Will Jones
@willpjones.bsky.social
Historian of race and class; Author: The March on Washington & The Tribe of Black Ulysses; Professor, University of Minnesota; President, @umn-tc-aaup.bsky.social; Editor, "Up For Debate" @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social
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Thanks to his new Tesla pay package, Elon Musk could stand to make $3 billion more per year than all 1.4 million elementary school teachers in the U.S. combined. Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Thanks to his new Tesla pay package, Elon Musk could stand to make $3 billion more per year than all 1.4 million elementary school teachers in the U.S. combined. Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
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As someone who drove free buses (and rode free buses) in Iowa City for years: the quality of life improvement that comes from quality, accessible public transit cannot be overstated. I wish it for everyone, everywhere.
Here's an idea, double parking fees (from $1 to $2), raise utility taxes by 1%, and make buses free. Iowa City did that and reduced traffic by 5,200 cars and emissions by 24,000 metric tons of co2/year.
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:34 AM
As someone who drove free buses (and rode free buses) in Iowa City for years: the quality of life improvement that comes from quality, accessible public transit cannot be overstated. I wish it for everyone, everywhere.
Here's an idea, double parking fees (from $1 to $2), raise utility taxes by 1%, and make buses free. Iowa City did that and reduced traffic by 5,200 cars and emissions by 24,000 metric tons of co2/year.
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Here's an idea, double parking fees (from $1 to $2), raise utility taxes by 1%, and make buses free. Iowa City did that and reduced traffic by 5,200 cars and emissions by 24,000 metric tons of co2/year.
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Not keen on all the unnamed sources, but the most interesting parts are a) if the U thinks they will win the PR battle, they are once again proven ally-less and b) biz community surprised that Ellison is effective shows their cartoon view of him was always wrong
Analysis: Ellison Leads by Overriding U of M’s Intransigence tcbmag.com/analysis-ell...
Analysis: Ellison Leads by Overriding U of M’s Intransigence
Minnesota’s A.G. worked with Fairview and the physicians’ group—both ready to make a health care deal.
tcbmag.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Not keen on all the unnamed sources, but the most interesting parts are a) if the U thinks they will win the PR battle, they are once again proven ally-less and b) biz community surprised that Ellison is effective shows their cartoon view of him was always wrong
Would another President be better? IMO, the problem is the concentration of power in admin, which means the people who care and know the most about the institution (staff and faculty) have no say in how it is organized and run.
Rebecca Cunningham should resign. She was brought in because of her supposed expertise to negotiate a deal for the U hospital and medical school and has made a complete hash of it, while increasing admin spending. She's failed us.
November 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Would another President be better? IMO, the problem is the concentration of power in admin, which means the people who care and know the most about the institution (staff and faculty) have no say in how it is organized and run.
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Sorting through my memories of everything that happened on Tuesday, and reflecting on how some of the first phone calls I got and first people I saw onsite were union leaders in Saint Paul. I don’t know that unions ever get the credit they deserve for showing up for ALL workers, all the time.
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Sorting through my memories of everything that happened on Tuesday, and reflecting on how some of the first phone calls I got and first people I saw onsite were union leaders in Saint Paul. I don’t know that unions ever get the credit they deserve for showing up for ALL workers, all the time.
Whatever, Donald "John" Trump.
Trump says he’s meeting with “communist” Mamdani at the White House on Friday
November 20, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Whatever, Donald "John" Trump.
These students put every editorial page in the nation to shame! I'm glad to hear Harvard listened to them. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
The Professor and the Pedophile | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
Summers should choose the most straightforward path and resign. Should he refuse to, though, the University must cut ties with its former president to the greatest extent possible.
www.thecrimson.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
These students put every editorial page in the nation to shame! I'm glad to hear Harvard listened to them. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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“Students, faculty, and staff are the ones stepping up to defend their institutions and higher education, while administrators run for cover.” -- @proftwolf.bsky.social on the what the AAUP v. Trump win means for the University of California.✊ @aaup.org @ucaft.bsky.social @uc-faculty.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
“Students, faculty, and staff are the ones stepping up to defend their institutions and higher education, while administrators run for cover.” -- @proftwolf.bsky.social on the what the AAUP v. Trump win means for the University of California.✊ @aaup.org @ucaft.bsky.social @uc-faculty.bsky.social
Leave my colleagues alone!
Visited the local university campus. Look at these so called scholars, what a bunch of turkeys.
November 20, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Leave my colleagues alone!
This gets to the core of so much of what is wrong at UMN: (and most other universities): “When the Board of Regents realized there was such a conflict, shouldn’t they have asked some physicians to stand before them and give their perspective?” Yannopoulos said.
University of Minnesota administrators have fired more leaders of the doctors group that negotiated a controversial contract, signaling escalating tensions between Fairview Health Services and the U’s doctors.
More dismissals in U leadership as tensions rise over ‘secret’ Fairview deal
The firings stem from a Board of Regents directive to resolve ‘conflicts’ created by the doctor-Fairview negotiations, the U said.
bit.ly
November 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
This gets to the core of so much of what is wrong at UMN: (and most other universities): “When the Board of Regents realized there was such a conflict, shouldn’t they have asked some physicians to stand before them and give their perspective?” Yannopoulos said.
