Tom Maher

Proposed Model Bill Would Change College Tenure, Teaching, & Research Three conservative groups have proposed model legislation that would dramatically change faculty tenure paths, teaching loads, research activities and hiring authority

Massive cuts to research activity with exceptions for those who teach STEM and "Americanism and Western Civilization."

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Northwestern:

Part 1: My Life Is a Lie How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America

Have to admit "asset managers discover Mollie Orshansky" was not on my 2025 bingo card.

At a recent gathering of Rogers Park volunteers, we heard from a neighbor who choked up telling us about their dad turning around and going home when he heard whistles up the street. "One of you may have saved his life that day." It all matters, it really does.

I think nazi tattoos are bad.

Incredible. If you grew up in Indiana, you know what a big deal this is.

One of the more deliberately joyful protests I've been to. The amount of kids in costumes with signs helped.

Picture of more than 1000 people on the steps of the south carolina state house.

Columbia SC, No kings

Crowd of rally-goers in front of the South Carolina State House

No Kings Columbia, SC

Here's Greenville, SC

Only one sides of the street. 700-1000 people in Seneca SC #NoKings

When autocratization is reversed: episodes of U-Turns since 1900 The world is in a “wave of autocratization.” Yet, recent events in Brazil, the Maldives, and Zambia demonstrate that autocratization can be halted and reversed. This article introduces “U-Turn” as ...

“52% of all autocratization episodes become U-Turns, which increases to 73% when focusing on the last 30 years. The vast majority of U-Turns (90%) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy”

V-Dem data

"Too big to fail" doesn't just mean that taxpayers end up bailing out poorly run or harmful co.s that dominate a market.

It also means "too big to boycott."

Want to boycott RayBan for privacy-destroying AI glasses? Parent ElissorLuxottica controls 48% of sunglasses market, much of eyecare market.

AAUP Statement on Continued Detention of Tae Heung “Will” Kim The AAUP stands with the Texas AAUP state conference in demanding the release of Tae Heung "Will" Kim from ICE detention.

Tae Heung “Will” Kim, a doctoral student at Texas A&M University and longtime US permanent resident, has been in ICE detention for OVER one month. The AAUP stands with the Texas AAUP state conference in demanding Mr. Kim’s release.
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your crazy ass stupid post just fucked up the whole world . hope it was worth the likes. hope youre enjoying the clicks

I'd be particularly interested to hear good suggestions for framing (I'm currently using "how to change the world") and participation (I'm using "Taking Root", which I love but feels dated).

I am teaching social movements again in the fall. Does anyone have any good documentary recommendations?

E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change

"If the Trump administration is able to repeal the endangerment finding, it would not only erase all current limits on greenhouse gas pollution from cars, factories, power plants & other sources. It would prevent future administrations from trying to tackle climate change, with lasting implications.

Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.

Omer Bartov in today's NYT

"Do you want America to be at war with Iran?"

No: 85%
Yes: 5%

YouGov / June 22, 2025

250+ million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR budget reconciliation package The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 250 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...

"The bill directs what is likely the largest single sale of national public lands in modern history to help cut taxes for the richest people in the country....all without hearings, debate or public input." wilderness.org/articles/med...

Opinion | Only Nonviolence Will Beat Trump

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3 Lessons From International Protests Amid the L.A. Unrest (Gift Article) Experts who study protest movements say the scenes unfolding in California broadly follow a script that has played out many times in other countries — sometimes with deadly consequences.

“Harsh crackdowns may generate sympathy for protesters, said Omar Wasow, a political scientist at UC Berkeley who studies protest movements. The “spectacle of violence and repression,” he said, can frame states as ‘bullies’ unjustly squashing expression.” Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/w...

E.P.A. Plans to Reconsider a Ban on Cancer-Causing Asbestos

E.P.A. Plans to Reconsider a Ban on Cancer-Causing Asbestos www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

I have a lot more to say about this but for now, just: is YOU CANNOT GENERALLY CHANGE PEOPLE'S POLITICS THROUGH ADS OR TARGETED STRATEGIC WORD CHOICE.

The right wing media ecosystem works - to the extent it does - because it is a whole ecosystem, & because a lot of it is not actually politics.

Rare for a public poll, we did a survey experiment to test whether priming respondents about the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia impacts support for Trump's broader immigration agenda. It does. Support for blanket deportations fell 20 points after hearing about Garcia's case.

Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.

"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."

Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.

I wrote about my decision in TIME.

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