Will Jones

This week, our colleague Dr. Mark Bray came under attack by Turning Point USA’s Rutgers chapter for his public scholarship. Rutgers AAUP-AFT and the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union condemn this campaign and stand in solidarity with our colleagues. Read our full statement here: https://loom.ly/BDXasRY

No kings Minneapolis flier for Saturday october 18

No. The copy shop didn’t seem concerned but I think they all fell under fair use

I did this last year for a course where all the reading was pdfs. A local copy shop offered to do a course pack and I surveyed students and found enough interest that they did it.

Statement by the Committee to Defend Tom Alter Statement by the Committee to Defend Tom Alter On September 10th, 2025, Dr. Tom Alter, a respected and tenured professor of history at Texas State University, was fired for remarks he made at a social...

Please sign the petition calling for Tom Alter's reinstatement. Explanation at the link where you can sign.

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Can I get an Amen?

“Off the air, she was an advocate for racial visibility and opportunity. She was the national equal employment opportunities chair for AFTRA, the broadcast union now known as SAG-AFTRA.” @lawcha.bsky.social

I’d like to join your pack. Thanks!

The Shutdown Made Sara Nelson Into America’s Most Powerful Flight Attendant (Published 2019)

Gift link - because we need to remember this now: @afacwa.org www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/b...

I guess I was naive to believe that right wing libertarians would actually object when jack-booted thugs showed up in American cities.

Opinion | Holding back gifted students in the name of equity Zohran Mamdani treads on dangerous ground by putting equity ahead of educational opportunity.

This is BS. My kid went to kindergarten on the upper west side of Manhattan. They offered testing for the gifted program, but admitted that no one ever passed because they competed against kids who took the test with private counselors that few families could afford.

Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show A high-ranking White House official was indiscreetly texting about the Portland, Ore., planning last weekend, according to messages shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune.

Meritocrisy

A poster announcing a teach-in in washington DC. Sunday, October 26th - Sunup to Sundown Washington, DC - The National Mall “AMERICA’S FRONT YARD” FEATURING KELLIE CARTER JACKSON, NICOLE HEMMER, DEREK MUSGROVE, NATE DIMEO, TRESSIE MCMILLAN COTTOM, AMANDA SEALES, JODY AVIRGAN, JAMES FALLOWS, MARTHA JONES, MARCIA CHATELAIN, PAUL BUTLER, NATHAN CONNOLLY, AND MORE

Announcing a good ol’ fashioned Teach-In in Washington, DC on Sunday, October 26th.

We’ll convene for a series of lectures, stories, and conversations to celebrate and stand up for the work of history and museums.

Shoutout to @natedimeo.bsky.social for bringing this idea to us.

See you in DC!

I hope Phife got his wallet

Court restores union rights for thousands of DODEA teachers A federal judge restored an injunction in a bench ruling that blocks an executive order that would remove federal employees’ collective bargaining rights.

Thousands of educators at U.S. military-funded schools overseas and stateside may continue participating in union activities following back-to-back court rulings in favor of unions representing federal workers.

Pope makes rare comments on U.S. politics, military gathering Pope Leo, asked about the gathering of military leaders in Virginia and a debate roiling Chicago’s diocese, gave his strongest comments on Trump administration policies.

“Someone who says that, ‘I am against abortion but I am in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants who are in the United States,’ I don’t know if that’s pro-life.”

Get this - and use it! We need more public scholars!

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The @aaup.org beat Marco Rubio in court, with a Reagan-appointed judge ruling that ideological deportations obviously violate the first amendment.

These cases cost money. And we need millions of people moving together to make them stick. If you're faculty in the US, join AAUP and join the fight.

Court Rules in AAUP v Rubio: Trump Admin Violated First Amendment The AAUP and partners sued to block the Trump administration from carrying out large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations of noncitizen students and faculty members for ideological reasons.

Once again, it is *faculty*—not administrators—who brought this case and won. Including UC Faculty Association chapters of the AAUP.

Join @aaup.org and be represented by its ROCK STAR legal team!

Trump administration illegally targeted pro-Palestinian protesters, judge rules The efforts to detain and deport noncitizen activists earlier this year represented an unconstitutional infringement on the First Amendment, the ruling says.

“A key question in the bench trial — decided by a judge rather than a jury — focused on whether noncitizens in the United States have the same rights to freedom of speech as citizens. The answer is “unequivocally, ‘yes, they do,’” Young wrote.” @aaup.org
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‘I’m From Here!’: U.S. Citizens Are Ending Up in Trump’s Dragnet

You had "no rights which the white man was bound to respect;" U.S. Supreme Court to Dred Scott, 1857
“You’ve got no rights here. You’re illegal, brother,” Florida Highway Patrol to Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, 2025

Three pedestrians struck and killed in Twin Cities over the weekend; one was hit twice On Sunday, a woman was hit by a vehicle, which came to a stop in the backyard of a St. Paul home.

“The Minnesota Department of Public Safety reports that as of August, there had been 25 pedestrian deaths this year.”

Hmong Village shopping mall in St Paul. Several vendors in the vegetable section sell lychee and rambutan. maps.app.goo.gl/uJePbUooGadi...

I'm puzzled that the response to @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social's praise of Kirk barely mentions Professor Watchlist. Imagine if a left-wing activist maintained a list of CEOs that resulted in death threats and firings. Does Klein really think this is a model for political engagement?

Increased security at the Association for the Study of African American Life and History #ASALH due to illegal recording aimed at discrediting the org that Carter G Woodson founded 110 years ago. Last week the website was targeted. Donate @asalh-bhm.bsky.social

Farm Aid Turns 40 and Returns to Crisis Mode

"Mr. Preston, who also organizes CNN’s political debates and town halls, said, besides getting to feature Willie Nelson, the network wanted to show Farm Aid because it could get viewers from across the political spectrum interested in agricultural policy and solutions to help farmers."@farmaid.org

This one is also great www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/u...

AFT, AAUP Launch Nationwide Campaign, ‘Higher Education: Saving Lives, Building Futures, Powering the Economy’ WASHINGTON—The AFT and the American Association of University Professors, together representing the country’s largest and most powerful force of higher education workers, launched a major national cam...

Once again, if you teach or conduct research in higher ed, please join @aaup.org

Collective Power in the Countryside | UMN Conversations at Northrop Farm Aid & the UMN Departments of History, American Studies & Anthropology present a talk with Sarah Smarsh & Sarah Vogel, moderated by Sonja Trom Eayrs on Sep 18, 2025.

TODAY: "Collective Power in the Countryside: A Conversation With Sarah Smarsh, Sarah Vogel, & Sonja Trom Eayrs," 5pm in Best Buy Theater at Northrup, University of Minnesota. @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social @univnebpress.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social @farmaid.org @mnfarmersunion.bsky.social