most deeply held beliefs.
Trump’s threats against student protesters are antithetical to the mission of higher education.
We strongly condemn them.
www.aaup.org/news/threats...
Trump’s threats against student protesters are antithetical to the mission of higher education.
We strongly condemn them.
www.aaup.org/news/threats...
Threats to Student Protest Are Antithetical to the Mission of Higher Education
The AAUP defends the right to free speech and peaceful protest on college and university campuses, a time-honored tradition protected by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. Donald T...
www.aaup.org
March 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Our colleges & universities should encourage, not suppress, open & vigorous dialogue & debate about even the most deeply held beliefs.
Trump’s threats against student protesters are antithetical to the mission of higher education.
We strongly condemn them.
www.aaup.org/news/threats...
Trump’s threats against student protesters are antithetical to the mission of higher education.
We strongly condemn them.
www.aaup.org/news/threats...
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AAUP Council member @chenjerai.bsky.social & special guest @astra.bsky.social, co-founder of @debtcollective.bsky.social will be hosting this discussion next Monday on what's at stake for democracy in the fight to save higher education.
More info here:
www.organizeeverycampus.org/events/build...
More info here:
www.organizeeverycampus.org/events/build...
Town Hall: Building Power in Higher Ed Now with Astra Taylor — Organize Every Campus
Monday, March 10 4 pm PT / 5 pm MT / 6 pm MT / 7 pm ET AAUP Council member Chenjerai Kumanyika will host special guest Astra Taylor , to discuss what is at stake for democracy in the fight for hi...
www.organizeeverycampus.org
March 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
AAUP Council member @chenjerai.bsky.social & special guest @astra.bsky.social, co-founder of @debtcollective.bsky.social will be hosting this discussion next Monday on what's at stake for democracy in the fight to save higher education.
More info here:
www.organizeeverycampus.org/events/build...
More info here:
www.organizeeverycampus.org/events/build...
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“We believe this rush to comply is a sign that universities are willing to become an institutional wing of the new segregationists.”
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
Colleges must stand up to the new segregationists (opinion)
In rushing to comply with Trump’s executive actions, universities support a segregationist agenda, Subini Annamma and David Stovall write.
www.insidehighered.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
“We believe this rush to comply is a sign that universities are willing to become an institutional wing of the new segregationists.”
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...