40 years ago, in high school, I stood on Michigan Ave holding hands with strangers for "Hands Across America" as a statement of national unity and to raise awareness of hunger faced by so many Americans. My heart is still with the people of Chicago, who are standing together for human dignity. 🙏❤️

100%.

More alternatives for how universities might respond available here:
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thank you for your kind responses 🙏

It’s hard to feel like any work matters except work to stop what’s happening and make a better world than before.

I am humbled and most grateful to the anonymous donors who made it possible for us to establish the Psychology of Peace and Violence Program at UMass, and who were pioneers in envisioning how scientific research could be used to promote peace and nonviolence in the world. 🙏

It feels auspicious to be sharing this on the eve of Yom Kippur, but...

I have just been appointed as the Endowed University Chair in Peace Psychology at UMass Amherst
@umassamherst.bsky.social

Feeling grateful the address I delivered upon receiving the Lewin Memorial Award has just been published in the September 2025 issue of Journal of Social Issues!

It appears as an open access article, for any and all who may be interested:

spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

@gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social you might also be interested in this paper, now available online = written version of my Kurt Lewin Award address!

A Renaissance of Social Relevance: Maximizing Insights and the Impact of Psychological Research - Journal of Social Issues share.google/PGAumIQwUmm4...

thanks kindly for the shout out @gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social ! 🙏

I’ve seen what authoritarianism looks like.

For decades I've called out leaders in Russia & China who silence dissent. Now Trump is doing it here: using state power to crush opposition to the government.

His conduct is anti-democratic & anti-American. We must fight it.

The past week has shown us something scary — the concrete and specific outlines of a durable authoritarian state in America.

Here's what this state would look like, and the precise policy levers Trump is pulling to get there from here.

www.vox.com/politics/462...

Want to connect with others building a movement around democracy and social cohesion in the US? Please join us for tomorrow's session, and share with others who may be interested!

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#democracy #socialcohesion #civiclife #DemAID

NYT editorial board: "This is not how economic policy is supposed to work in a wealthy, democratic country...Trump’s approach [reads] like something out of Venezuela or Russia, where political leaders use threats and insults to cow business executives into submission"
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/o...

check out this short video of protestors putting a name to the deluge of federal actions we're witnessing: fascism

youtu.be/wxPBK-5N6UU?...

How is this not a screaming massive headline across every news site? This is insane, a virtual declaration of civil war. We fought a revolution to not be subjected to this kind of tyranny

What can we do about racism?

Check out this 1-minute video from @redwineblueusa.bsky.social for some basic things we can all do

youtu.be/5oWrsdMdN9A?...

what it feels like to be gearing up for a new semester in the United States #academicsky

I am again reminded of this remark by scholar of fascism Federico Finchelstein. We are in this position because a lot of underscrupulous over-confident people are convinced they can ride this horse without it bucking. We already saw in August that they are wrong. It will buck harder. We will suffer.

@polphilpod.bsky.social wrote a great piece on this theme a while back: www.liberalcurrents.com/trump-alarmi...

only 61 years ago. the civil rights struggles of the 1960s are not ancient history-FWIW, I was born 6 yrs after FLH's speech. it might feel like "settled law" but, as @sifill.bsky.social notes, many are pushing us to return to life before civil rights and other critical steps toward racial equality.

It’s about racism and pretending it’s not about racism will not magically erase the racism

five practical steps any and all of us can take, courtesy of @rbreich.bsky.social

as he says, "democracy is not a spectator sport" ✊🏻

youtu.be/8W-lVRQQGtI?...