Rebecca Givan

Trump administration drops appeal of court order blocking $1.2-billion UCLA settlement The Trump administration dropped its appeal of a major higher education case in which a federal judge blocked its $1.2-billion settlement proposal to UCLA over alleged civil rights violations. It will...

“The Trump administration’s decision to not appeal this preliminary injunction means that for the foreseeable future, they cannot use civil rights laws or federal funding as a cudgel to remake the UC in its ideological image.”

—Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel

14 takeaways from Analilia Mejia’s stunning win - New Jersey Globe When the New Jersey Globe ran a story in June 2025 about who might replace Mikie Sherrill, then the newly anointed Democratic nominee for governor, in the

"The New Jersey progressive movement got its biggest win yet."
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Google is stifling anti-ICE speech in the workplace as 1,200 employees call on the company to cut ties The search giant has made it harder and riskier to protest its policies. Workers are still fighting back. Plus: A community takes down a data center, QuitGPT, and the 5 worst Super Bowl AI ads.

At Google, speech critical of ICE is censored from the company's internal platform, employees who speak out are served with warnings, and leadership refuses to acknowledge a petition that's now gotten 1,200 employee signatures.

Inside the worker-led push to get ICE out of Google:

Want to organize against ICE on your campus? Join us Sunday, February 15, at 7pm ET on Zoom for a “Schools: Drop ICE Mass Call” with @sunrisemvmt, @aaupnational, @ydsa_official, @aftunion, and @ueunion. Register here: www.mobilize.us/highereducat...

New Knight Institute Initiative to Focus on “Reconstructing Free Expression” After Trump

Very excited about this new @knightcolumbia.org project, both because it gives us the chance to look beyond the current democratic crisis and because so many super people have already agreed to participate. knightcolumbia.org/content/new-...

Progressive Win in New Jersey Hinged on Anti-ICE Organizing - The American Prospect Analilia Mejia won a close congressional primary race by preparing constituents for encounters with ICE. She warned that the agency’s surveillance technology needs more attention.

“You can’t turn away from this madness and you can’t unsee this injustice and they want leaders who say you’re not crazy, what you’re seeing is real. People get it, voters are not dumb.”

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Progressive Win in New Jersey Hinged on Anti-ICE Organizing - The American Prospect Analilia Mejia won a close congressional primary race by preparing constituents for encounters with ICE. She warned that the agency’s surveillance technology needs more attention.

Analilia Mejia was doing ICE Watch trainings at her campaign events. She was preparing future constituents for encounters with immigration agents. And she won.
In an interview with @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social, one of her big priorities: end ICE's mass surveillance.
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The job market was already dependent on health care for most of its growth, but the pattern is even more dramatic after today's revisions. Private-sector employment would have fallen outright last year if it weren't for health care. #NumbersDay

OSHA Enforcement Staff at Record Low: Inspector General - Confined Space The DOL Inspector General has issued a report outlining serious challenges for OSHA and MSHA. Neither agency has enough inspectors.

The Department of Labor's Inspector General warns that #OSHA enforcement staff is at an all-time low, threatening the health and lives of American workers. jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...

Opinion | A New Jersey Primary Shows the Depth of Democratic Fury

"Because this one was the first congressional primary of the year, many looked to it as a barometer of Democratic voters’ mood. Now we have a preliminary reading: They are furious and terrified to a degree that Democratic leaders still don’t fully grasp."
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Action Team Fight Back: Hold ICE Accountable · AFT Right now, ICE operations are tearing families apart, traumatizing children, and creating fear that keeps people from going to work, school, or seeking medical care. This does not make our communities safer, and it’s not what people voted for. Senators have the power to demand change. For this phone bank, we’re calling members to urge Congress to stop funding ICE until ICE is out of our communities and real accountability and reform are in place. _New to phone banks? Our mini phone banks a...

TONIGHT!!
📣 Stand up for families & communities — join the AFT Action Team Phone Bank: Fight Back – Hold ICE Accountable! Take action to defend civil rights, oppose unjust enforcement. 💪🗣️
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“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...

7/ Read the rest of the letters:

I’m Analilia Mejia and I approve this message.

Mark Bray is Instructional Assistant Professor of history at Rutgers University & the author of Antifa: The Antifascist Handbook. After Trump’s executive order naming “antifa” a terrorist organization, Bray became the target of right-wing attacks, forcing him to flee the country with his family.

