Susan B. Harden
@susanbharden.bsky.social
(Retired) Associate Professor; wife; mom; daughter; friend; former elected official; community minded
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Texas Universities are now like police departments who would prefer to pay out the inevitable lawsuits rather than stop breaking the law
Texas A&M University will not reinstate a lecturer who was fired after a video of her teaching about gender identity in a children’s literature class went viral, despite a faculty appeals panel unanimously concluding that her dismissal was not justified.
Texas A&M won’t reinstate fired lecturer despite findings
A vice chancellor upheld the firing of Melissa McCoul, seen in a viral video being confronted by a student on her gender identity teachings, saying the termination was done with “good cause.”
www.texastribune.org
December 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Texas Universities are now like police departments who would prefer to pay out the inevitable lawsuits rather than stop breaking the law
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League of Women Voters:
“Unite & Rise 8.5 aims to build a movement of 8.5 million individuals to unite and rise up against the anti-democratic actions of this administration. Launching in May 2025 and running until the 2026 midterm elections”
#USDemocracy #Pinks #MomSky
“Unite & Rise 8.5 aims to build a movement of 8.5 million individuals to unite and rise up against the anti-democratic actions of this administration. Launching in May 2025 and running until the 2026 midterm elections”
#USDemocracy #Pinks #MomSky
Unite and Rise 8.5: An Initiative to Defend Democracy | League of Women Voters
Since the Trump administration took office in January 2025, we’ve seen increased attacks on our democratic systems and a failure by Congress to intervene. This came to a head in early April, when the ...
www.lwv.org
October 25, 2025 at 5:51 AM
League of Women Voters:
“Unite & Rise 8.5 aims to build a movement of 8.5 million individuals to unite and rise up against the anti-democratic actions of this administration. Launching in May 2025 and running until the 2026 midterm elections”
#USDemocracy #Pinks #MomSky
“Unite & Rise 8.5 aims to build a movement of 8.5 million individuals to unite and rise up against the anti-democratic actions of this administration. Launching in May 2025 and running until the 2026 midterm elections”
#USDemocracy #Pinks #MomSky
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Meet our reporters @jodiscohen.bsky.social and @jsmithrichards.bsky.social. They've reported on education for decades — and have been closely tracking President Trump’s changes to the Department of Education.
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March 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Meet our reporters @jodiscohen.bsky.social and @jsmithrichards.bsky.social. They've reported on education for decades — and have been closely tracking President Trump’s changes to the Department of Education.
👉 Our secure tip line on Signal: 917-512-0201.
👉 Our secure tip line on Signal: 917-512-0201.
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“We believe this rush to comply is a sign that universities are willing to become an institutional wing of the new segregationists.”
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
Colleges must stand up to the new segregationists (opinion)
In rushing to comply with Trump’s executive actions, universities support a segregationist agenda, Subini Annamma and David Stovall write.
www.insidehighered.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
“We believe this rush to comply is a sign that universities are willing to become an institutional wing of the new segregationists.”
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
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Nothing to do w/DEI. They want to erase our accomplishments, our heroes,our inspiration.
THIS is what Justice KBJ meant when she said at oral argument in the university cases that the conservative majority would privilege narratives of white students & disqualify the narratives of Black students.
THIS is what Justice KBJ meant when she said at oral argument in the university cases that the conservative majority would privilege narratives of white students & disqualify the narratives of Black students.
The Army deleted my “Why I served” video where I talked about how I decided I wanted to attend West Point/join the Army after one of the cadets my family used to sponsor died in combat. Probably deleted because she was the first black woman to be CSM at West Point.
March 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Nothing to do w/DEI. They want to erase our accomplishments, our heroes,our inspiration.
THIS is what Justice KBJ meant when she said at oral argument in the university cases that the conservative majority would privilege narratives of white students & disqualify the narratives of Black students.
THIS is what Justice KBJ meant when she said at oral argument in the university cases that the conservative majority would privilege narratives of white students & disqualify the narratives of Black students.
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“The best thing about heroes is that they always win at the end. And if they aren’t winning, then it’s not the end.” —Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in Kyiv
Astonishing speech by Danish Prime Minister.
YouTube video by Dylan Burrill
youtu.be
March 1, 2025 at 9:24 PM
“The best thing about heroes is that they always win at the end. And if they aren’t winning, then it’s not the end.” —Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in Kyiv
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It is simply not enough for universities to say, “Our grants & research offices are looking into how research will be affected by the latest directive.”
University leaders must actively and very publicly make the case for the kind of work many of us do. The silence on this front is deafening.
University leaders must actively and very publicly make the case for the kind of work many of us do. The silence on this front is deafening.
January 31, 2025 at 3:16 AM
It is simply not enough for universities to say, “Our grants & research offices are looking into how research will be affected by the latest directive.”
University leaders must actively and very publicly make the case for the kind of work many of us do. The silence on this front is deafening.
University leaders must actively and very publicly make the case for the kind of work many of us do. The silence on this front is deafening.
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Trump is literally purging the federal government of Black people and women.
So the people who told us he wasn’t a racist or misogynist were full of shit.
So the people who told us he wasn’t a racist or misogynist were full of shit.
January 23, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Trump is literally purging the federal government of Black people and women.
So the people who told us he wasn’t a racist or misogynist were full of shit.
So the people who told us he wasn’t a racist or misogynist were full of shit.