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“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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A US-based nonprofit organization has urged the international criminal court to investigate former president Joe Biden and two of his cabinet members for complicity in war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Interesting if slightly cryptic piece on the question that has become a litmus test in these McCarthesque times, by Andrew March aeon.co/essays/what-...

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The Trump administration is issuing executive orders that aggressively target vulnerable students, faculty, and staff—specifically international, undocumented, trans students, DACA recipients, and those engaged in pro-Palestine activism on campus.

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“There is a truth that isn’t being spoken right now — that this work has always benefited everyone…There isn’t any one group that has benefited more or less. That is misinformation. It was always about how to become stronger communities across our difference.” www.chronicle.com/article/what...

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A group of law school profs has just released a memo to universities demonstrating that DEI initiatives are in fact constitutional and that the Jan 21 EO by Trump does not affect classroom teaching or 1A rights of universities. A must read for anyone in education: app.box.com/s/2me4mszr6p...

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The Department of Education's Dear Colleague letter isn't a legal mandate. That doesn't mean college won't make changes to their race-conscious programs, higher-education lawyers said. chroni.cl/4k2ywqJ

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This is what happens when universities abandon their own stated principles for acquiring knowledge: the Columbia, Penn, UCLA, and UWashington antisemitism reports denigrate the academic study of antisemitism and Israel-Palestine and justify an assault on academic freedom. @peterbeinart.bsky.social

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“This threat of federal funding loss is a coercive tactic to suppress dissent...I urge universities and colleges to resist this unlawful directive and stand firm in their commitment to diversity and inclusion.” cloakinginequity.com/2025/02/16/u...

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APPLICATIONS DUE TODAY! Applications for our Summer Editorial Fellowship close today at 11:59pm Eastern. The program offers intensive training in editing and producing long-form, ideas-driven magazine writing for a general audience. Pay is $20/hr. For more details, visit:

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“It should not surprise us then that, as völkisch-authoritarian racism surged at home, Germany yet again became complicit, through its unconditional solidarity with Netanyahu, Smotrich, Gallant and Ben-Gvir, in murderous ethnonationalism.” www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ja...

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Northwestern University economist Elisa Jácome said research has shown that these types of immigration enforcement policies make public safety worse. The resulting uncertainty can lead to victims of crimes not calling their local police for help. www.wbez.org/immigration/...

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From two leaders scholars of democratic decline. Censored on facebook. Can’t believe this is where we are, but here we are.

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For political science people…. Sign so that as a discipline can be heard

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A brilliant book, a life-affirming gift - please consider reading Demon Copperfield, if you haven’t already. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/b...

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This is not new and it is not only Trump. This has been the end game since 1948. www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

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My latest. As journalists and writers, we have a duty to use language that is accurate and describes our current reality. I’m no longer going to talk about DEI/Anti-DEI. Let’s be clear. We are facing racial purges and re-segregation. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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“resisting an authoritarian takeover of higher ed is not a partisan issue.” www.chronicle.com/article/high...

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This is what it feels like to have America’s boot on your neck. On the parallels btwn the US destruction of Iraq and today’s destruction of ourselves. @michellegoldberg.bsky.social

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Trump needs no Hitlerian inspiration for his rhetoric; both Democrats and Republicans have been building this common sense for years, expanding its capacities over time—including with bids for more border patrol agents, counterinsurgency funding, and technology. www.bostonreview.net/articles/blo...

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Many Zionists want to punish certain speech criticizing the state of Israel. Harvard is bending to them. This conflates protected political speech with bias against Israeli and Jewish students.

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“We have made Israel our altar.” Thank you @peterbeinart.bsky.social

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Trump’s new policies are taking aim at tribal communities in new and shocking ways…For example, the Trump administration openly questioned the U.S. citizenship of Indigenous peoples as part of its defense of Trump’s executive order to suspend birthright citizenship in the U.S.

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“No president has the right to unilaterally rewrite the Constitution for his own purposes,” the columnist @jamellebouie.net writes. “Yet there is every indication that this is exactly what Trump is trying to do across a number of issues, not just birthright citizenship.”

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Residents of the Armenian Quarter in Old Jerusalem face increasing violence from militant Israeli settlers and the Israeli government who want to steal their land and build a luxury hotel. Hear from Armenian activists based in East Jerusalem who are fighting to save Jerusalem as a city for all.

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Hear from Armenia activists based in East Jerusalem, who are resistant extremist activity in fighting to save Jerusalem as a city for all. Lake St. Church of Evanston, January 29, 7 PM.

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“Trump promises that you don’t have to think about other people.” M. Gessen explains how we got here and where we’re headed.

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The bottom line is that, while Trump’s first “Muslim ban” targeted travellers from several Muslim-majority countries, this order has farther-reaching consequences, including about what it means to be an American.

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Congratulations Owen!

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Yesterday, in protest of Harvard University's response to the genocide in Gaza and deepening repression of campus activism against it, I submitted a letter of resignation from my job there. Here is that letter.

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Howard Zinn 101. Our students have never heard of him.

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“I’ve been on the bench for over four decades,” he said. “I can’t remember another case where the question presented was as clear as this one is. This is a blatantly unconstitutional order. Where were the lawyers when this decision was being made?” www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...

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SHARE WIDELY. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights. You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one. (1/3)

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Teaching Jan 6 today & grateful for the UNCIVIL RELIGION @miketheprofessor.bsky.social & Copulsky’s public humanities project students are reading @profgabriele.com @antheabutler.bsky.social @kkdumez.bsky.social Ben Park Dana Lloyd Sarah Imhoff Jamil Drake @samahc.bsky.social uncivilreligion.org

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Spaces for dissent are narrowing. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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Greg Grandin in US borders and borderlessness… www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/o...

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5 Things You Can Do Now To Protect Yourself And Your Loved Ones | 5 Cosas Que Puedes Hacer Ahora Para Protegerte A Ti Y A Tus Seres Queridos

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Wonderful, humanizing journalism by @chipmitchell1.bsky.social and @wbez.org. Was commuting into work when I heard this and it really hit home how this upcoming MAGA mass deportation is the loss of our friends and neighbors.

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11 students have been suspended by New York University for one year for participating in nonviolent antiwar protests last month. In a statement, NYU Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine called the suspensions “a draconian case of collective punishment.” www.democracynow.org/2025/1/10/he...

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More than 100 years after its initial review that blamed Black men, the Dept. of Justice just released its report on the 1921 Tulsa race massacre The report says the attack “was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence”

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Spread the word: If you know of a higher ed worker who has been attacked/retaliated against for speaking out about the violence in Gaza or calling for a ceasefire, plz help collect data about these attacks by filling out this short tip form. You may do so anonymously.

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