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“It probably helps that both JPMorgan Chase and Costco are financial powerhouses, whose profits and share prices keep their investors happy. But both companies are also framing their DEI policies as a matter of morality or ethics, rather than just profits.”

Powerhouse universities should also be taking the lead in making the ethical and moral case for DEI. Their role is to prepare people for civically & professionally navigating an increasingly diverse world. This can only continue if they fight to defend their values.
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A mandatory training!

The Resegregation Orders (Tell the Stories) We can heal. We can fight. We are the storytellers.

Dear 🧪🔭⚛️:

Stop calling the anti-DEIA executive orders, bans, work stoppages, research stoppages, and whatever else “rollbacks.” The executive orders are Resegregation Orders. These are attempts to return us to segregation.“

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Journalist Anas Al-Sharif removes his helmet and announces a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel. His voice steady as his fellow Palestinians lift him into the air in celebration. For 15 months, the Al-Jazeera correspondent has reported on the genocide of his people in Gaza.

Israeli minister makes last-ditch effort to block cease-fire with Hamas — again Israel and Hamas are drawing close to a cease-fire that could bring their 15-month conflict to an end.

"Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Tuesday urged colleagues to reject a cease-fire deal with Hamas." Apparently Israeli supremacist/terrorist Ben-Gvir wants to kill more Palestinian Christians and Muslims before he ends this war. www.politico.eu/article/isra...

Fierce Israeli attacks on Gaza kill dozens as ceasefire deal moves closer At least 6 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli air strike on Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.

Israel’s explosive weapons in Gaza have left 475 children monthly with lifelong disabilities such as lost limbs, sight, or hearing.

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A reminder today, as US politicians including the President fall over one another to attack the ICC over arrest warrants and defend Netanyahu…

Trump's threats of mass deportations lead to hard discussions for families About 11 million Americans are related to an immigrant without legal status in the U.S. As President-elect Trump ramps up promises of mass deportations, these families are having hard conversations.

Trump may be especially extreme but anti-immigrant sentiment is bipartisan.

“There was a raid at the factory she worked in, and a colleague helped her escape through a laundry chute. This happened several times back in the '90s. It was during the Clinton presidency.”

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The single essay that I tell people to read the most often is this one from James Baldwin that is ostensibly about Jews and white supremacy but is really about how to think about oppression and how we respond to it. The last third is especially incredible.

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'That Is Genocide!' Israeli-American Holocaust Historian Tells Mehdi A powerful, wide-ranging conversation, plus audience Q&A, on Gaza, Israel, antisemitism, and more, with Omer Bartov, the world-renowned Holocaust and Genocide Studies professor.

The "goal is to destroy the ability of Palestinians to live in that area as a group. And in my definition, that is genocide."

Renowned Israeli-American Holocaust historian and genocide expert, Professor Omer Bartov of Brown University, to me, at our live event in DC.

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Mazyouna’s face was ‘ripped off’ when a rocket hit her home. Israel has refused to allow her evacuation The 12-year-old is one of 2,500 children in Gaza that need to be evacuated urgently yet humanitarian agencies say few are being allowed to leave by the Israeli authorities

Via Mosab Abu Toha on Twitter, who says:
"Surgeons in the US are waiting to treat her but she's been denied evacuation FIVE times. There's a medical bus leaving Gaza this Wednesday. Her life depends on it." #Gaza #Palestine #FreePalestine

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The Most Dangerous Domestic Antiterrorism Bill Since The PATRIOT Act A bill to designate nonprofits "terrorist supporting organizations" failed this week. It'll be back soon, writes Darryl Li

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Do people say free Palestine on here? Let’s start a chant please. Free Palestine. 🇵🇸

Fellow academics with tenure: I know we live in a environment of repression and surveillance but please consider teaching for freedom. Please re read or read for the first time if you haven’t Freire, hooks. Please do the work in the classroom. If not now, when?

A tweet by @TheBlackCyde "Paulo Freire was preaching when he said teaching cannot be neutral it either dismantles systemic inequities or perpetuates them."