You know things are serious when scientists are on the picket line.

“It’s sad that we have to do this,” one organizer told me after a protest. "But it was amazing to see the support. It felt powerful."

Here's how academic unions are rallying to defend science: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/its-sad-we-have-to-do-this-academic-unions-are-rallying-to-defend-science/