We’ve stopped bills like this before — by turning public pressure into political power. We can do it again.

www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-...

I really wish reporters would stop saying that there is an effort by the Trump administration to combat antisemitism. It is quite the opposite. There is an effort to foment antisemitism.
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A recent talk from UMass's excellent AI x Democracy conference - my thoughts on how media has shaped the democratic public sphere and what the politics of a public sphere mediated by AI might be: ethanzuckerman.com/2025/04/24/a...

Your support of the Public Interest Technology Initiative at UMass on April 29 & 30 enables our students to develop and realize socially responsible solutions to the challenges of our technology-driven world. We need a PIT savvy workforce now, more than ever! umass.scalefunder.com/gday/giving-...

Great piece by M Gessen calling on universities to “Act like universities, not like businesses. Spend your endowments. Accept more, not fewer students. Open up your campuses and expand your reach…by…bringing education to communities. Create a base. Become a movement.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...

“The most interesting battle over AI may not be between the US and China, but between closed and closing societies, and nations that remain open to free speech and scholarship.”

Yesterday a federal court issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against the provisions of President Trump’s harmful anti-DEI Executive Orders, in the lawsuit spearheaded by NADOHE.

www.nadohe.org/statements/s...

Friday night, acting asst sec for civil rights DOE sent out sweeping interpretation of SCOTUS ruling in SFFA v Harvard that struck down affirmative action in admissions, extending the decision to all activities and programming at educational institutions. Read the letter.

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Rachel Maddow looks at a series of unforced errors by Elon Musk and the DOGE team that calls into question the accuracy of their "tech genius" image and whether they have the competence to tinker with the systems that run the federal government.

Watch: youtu.be/qtApqMR3o8k

This hits the mark in these dark times….

My latest for @theguardian.com; I interviewed the winner of this year's TS Eliot prize, Peter Gizzi: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

Trump unleashed chaos by freezing and unfreezing $3tn in federal grants and loans. Why? | Robert Reich

Meta is changing its rules about what constitutes ‘hateful conduct’ and terminating support for global fact-checking organisations. This may not end well, writes Ethan Zuckerman, writes @ethanz.bsky.social.
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