“When the Board of Regents realized there was such a conflict, shouldn’t they have asked some physicians to stand before them and give their perspective?” Yannopoulos said.
www.startribune.com/more-dismiss...
www.startribune.com/more-dismiss...
www.startribune.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:38 PM
“When the Board of Regents realized there was such a conflict, shouldn’t they have asked some physicians to stand before them and give their perspective?” Yannopoulos said.
www.startribune.com/more-dismiss...
www.startribune.com/more-dismiss...
It's very ironic that you can have a 'Brotherhood of Carpenters' which references brothers, but you can't have – because of DEI – a 'Sisters in the Brotherhood,'" says Kina McAfee, a retired union carpenter who is now on staff at Chicago Women in Trades.
How a small Chicago nonprofit is resisting Trump's war on DEI
Since 1981, Chicago Women in Trades has worked to promote equity by getting more women into the construction trades. Now the nonprofit faces a different challenge: Trump's efforts to erase DEI.
www.npr.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:04 AM
It's very ironic that you can have a 'Brotherhood of Carpenters' which references brothers, but you can't have – because of DEI – a 'Sisters in the Brotherhood,'" says Kina McAfee, a retired union carpenter who is now on staff at Chicago Women in Trades.
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AAUP TV — WEDS, NOV 19 @ 7 PM ET!
Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel, and Todd Wolfson, AAUP President, will discuss the historic victory in AAUP v. Trump and what it means for the UC system & higher ed!
@proftwolf.bsky.social
@veenadubal.bsky.social
Tune in on IG or YouTube (link in thread)!
Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel, and Todd Wolfson, AAUP President, will discuss the historic victory in AAUP v. Trump and what it means for the UC system & higher ed!
@proftwolf.bsky.social
@veenadubal.bsky.social
Tune in on IG or YouTube (link in thread)!
November 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
AAUP TV — WEDS, NOV 19 @ 7 PM ET!
Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel, and Todd Wolfson, AAUP President, will discuss the historic victory in AAUP v. Trump and what it means for the UC system & higher ed!
@proftwolf.bsky.social
@veenadubal.bsky.social
Tune in on IG or YouTube (link in thread)!
Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel, and Todd Wolfson, AAUP President, will discuss the historic victory in AAUP v. Trump and what it means for the UC system & higher ed!
@proftwolf.bsky.social
@veenadubal.bsky.social
Tune in on IG or YouTube (link in thread)!
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
“Among the employees threatening to strike is Victor Arreola, a line cook at Bottle Rocket. Arreola said he works two jobs and still struggles to support his family.
‘I never stop moving,’ he said.”
‘I never stop moving,’ he said.”
Ahead of the Thanksgiving travel rush, a union representing about 250 employees at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is threatening to strike starting Nov. 24.
Food and hospitality workers at MSP threaten strike next week
Ahead of the Thanksgiving travel rush, a union representing about 250 employees at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is threatening to strike starting Nov. 24.
bit.ly
November 18, 2025 at 4:24 AM
“Among the employees threatening to strike is Victor Arreola, a line cook at Bottle Rocket. Arreola said he works two jobs and still struggles to support his family.
‘I never stop moving,’ he said.”
‘I never stop moving,’ he said.”
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/a...
Met Museum Employees Petition to Create Union
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November 18, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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This is one of my favorite photos - it shows collaboration between 3 of the most important Black leaders of the 20th century. Anna Arnold Hedgeman is often cropped out -- yet she was as influential as Malcolm X and A Philip Randolph. Here, she's identified as Rosa Parks! Please, learn your history!
Malcolm X
Malcolm X and Rosa Parks were two of the civil rights leaders assembled by A. Philip Randolph for a 1962 rally supporting poorly-paid Black, Hispanic, and Caribbean hospital workers in their bid for.....
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November 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This is one of my favorite photos - it shows collaboration between 3 of the most important Black leaders of the 20th century. Anna Arnold Hedgeman is often cropped out -- yet she was as influential as Malcolm X and A Philip Randolph. Here, she's identified as Rosa Parks! Please, learn your history!
"This marks a huge win for the broad coalition of faculty, staff, students, and labor unions that brought the lawsuit..." @aaup.org @afthighered.bsky.social @afscme.bsky.social @nationalnurses.bsky.social @seiu.org @uaw.org
Win in AAUP v. Trump: Court Blocks Attacks on University of California System
In a historic wall-to-wall labor union lawsuit led by the AAUP, a judge has issued a preliminary injunction that will stop the Trump-Vance administration’s attempt to unlawfully stifle free speech and...
www.aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
"This marks a huge win for the broad coalition of faculty, staff, students, and labor unions that brought the lawsuit..." @aaup.org @afthighered.bsky.social @afscme.bsky.social @nationalnurses.bsky.social @seiu.org @uaw.org
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I feel like I've seen this before:
November 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I feel like I've seen this before:
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WE WON!!!
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
democracyforward.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:21 AM
WE WON!!!
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Judge Orders Trump Not to Threaten University of California’s Funding
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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Thanks for your work and your leadership @veenadubal.bsky.social
Truly I am in tears. My beloved UC system! Saved from the clutches of fascism. ❤️🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️❤️❤️
November 15, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Thanks for your work and your leadership @veenadubal.bsky.social