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BREAKING — Beker was released last night from ICE custody in Tacoma! He was given no explanation for his detainment or his release. helenair.com/news/state-r...

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National History Day @nationalhistoryday.bsky.social national finals _will_ be happening this June in Maryland as scheduled, thanks to all of your donations & outreach (sadly no thanks to the still-canceled grants from the NEH.) Donations still needed long-term. Thank you! nhd.org/en/get-invol...

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Many thought Obergefell was the end of the story - lgbt rights constitutionally achieved! But history kept happening…. 🧐

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On his 100th day in office in 2017 Trump headed to a PA wheelbarrow factory to launch his trade policy and put the US on the path to today’s tariffs. Eight years on that factory is closed. The wheelbarrows are now made in China. My latest for @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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essential reading! @laurieessig.bsky.social @middleburycollege.bsky.social @uvmvermont.bsky.social @kimlanelaw.bsky.social @mashagessen.bsky.social

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Solidarity now: open.substack.com/pub/feliciak...

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Good graphic!

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And I’ll add: many Israelis too. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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@aaup.bsky.social @aft.org @vtaft.bsky.social

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Dartmouth alums, Dartmouth workers, Dartmouth students, Dartmouth donors, sign this and call the office of the president, shame to be the only ivy missing the party www.change.org/p/urge-dartm...

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We r with you from UVM United Academics @aft.org @vtaft.bsky.social @aaup

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Well, no surprise here: A new study from the Gender Equity Policy Institute (GEPI) found that women are 2X as likely to die during pregnancy in states with abortion bans. Twice as likely. Meanwhile, maternal mortality in pro-choice states fell 21%. jessica.substack.com/p/women-are-...

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Sounds like …. supporting segregation ? www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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Winning!!

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Burlington, VT now - before they hearing of Mohsen Mahdawi’s habeas corpus petition. A few hundred people present, his neighbors from the Upoer Valley (VT/NH), state legislators

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terrible news from @utoledopsych.bsky.social : losing field-leading disability studies major among others

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💙📚. #nonfiction

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My latest - w/ things we all need to know about gender & fascism - for @msmagazine.com msmagazine.com/2025/04/22/f.... @roxyszal.bsky.social @laurieessig.bsky.social @uvmvermont.bsky.social

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I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions.

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It’s quite unbelievable right now.

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“We are human,” Auden wrote in 1939, “‘composed . . . Of Eros and of dust’, and yet can ‘Show an affirming flame’ against the bleak pessimistic efforts to snuff us out.” open.substack.com/pub/feliciak...

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History Teaches . . . Reflections & Warnings From Poets & Scolds open.substack.com/pub/feliciak...

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😍 Incredibly moving video highlights of some of the many protests for #HigherEd across the country yesterday. Students and academic workers are rising up together, we are not alone in this fight! 👊❤️👇

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How about (byline FK): “If it isn’t broken, why ‘fix’ it?” All Leading Scholars Ask Feds”

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Dependency!!!! It’s all racist, sexist, unrealistic work ethic welfare discourse all the way down. @wendymink.bsky.social @pennpress.bsky.social www.pennpress.org/978081229557...

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If true, US engagement with an entire continent will be reduced to extraction of its natural resources and counterterrorism, while expecting AI to somehow replace diplomatic relations. This policy discounts effective diplomacy and fundamentally misunderstands the current capabilities of AI tools.

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RIP Freddie Gray. Murdered by the Baltimore Police Department. He died on April 19, 2015.

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If you are professor and you are feeling alone, it really doesn't have to be that way. It really doesn't. Send that msg to a colleague, join a faculty group, join @aaup.bsky.social. We are used to a lot of time alone with our keyboards, but this isn't one of those moments.

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“I grew up Knowing Stalin was a clownish figure - but also a terrifying one.” Prof. Laurie Essig posting for no particular reason open.substack.com/pub/feliciak...

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I’m also grateful for this @acluvermont.bsky.social - for your work this week on the Mahdawi case & @aclu.org @aclum.bsky.social @aclumaine.bsky.social @aclu-norcal.bsky.social

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What happened at @columjournreview.bsky.social ? ?

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The question- not just a U Minn but all universities and for all faculty students & staff members.

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“we unequivocally condemn the exploitation of our community’s real concerns about antisemitism to undermine democratic norms and rights, including the rule of law, the right of due process, and/or the freedoms of speech, press, and peaceful protest.

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Thank you to all who planned to protest and put pressure!!! Keep it up! Brooklyn Event Featuring Itamar Ben-Gvir Abruptly Nixed Days Before Minister's U.S. Trip Haaretz.com www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

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SCOTUS to hear oral arguments in the Braidwood v. Becerra case on Monday. Want to know more about Section 1557, the preventive health mandate of the ACA, and how stereotypes re prevention creeped into earlier decisions? Read my article Penalizing Prevention: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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We were w you @uvmvermont.bsky.social @aaup.bsky.social @vtaft.bsky.social

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OMG, I'll be cautious now, who's to say for sure, but if this is accurate...wow. This is major national security news, add to Signal-gate, and in any other era heads would roll.

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