Two woman walking and embracing each other in front of an ICE detention center. The woman on the left is wearing a black dress and heels. The woman on the right is smiling and wearing a white hijab, glasses, and a pink garment. Members of the press are in the background.
Two women standing, smiling, and embracing each other with grass, water, and the sky in the background. The woman on the left is wearing a white hijab, glasses, and a pink garment. The woman on the right is wearing a black dress.
Two woman stand next to each other and hold onto one another. The woman on the left is wearing a black dress. The woman on the right is smiling and wearing a white hijab, glasses, and a pink garment. In the background is the fence of an ICE detention center.
Today, our client Rümeysa Öztürk was released on bail from ICE detention in Louisiana, and she will return to New England to continue her studies.
📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro
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University presidents should be doing this for their abducted students
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Hands Off. Hands off Boston! Hands off Massachusetts! Hands off America! We the people means everyone. Rally and March April 5, 2025. Start 11 am. Parkman Bandstand, Boston Common
This Saturday! 11 am, Boston Common
Let's make this the biggest rally in years by showing up, showing our strength, and demonstrating mass opposition to Trump’s authoritarian agenda.
💪💪🏾 See you there!
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Excerpt from Rutgers University Senate resolution calling for a Mutual Academic Defense Compact. The excerpt reads:
"BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the Rutgers University Senate urges the President of Rutgers University to formally propose and help establish a Mutual Academic Defense Compact (MADC) among all members of the Big Ten Academic Alliance;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, under this compact, all participating institutions shall commit meaningful funding to a shared or distributed defense fund. This fund shall be used to provide immediate and strategic support to any member institution under direct political or legal infringement;"
This exciting resolution from Rutgers University Senate is exactly the kind of model I think higher ed needs: a mutual defense pact of, in this case, Big 10 schools. They call for member institutions to create a joint defense fund and make resources available to any member institution under attack.
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Emergency meeting for UMich faculty, students and staff on Friday March 28 12-1pm.
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The Department of Education, among other things, is what funds special education for children with disabilities.
Trump’s executive order will hurt kids and parents in virtually every school district in the country.
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Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy.
Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.
That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, museums, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.
It's Fascism 101.
21.03.2025 16:51 — 👍 9542 🔁 3451 💬 284 📌 176
(Image of a google doc; first line is title & in larger font)
Speaking Out for Democracy and US Higher Education
To add your name to this statement, go to https://bit.ly/DemocracyAndHigherEdSign
We publicly affirm our commitment to the enterprise of higher education in a democratic and free society, and to the values and practices that facilitate the production, advancement, and sharing of knowledge. Given the continuous and escalating attacks on higher education along with many other pillars of American democracy by the Trump administration and its allies, we call on colleges and universities to protect these values.
We affirm that:
The democratic ideals of free thought, free speech, free association, freedom of assembly and the right to dissent are worth fighting for. Democracy both honors our dignity as individuals and enables collective action on behalf of the common good.
2. Education is a fundamental pillar of a democratic society. People come from all over the world to take part in the free exchange of ideas and the depth of knowledge and expertise found in US colleges and universities. The capacity and tools these institutions provide to think carefully and deeply about politics, society, and the built and natural worlds produce scholars and world citizens whose contributions benefit us all. The value of American education has long been a consensus position across parties and ideologies; both Democratic and Republican administrations have supported our system of higher education.
3. Diversity is essential. Democracy requires that we invest fully in the rich array of our differences. We affirm the fundamental dignity and value of each person of every race, ethnicity, national origin, class, gender, sexual orientation, disability status, legal status, religion, identity, ideology and viewpoint. Bringing together people with different experiences, talents, and perspectives is critical to a successful learning environment and ultimately benefits society as a whole.
4. Education, knowledge, and science are intrinsically worthwhile. They improve both individual lives and the collective well-being of a democratic society. Cutting funding risks inflicting lasting damage on scholarly inquiry, from work in the arts to social policy to life-saving medical research and care.
5. Academic freedom is necessary to the pursuit of knowledge. Research must be conducted free from political threat if it is to identify and develop ideas serving the human race. These ideas, turned into action, are critical elements of any functioning society, including the rule of law, medical care, and scientific advancement.
