I hope to return to the substance of this article later, but the framing in the opening paragraphs of this article is rough...

2. "Great Awokening" – Adopting rightwing talking points neither accurately describes our world nor does it help make common cause with the left. The article presents itself as even handed, but blames the "woke" for giving conservatives PTSD.

1. Polarization – Rightwing quotes in this piece show that many conservatives are not engaging with policy critiques in good faith. People are not polarized simply because of differing opinions about the same facts; rightwing activists and editorial boards are trying to manufacture backlash.

Minor framing quibbles:

Petrilli bemoan's the "polarization" of gifted programs. One paragraph earlier, he says that conservatives were triggered by headlines about Mamdani's critique of NYC's gifted programs because the discourse "harkens back to the Great Awokening."

Wtf?

The "wrote the other day" link in your second paragraph goes to a download on Chester Finn's C Drive rather than Greenman's Substack post.

This program to eliminate medical debt is one of Governor Cooper’s strongest legacies. Let’s hope it can be sustained.

#ncpol

Louise is so great at this! Strong recommend to check this out if you're a sociologist interested in policy work.

Not resharing the picture with alt because all the information in the picture is also in the ASA post.

Fam, stop accepting their framing. Regardless of what this child did, 13-year-olds Brown kids are not hardened criminals. Youth are impulsive & their brains are not fully developed. Punishing them like adults does not decrease crime-Black & Brown youth deserve to be treated like kids, not adultified

Thanks to @amyediaz.bsky.social for having me on @885wfdd.bsky.social to talk about my favorite subject: Leandro. The NCGA continues to ignore the court order to fully fund the plan, creating a crisis for our schools and our constitution.

#ncpol #LeadWithLeandro

This work is really important. I see the language in the 2nd ad all the time — “you’re not alone.”

But the subtext is: “You’re absolutely alone."

Whatever this “Crimson” organization is offering, it DEPENDS on you feeling alone.

That’s what makes it predatory.

Just a reminder that Wikipedia is the only remaining reliable source of information that right wing billionaires can't control. (Although they'll never stop trying.)

Please donate to them whenever you can. Even a little bit helps.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

My best organizing tip for academic workers (& all workers, but academics esp. can struggle to internalize this IME) is to go to campus workers with less power than you as the *first* step of any campaign. Going to deans etc w/ more power cedes your own power to the boss & shrinks your coalition.

UFW mourns the passing of our brother Kent Wong. Please watch Kent speak in beautiful short video connecting his time with UFW to his view of the importance of solidary across labor and race and cultural backgrounds.

 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODkU...

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HELU's International Campus Worker Protections (ICWP) Campaign is organizing to pressure our institutions to stand up for international workers. Read more about this campaign in a recent piece by organizer Bobby Huggins higheredlaborunited.org/2025/09/22/t...

Job posting! OU Sociology is looking to hire a TT Assistant Professor or an accelerated TT or tenured Associate Professor, teaching criminology, criminal justice, & race/ethnicity courses. OU is OK's flagship R1, PhD program, 2-2 load with TA help. Please share!

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just got the honor of meeting with the great Howard Winant who mentioned this David Graeber essay on the threat "giant puppets" pose the police, along the same lines theanarchistlibrary.org/library/davi...

The real news in this is the first sentence. “It is not exactly clear what UNC plans to use the faculty workload report for…”

I would argue that it is very clear. I have, in fact, argued that it is very clear.

Such optimism!

Today (Tues Oct 7) 14 #ncpol municipalities have elections, with polls open 6:30 am to 7:30pm:
Durham
Louisburg
Rocky Mt
Fayetteville
Erwin
Henderson
Roxboro
Asheboro
Greensboro
Jamestown
New Bern
Elizabeth City
Dobbins Heights
Hickory

Yes, the government is spying on you. Yes, it is openly, brazenly violating our rights. Are you gonna do something about it, or are you just gonna roll over and let them swallow us into their new digital police state?

@404media.co
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Dwayne has his job back because we organized for it. We fight or we die. Join AAUP today www.aaup.org/join

We actually know a lot about what happens when conservatives embargo ideas at public universities.

In the 1920s, they called it "evolution," but conservatives really targeted a broad range of ideas, including modern science but also ideas about racial equality.

What happened back then? A 🧵