What's the Matter with Florida? An Interview with Zachary Levenson A discussion about Florida's censorship of sociology and teaching under authoritarianism

This week at Group Threat, I spoke with @grundrza.bsky.social about Florida's censorship regime, teaching under authoritarianism, and how folks are coping (or not).

For obvious reasons, people were up in arms. The tenure-track professor who taught Intro to Sociology felt he could refuse to teach the class, and he did. The rest of the people teaching intro were adjuncts, which meant that they did not have the right of refusal. They are at-will employees, unlike the rest of us who are unionized.

@grundrza.bsky.social also reflects on the fact that exploiting existing inequalities between tenure track and adjunct faculty makes it easier to implement censorship. Without workplace protections, adjuncts can't refuse to teach censored books.

A Pivotal Point for American Democracy: A Joint Statement by UUP, PSC/CUNY, Rutgers AAUP-AFT and Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union - Rutgers AAUP-AFT NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — United University Professions (UUP), representing 42,000 faculty and professional staff at the State University of New York’s state-operated campuses; the Professional Staff Congre...

"A Pivotal Point for American Democracy: A Joint Statement by UUP, PSC/CUNY, Rutgers AAUP-AFT and Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union"
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Mejia, Malinowski Ahead But No Decision in District 11 House Race Progressive organizer and activist Analilia Mejia had 486 more votes than former Rep. Tom Malinowski as of 11:13 p.m.

"They tried to say that our people-powered movement was too small. Too late. Unfunded. That somehow, we couldn’t. In fact … they called it. But here’s the bottom line, we know that our movement, this party, this movement, calls on every one of us to be big, to be bold, to be brave.”

Steve Kornacki: Democratic primary season kicks off with an anti-establishment earthquake New Jersey’s special House primary is too close to call, but the results still sent a message about what forces are rising and falling in the Democratic Party.

"This is not the sort of thing that used to happen in New Jersey politics. And yet it seems to be happening more and more — and not just in New Jersey, either." - Kornacki

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In New Jersey, AIPAC went on the attack against a moderate Dem & former member of Congress, a longtime supporter of Israel who'd offered some criticism. They tried to help another Dem.

The result appears to be fueling a 3rd candidate, the one who ran on the most left wing lane.

How it started: How it's going:

How Academic Workers Have Reenergized the Labor Movement The demographic reconfiguration of academic labor is changing our sense of justice and possibility.

"It is up to academic labor not only to define the Trump administration’s actions as unlawful and unacceptable but also to offer a progressive vision of what higher education can and should be." – Gary Rhoades
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UAW Reaches Tentative Agreement with Volkswagen in Chattanooga, Marking Historic Breakthrough for Southern Autoworkers - UAW | United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of Americ... Autoworkers at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant have won a historic tentative agreement with the company. After making history as the first Southern autoworkers outside the Big Three to join the UAW, th...

After making history as the first Southern autoworkers outside the Big Three to join the UAW, the 3,200 workers at VW Chattanooga have won a tentative agreement that provides 20 percent across-the-board wage increases, affordable health care, real job security, and more.

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Stay Warm & Melt ICE - Mejia GOTV Virtual Rally · Analilia Mejía for New Jersey On Weds, Please Join Date: February 4th, 2026 (Election Eve) Time: 6:30 – 9:00 p.m. Register Here to Join! Join Analilia Mejia Surrogates & Special Guests for an all-out Virtual GOTV Rally! This is t...

I'm attending Analilia Mejía for New Jersey's event, “Stay Warm & Melt ICE - Mejia GOTV Virtual Rally” - sign up now to join me! #TeamMejía www.mobilize.us/analiliaforn...

NYU professors authorize strike authorization vote NYU professors authorized a strike authorization vote on Monday as talks with school administrators over contracts stalled.

"The faculty at NYU is moving closer to a possible strike after its union said on Monday it would soon open a strike authorization vote after contract talks with school leadership stalled." @uawregion9a.bsky.social

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"I ask you, for the sake of the company you now lead, its customers and the state in which you are headquartered, to clearly state that Target wants U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement out of Minnesota now."- @rweingarten.bsky.social

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THE PEOPLE'S FILIBUSTER

I'm honored to be a part of an amazing lineup Saturday at The Public Theater. It's The People's Filibuster and it includes a number of Broadway stars. I'm scheduled to read my text between 2 and 3. The event will be livestreamed.

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