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In the Future, China Will Be Dominant. The U.S. Will Be Irrelevant. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/o...
May 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
In the Future, China Will Be Dominant. The U.S. Will Be Irrelevant. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/o...
***Obeying in advance will not save you.***
Law Firms Made Deals With Trump. Now He Wants More From Them. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...
Law Firms Made Deals With Trump. Now He Wants More From Them. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...
April 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
***Obeying in advance will not save you.***
Law Firms Made Deals With Trump. Now He Wants More From Them. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...
Law Firms Made Deals With Trump. Now He Wants More From Them. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...
This Is How Universities Can Escape Trump’s Trap, If They Dare www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...
Opinion | This Is How Universities Can Escape Trump’s Trap, If They Dare
It’s been tried in other countries facing authoritarian crackdowns. It works.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
This Is How Universities Can Escape Trump’s Trap, If They Dare www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...
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More press on NSU-NFA’s historic campaign to organize faculty.
www.reviewjournal.com/local/educat...
www.reviewjournal.com/local/educat...
‘Watershed moment’ as faculty at this university vote to unionize
Nevada State University faculty voted 104-8 in favor of unionizing, becoming the first in Nevada to earn the right to have collective bargaining.
www.reviewjournal.com
April 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
More press on NSU-NFA’s historic campaign to organize faculty.
www.reviewjournal.com/local/educat...
www.reviewjournal.com/local/educat...
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Can we get more of this? “The Japanese American National Museum will ‘scrub nothing,’ Fujioka said, and instead will highlight the importance of DEI.
“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
Japanese American National Museum takes a stand against DOGE cuts to NEH
The National Endowment for the Humanities warned museums across the country that it was slashing funding, including money previously pledged to places such as LACMA and the Japanese American National ...
www.latimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Can we get more of this? “The Japanese American National Museum will ‘scrub nothing,’ Fujioka said, and instead will highlight the importance of DEI.
“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
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"In the face of the gravest threat to higher education of our lifetimes, Harvard has gone fetal."
Harvard Crimson editorial board putting NYT, WaPO, WSJ to shame. to shame.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Crimson editorial board putting NYT, WaPO, WSJ to shame. to shame.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
If Harvard Won’t Stand Up, Who Will? | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
As Trump unleashes a salvo on colleges across the country, it’s easy to run for cover. But if a university of Harvard’s stature won’t step up, then who will?
www.thecrimson.com
April 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
"In the face of the gravest threat to higher education of our lifetimes, Harvard has gone fetal."
Harvard Crimson editorial board putting NYT, WaPO, WSJ to shame. to shame.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Crimson editorial board putting NYT, WaPO, WSJ to shame. to shame.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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In which I try to call things what they are. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...
Opinion | Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. America’s Police State Has Arrived.
Those of us who’ve seen secret police in action can’t shake a feeling of dreadful familiarity.
www.nytimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
In which I try to call things what they are. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...
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“This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history in my 50 years in the business,” says Michael Osterholm, an infectious-diseases epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. “These are going to be huge losses to the research community.”
‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs
In shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts.
www.nature.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
“This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history in my 50 years in the business,” says Michael Osterholm, an infectious-diseases epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. “These are going to be huge losses to the research community.”
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Support Rosie Bsheer and Cemal Kafadar. External groups accused CMES of antisemitism and now Harvard has removed them from its directorship. Disgraceful. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Dismisses Leaders of Center for Middle Eastern Studies | News | The Harvard Crimson
Interim Harvard Dean of Social Science David M. Cutler ’87 dismissed the director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, professor of Turkish Studies Cemal Kafadar, and its associate director, Hist...
www.thecrimson.com
March 29, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Support Rosie Bsheer and Cemal Kafadar. External groups accused CMES of antisemitism and now Harvard has removed them from its directorship. Disgraceful. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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Completely batshit that Harvard has *removed* Cemal Kafadar as head of its Center for Middle Eastern Studies & so shitty to malign one of the great scholars of Ottoman history as antisemitic because the CMES dared to offer programming on ITS AREA OF FOCUS www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Dismisses Leaders of Center for Middle Eastern Studies | News | The Harvard Crimson
Interim Harvard Dean of Social Science David M. Cutler ’87 dismissed the director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, professor of Turkish Studies Cemal Kafadar, and its associate director, Hist...
www.thecrimson.com
March 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Completely batshit that Harvard has *removed* Cemal Kafadar as head of its Center for Middle Eastern Studies & so shitty to malign one of the great scholars of Ottoman history as antisemitic because the CMES dared to offer programming on ITS AREA OF FOCUS www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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This flew under the radar, but Trump revoked a minimum wage hike for companies that contract with the government.
An estimated 390,000 workers will now see significant pay cuts.
It's not surprising that Trump's populism is fake, but it's hardly ever been more clear.
An estimated 390,000 workers will now see significant pay cuts.
It's not surprising that Trump's populism is fake, but it's hardly ever been more clear.
March 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This flew under the radar, but Trump revoked a minimum wage hike for companies that contract with the government.
An estimated 390,000 workers will now see significant pay cuts.
It's not surprising that Trump's populism is fake, but it's hardly ever been more clear.
An estimated 390,000 workers will now see significant pay cuts.
It's not surprising that Trump's populism is fake, but it's hardly ever been more clear.
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Columbia University has failed to defend academic freedom & freedom of speech & allowed a great institution to be bullied & extorted into submission by an administration hellbent on contorting higher education to their will.
The AAUP condemns this capitulation. We can & must fight back.
The AAUP condemns this capitulation. We can & must fight back.
Columbia Concedes to Trump’s Demands After Federal Funds Are Stripped
The administration has moved to cut $400 million in federal funding to the university without changes to its policies and rules.
www.nytimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Columbia University has failed to defend academic freedom & freedom of speech & allowed a great institution to be bullied & extorted into submission by an administration hellbent on contorting higher education to their will.
The AAUP condemns this capitulation. We can & must fight back.
The AAUP condemns this capitulation. We can & must fight back.
