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Joya Misra
@joyamisra.bsky.social
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Reader, cook, wanderer, sociologist, committed to building democratic, hopeful, just societies
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Joya Misra @joyamisra.bsky.social · Aug 14
Awesome

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The Family Business: An Open Letter (satire/opinion)
Things have changed, Jennifer Lundquist writes (satirically).
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Joya Misra @joyamisra.bsky.social · Jul 11
Great piece on rising inequality by Nathan Meyers !

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Inequality has risen from 1970 to Trump − that has 3 hidden costs that undermine democracy
The Republican tax bill is set to worsen inequality, government data shows. It’s part of a 50-year trend that’s affecting the social fabric as well as the economy.
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Joya Misra @joyamisra.bsky.social · Jun 3
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This Is a Summer to Organize (opinion)
Faculty may want a break, but the architects of the assault on higher ed won’t be breaking and neither should we, Jennifer Lundquist and Kathy Roberts Forde write.
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Joya Misra @joyamisra.bsky.social · Apr 19
horrifying
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markpachucki @markpachucki.bsky.social · Apr 11
I'm proud that UMass' Faculty Senate adopted an important motion yesterday to take a leading role in helping all public institutions statewide and nationwide stand up for academic freedom and more. Motion, FAQ, and what your institution can do to join! #AcademicSky drive.google.com/file/d/1TNDl...
MADC_ Public & LGUs.pdf
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · Apr 8
"those who credit manufacturing jobs for a glorious past mistake correlation for causation. They think their grandparents had the 'good life' because of jobs in manufacturing. In reality, it was unions, pensions, high marginal tax rates, and strong social policies—with racism and sexism thrown in"
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Joya Misra @joyamisra.bsky.social · Mar 17
People are doing things. You will meet those people when you start doing things.
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Joya Misra @joyamisra.bsky.social · Mar 16
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Democracy is Crumbling. Is Anybody Doing Anything?
Yes. And You Can Too.
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Joya Misra @joyamisra.bsky.social · Mar 11
Check out this brilliant piece by Nathan Meyers! theconversation.com/trumps-doge-...
Trump’s DOGE campaign accelerates 50-year trend of government privatization
The president’s executive orders are part of a decades-long trend of shrinking government’s role while expanding private sector control over public services.
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Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · Mar 9
More info on these books here: www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/laboring-in-...
Laboring in the Shadow of Empire - Rutgers University Press
Laboring in the Shadow of Empire: Race, Gender, and Care Work in Portugal examines the everyday lives of an African-descendant care service workforce that ...
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · Mar 4
If you’re a professor in a classroom today & you don’t mention this, I believe you’re doing your students a profound disservice. This is targeted 1st at international students, but it’s deliberately broad enough to lay groundwork for a scene Trump & Hegseth have fantasized: troops on campus.
A truth from Trump that reads “All Federal Funding will STOP for any College, School, or University that allows illegal protests. Agitators will be imprisoned/or permanently sent back to the country from which they came. American students will be permanently expelled or, depending on on the crime, arrested. NO MASKS! Thank you for your attention to this matter”
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Joya Misra @joyamisra.bsky.social · Mar 3
Great work from Beth Mitchneck and Stephanie Goodwin www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
How to support faculty during the chaos (opinion)
Beth Mitchneck and Stephanie A. Goodwin suggest some simple ways academic administrators can support faculty whose research and teaching are under threat.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Feb 26
This is what House Republicans voted for tonight.

Another reminder that we have socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest.
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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · Feb 25
The ASA, American Federation of Teachers @AFT, and AFT-Maryland, facilitated by @DemocracyForward, have filed a complaint today in federal court in Maryland challenging the “Dear Colleague Letter” published by the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights.
Educators Sue to Challenge Trump Administration's Efforts to Weaponize Civil Rights Laws, Attack Educational Programs and Student Opportunities - Democracy Forward
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Feb 22
And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.
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Joya Misra @joyamisra.bsky.social · Feb 17
appalling
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · Feb 16
These three horsemen of the MAGA-tech-bro apocalypse are in the position of penthouse dwellers who think their top floor apartment doesn't rest on all the floors underneath... www.meditationsinanemergency.com/no-one-knows...
No One Knows How This Will End (But I Do Not Think It Will End Well for Them)
I can sum up the Trump/Musk/Vance theory of power in five words: "We have power; you don't." Alternative version in six words: "we can do anything we want." They seem to believe that nothing is really...
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Joya Misra @joyamisra.bsky.social · Feb 14
Markey on the Muskocracy
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Mary Bernstein @iammaryb.bsky.social · Feb 8
Resist!
What you can do
Revised and expanded
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Feb 6
In light of Trump II’s first 18 days of mayhem — including his and Musk’s coup against our system of government — many are asking: “What can I do now?”

Here’s a revised and expanded list, in rough order of importance.
What you can do
Revised and expanded
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