Robert Moorehead

New Yorker cartoons nail it again.

Following his logic, since men are the ones committing these acts of political violence, maybe men aren’t mature enough to handle being exposed to new ideas in college. Should men be banned from college until they’re older?

As men no longer predominate on college campuses, the presence of women and people of color delegitimizes higher ed in the minds of those on the right. All that estrogen and melanin must mean something is amiss.

Fewer men are attending college, and violence is on the rise, so … following the logic … we blame women, of course, since they outnumber men in college, and the men who are attending must be especially prone to being swayed by their evil professors, so … do we ban men from college?

This reads like a JD Vance speech. Cast blame on those you don’t like, offer no evidence to support it, to distract people. I think the real blame falls on communists contaminating our precious bodily fluids. Or maybe space aliens. Ooh space alien communists. And they’re vegan.

Group of workers reportedly detained while working on roof in Naperville, homeowner says A Naperville homeowner was left with an unfinished roof and in disbelief after neighbors told his family they believe ICE agents came to his house and detained crew members working on his home.

In Naperville, IL on Wednesday, ICE surrounded a group of documented workers replacing a residential roof. ICE agents reportedly kicked over the ladders and forced the workers to jump. The episode involved a chase with guns drawn.

I’m focusing on filling out very inch of wall space and putting toys on my desk. Now if only I could get students to come to office hours …

Trump says down is up, and mandates that university faculty may only teach that down is up. Someone teaches the basic fact that up is up, and gets fired. But hey Texas A&M is a great university … as long as you don’t plan on learning anything

As someone whose ancestors have been in the colonies/US for about 400 years, I reject this bullshit. I have no special claim to this place. I am organically bound to those who seek freedom and democracy.

Dear Members of the American Sociological Association: We are delighted to share the ruling made today in ASA's case against the Department of Education. The case was filed in February 2025 in collaboration with a coalition of nationwide associations of educators and a public school district. Today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland ruled in favor of the coalition, declaring that the Trump-Vance administration's attempt to require school districts throughout the nation to censor lessons, abandon student support programs, and certify their compliance with the administration's unlawful interpretation of civil rights is unconstitutional. ASA President Adia Harvey Wingfield says: "The American Sociological Association is delighted with this ruling. It affirms that we sociologists can still do the challenging yet rewarding work of asking and answering hard questions-about race, inequality, society, and more. Furthermore, it confirms that teachers across the nation can continue to support students, enrich academic institutions, and maybe most importantly, do the essential work of providing a nuanced, thoughtful education! ASA will always stand with and for sociologists, and we are proud to stand up for students, for free speech, and for all Americans' right to an education that isn't marred by censorship, threats, and scare tactics." This coalition is represented by Democracy Forward. You can read the full press release about this ruling here. In solidarity,

It is great to hear that @democracyforward.org and @asanews.bsky.social won their lawsuit against the Trump administration.

Crime is down in DC, so let’s claim there’s a crime wave and send in the FBI! Just like there is no migrant crime wave, so let’s militarize LA and arrest everyone who’s brown!

Morning commute #ASA2025

At #ASA2025 the only place to sit and rest seems to be in an empty ballroom. The hotel lobby is packed and the restaurant/bar wants you to spend money. How about some chairs outside the session rooms?

Why are conference chairs always so uncomfortable? #ASA2025

If you work in higher ed, you need to get your folks together and end the use of course evals or at least bar their consideration in evaluation, promotion, and hiring. This needed to happen yesterday because they don't measure learning, they measure instructor gender, but now it's a snitch pool.

Please consider participating.

Per the executive order, all students are female, right? EO states that sex is determined at conception.

What the Republicans’ New Policy Bill Means for Higher Education

How will they determine alumni salaries? What is their data source to determine this? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/u...

This is *extremely* dangerous. ICE detained people, including a family with 3 children, in an office building basement in California without enough food or water. Rampant human rights abuses daily.

Guardian article: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

How well argued could it be, since it dismisses the 14th and 15th amendments. And if he’s arguing for a white ethnic-state, what ethnicity is “white”?

Tulane scientist resigns citing university censorship of pollution and racial disparity research A Tulane University researcher has resigned, citing censorship from university leaders. Kim Terrell, a researcher with the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, resigned Wednesday, saying in a letter the u...

“According to emails… university leaders wrote that the work of the law clinic had become an “impediment” to a Tulane redevelopment project”

This is a mark on the reputation of @tulaneu.bsky.social and @tulanelaw.bsky.social that will not soon be erased. For shame.

#academicfreedom

We’ve lost Michael Burawoy, Herb Gans, and now Richard Alba in such a short period of time

What? You think you get to elect your own officials? Sec. Mar-a-lago face will not tolerate this!

Crowds at the LA Football Club chanting Fuck ICE!

Music to my ears!

Pus

Is “deport” the right word? Exile seems better

Cutting this funding is pure evil. They would rather see LGBTQ+ people dead.

With the attacks on science and academia by the current administration, if those of us who have tenure don't speak up, it's really hard to continue justifying the tenure system based on academic freedom.

I’m proudly part of a tradition of scholars who refused to change their research, teaching, and public statments in the face ot threats from racist authoritarians. They didn’t bend, and neiter should we.

Robinson said he discussed being jailed for civil disobedience while protesting at an Israeli Consulate. He said it was a lesson on the master-slave dialectic, the prisoner’s dilemma and what it’s like being in prison. Robinson has been involved in activism and support for Palestine, among several other causes on campus.

An IU professor is being investigated for violating the state’s ‘intellectual diversity’ law based on an anonymous complaint escalated by administration in a case that could cost him tenure.

His ‘crime’? Discussing a personal experience being arrested for civil disobedience at an Israeli consulate.