6. No amount of accommodation or compliance will protect us. The current attacks on higher education amount to an assault on the foundational principles of democracy. If we abandon our commitments to equality, pluralism, and free scholarly inquiry we turn our backs on the most essential ingredients to our democracy: reflecting on our past, pooling our present talents, and investing in our future.
As scholars, educators, and people who care about our students and our democracy, we believe it is our duty to speak out against the attacks on diversity and pluralism, on scholarship and learning, on academic freedom, and on democracy itself. We are doing so through this statement, and will continue to do so on our campuses and beyond.
We urge the leaders of America’s colleges and universities, and every American who believes in democracy and education, to stand up for the values we share.
We call on college and university leadership to refuse to comply with the unethical, irresponsible and frequently illegal demands of the Trump administration; to join together to speak out in defense of the values of academic freedom, scholarship and research; to protect their students and faculty from government reprisals; and to fight attacks on our institutions in the public sphere and the legal arena.
A key step in fighting the Trump admin's attacks on higher education specifically and democracy more broadly is to say as clearly as we can that we share values that are meaningful and that we will not stand by while our institutions are destroyed.
You can do that here:
bit.ly/DemocracyAndHigherEd
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#WhatTheFuckChuck
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#WhatTheFuckChuck
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#WhatTheFuckChuck
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#WhatTheFuckChuck
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#WhatTheFuckChuck
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No on cloture too, Senator Markey!
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But are you going to vote 'no' on the cloture?
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Advancing ideas that rebalance power in our economy and democracy. www.rooseveltinstitute.org
Candidate for U.S. Senate | Michigan State Senate Majority Whip | Notre Dame ☘️ | Ray Wert’s ginger half | Noa's mom |
PhD. political theorist, feminist, cultural critic. 2023-24 Guggenheim Fellow working on a book about performativity (the good kind), and 2025 International Fellow, British Academy
The American Association of University Professors champions academic freedom, advances shared governance, and organizes faculty to ensure higher education's contribution to the common good.
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social psychologist at UMass Amherst, studying intergroup relations, social division, status inequalities, and bridging differences; passionate about translating academic research to make the world a better place.. and dogs 🐾 more at: www.lindatropp.com
Columnist, novelist, j-prof.
NYT bestselling novel, The Daughters of Erietown. Next novel: Because You Asked. On Substack at Hopefully Yours. I love Sherrod.
https://connieschultz.substack.com/
University of South Carolina Law Professor, focusing on constitutional law, education rights, school funding, and equal opportunity for disadvantaged students.
A national coalition from all ranks of higher education workers across the country organizing to guarantee higher education for all.
The Reproductive Freedom Caucus is a coalition of 160 Members of Congress fighting every day to protect & expand abortion access in the U.S. & globally. Chairs | Congresswoman Diana DeGette & Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley.
Historian, author of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, which won P-Prize, a teacher and lifer as Tigers, Lions, and MSU fan.
Formerly Physicians for Biden and then Physicians for Harris. We are now united to preserve and promote a healthy US democracy. #MedSky
Organizer, Musician, Floridian, and Congressman (FL10).
Representing the heart of Texas from East Austin to West San Antonio #TX35. Chair of @USProgressives.bsky.social. Labor organizer. Lover of migas and long runs, just not at the same time.
I wrote a book about now, THE UNDERTOW: Scenes from a Slow Civil War, & 2 about how we got here, THE FAMILY & C ST, also a Netflix series. My fave books sell fewest: THIS BRILLIANT DARKNESS; & SWEET HEAVEN WHEN I DIE. Professing @ Dartmouth. He/Him.
Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears.
Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame.
“I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
CEO of the MA Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence. Knitter, cat lady, grey hair evangelist. Oh, and I box. #COYS. Opinions strong, plentiful, and my own.
Check out my essays at: https://ruthzakarin.substack.com/
Free classroom lessons, workshops, seminars, campaigns, teacher study groups, & more to teach outside the textbook.
Coord. by @rethinkingschools.bsky.social & @teachingchange.bsky.social
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Award-winning historian. Professor Emerita. Author of four books. Another in the hopper. My share of op-eds in NYT, WaPo, CNN, Time, & Smithsonian Magazine.
The nation's oldest continuously published daily college newspaper. thecrimson.com
Author of How the Word Is Passed, Above Ground, and Counting Descent. Writer, The Atlantic.
