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Critical community pracademic. Research focus: violence against women, campus sexual assault, psychological trauma.
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This week, my Somerville constituent Rümeysa Öztürk was abducted in broad daylight by DHS officials and sent to Louisiana to be locked in a detention center. She has not been charged with any crime.

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Being AGAINST diversity is being FOR racism.

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Spring comes, regardless.

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A classic cover from ‘The New Yorker’

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The countdown for April 17 Day of Action for Higher Education is underway! Visit www.dayofactionforhighered.org to sign up for virtual events and to let us know what you're planning on your campus!

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How Colleges Are Cracking Down on Students Now www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/u...

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Read our Co-chairs' statement on Trump stripping collective bargaining rights from federal workers👇

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No, Elon. 40% of people who call Social Security's 1-800 number are not fraudsters, Social Security is not a Ponzi scheme & nobody who is 150 years old is getting a Social Security check. Stop the lies. Stop the disinformation. Get your billionaire hands off Social Security.

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www.reuters.com/world/us/tru... Doubling down on white supremacy. Despicable.

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Threats to public health at every angle open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...

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Under Pressure, Psychology Accreditation Board Suspends Diversity Standards www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/h... So much for APA's commitment to anti-racism. Shame on them.

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The APA bows down to Trump: Under Pressure, Psychology Accreditation Board Suspends Diversity Standards www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/h...

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📣 We're mobilizing across northeastern Pennsylvania to say Hands Off! 📍 April 5th in Scranton, 12pm-2pm: bit.ly/handsoffscra... 📍 April 5th in Wilkes-Barre, 3pm-5pm: bit.ly/handsoff-wil... 📍 April 6th in Lewisburg, 3pm-5pm: bit.ly/handsoff-lew... Drop any other NEPA Hands Off events in the comments!

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What we know (as of 3:44 p.m.) -- Student is Alireza Doroudi -- Was picked up by ICE Tuesday; being held in Pickens County Jail -- Organizers of Pro-Palestinian events at Alabama said he was not part of their activities -- Reason why he was picked up remains unclear (via @alander.bsky.social)

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www.reuters.com/pictures/pic... Resist fascism everywhere.

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www.insidehighered.com/news/governm... Suppression of free inquiry is central to the authoritarian program.

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www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t... This is institutional betrayal.

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Everything you need to know about Trump's tax cuts.

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Despicable

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I wish people hated fascism half as much as they hate feminism

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I’ve asked this question before. Now I’m SHOUTING it. Where the HELL are the Democrats? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/where-the-hell-are-the-democrats

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This executive order is bad — cartoonishly so. But it is also a wake-up call for those who believe the danger of election subversion has passed. To the contrary, it has only just begun. And so has our fight. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...

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www.politico.com/news/2025/03... Criminalizing dissent is not a sign of a healthy democracy.

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On Tuesday, April 8th, 2025 workers across the country are standing up and demanding NO cuts to education, healthcare, and lifesaving research! Join us April 1 for our planning call with @naomiaklein.bsky.social Register Here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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RIGHT NOW: Columbia Irving Medical Center researchers are speaking out on how the Trump admin cuts to research funding will cause harm to millions of families in the US and worldwide.

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21 State Attorneys General are urging America’s legal community to stand together in defense of the rule of law. We must not falter in our resolve to uphold the U.S. Constitution and the rule of law. Our democracy depends on it. oag.ca.gov/news/press-r...

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Senate Republicans would rather you didn’t find out they just voted to give the biggest banks billions in profits from overdraft fees that kick working people when they’re down. Disgraceful. Meanwhile, every Senate Democrat voted against it.

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They are just disappearing people off the street. Having a hard time thinking about literally anything else.

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“President Trump is bound by the laws of this nation, and those laws do not permit him to use wartime powers when the United States is not at war and has not been invaded to remove individuals from the country with no process at all.” Sounds right to me! www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

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🚨NEW: Private insurers are trying to destroy Medicare through Medicare DisAdvantage. Democrats in Congress are fighting back. With @delauro.house.gov, @schakowsky.house.gov, & @doggett.house.gov, I’m leading 74 members in calling on the admin to enact urgent reforms to Medicare DisAdvantage plans.

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I wrote about the group chat. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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📊 Data update: We've just updated the data we show from the World Inequality Database to their latest release. With this data you can explore several measures of income inequality, before and after tax, for countries around the world.

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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... The authoritarian regime targeting higher education and its students.

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“If you want to be neutral in the face of an authoritarian, antiscience, anti–free speech, anti-intellectual & xenophobic White House that is directly attacking the university, you have no business in a university leadership position. Do your job. Defend your university.” — Historian Robert Cohen

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Inhumane bastards.

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www.reuters.com/world/us/tuf... If student protestors can undermine foreign policy, it doesn't say much for foreign policy now does it?

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www.politico.com/news/2025/03... Good for The Atlantic.

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The Atlantic Exposes The Lies Of Hegseth, Gabbard And Trump, Ds Get A Big Win In PA, David Rothkopf On SignalGate And How Trump Is Making US Far, Far Weaker (Video) www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/the-atlant...

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People's CDC, COVID-19, Weather Report, March 24, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/peoplesc...

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The Signal is Flashing Red open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

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Submission www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma... Those of us in higher education must stand for academic freedom and social justice. Submission supports the oppressors.

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