Joan Titus

Some Notes on the City of Angels and the Nature of Violence I think maybe it's begun, the bigger fiercer backlash against the Trump Administration which is itself a violent backlash against every good thing that's happened over the past several decades – the a...

" I also believe that those of us who are older, whiter, safer from the threats of state violence do not have the moral ground to lecture the younger, browner and blacker, more directly impacted demographic on what they should and should not do." www.meditationsinanemergency.com/some-notes-o...

I taught close-reading for the first time in awhile recently and I enjoyed seeing how revelatory it felt for some students: a secret language, right under the surface! As Dan writes, "Learning to see what lies hidden before our eyes is part of the magic of close reading."

For the Monday morning crowd: a 🧵on how to appeal your NEH grant termination. Please share with NEH grantees.

I also summarized in a shareable google doc, available here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

More tribal representation at the Tucson, Arizona Hands Off/No Kings April 19, 2025. So grateful and proud for this support. 🥰❤️🦜
@maddow.msnbc.com @meidastouch.com @hcrichardson.bsky.social

National Teach-In: Free Higher Ed Now! This teach-in will feature leading voices in the fightback for a Free Higher Ed. who will provide analysis and thoughts on key issues taken up during the Day of Action. Featuring Todd Wolfson, Levin Kim, Leila Kawar, Cathy Cohen, Lara Deeb, Sean Malloy, Barbara Madeloni, and Heather Ferguson. April 17 at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT on Zoom. Image also contains a QR code to RSVP and the logo of the Coalition for Action in Higher Ed.

The #DayofActionforHigherEd on April 17, being led by @actioninhighered.bsky.social, culminates with an online teach-in at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT with a great line-up, including the AAUP's @proftwolf.bsky.social. RSVP: bit.ly/3Gpep6A

The cover page for a discussion paper called "Questions, Answers, and Some Cautionary Updates Regarding the 3.5% Rule" by Erica Chenoweth. In the image, peaceful protesters can be seen in front of the US Capitol building.

Lately I've seen many references to the 3.5% rule. A few years ago I pulled together this Q&A on potential uses and misuses of this statistic. www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/defaul...

The Griffin List A list of 60,273 North Carolina voters – these are registered voters who showed ID to early vote in the November 2024 election – whose votes Jefferson Griffin wants to not be counted. ...

NC residents: check and see if you’re in this list. And spread the word! thegriffinlist.com

URGENT: Save the NEH I just took action to oppose the elimination of the National Endowment for the Humanities! Join me and take action here.

URGENT: Save the NEH! 🗃️ As the NYTimes reported, DOGE is targeting the NEH *today* - trying to claw back grant funds and lay off up to 90% of staff. Call your Congressperson today and/or fill out the form below from the National Humanities Alliance! And let's get #SaveTheNEH trending

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Wish I could!

Cancelled NIH grant information submission form Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025. Data from this form will be used to update the Rescinded NIH...

We've been tracking unlawful NIH grant terminations for 3 weeks. Spread the word👇!

Fellow PIs: what can you do upon termination?
✅ Email PO + document questions
✅ Submit FOIA
✅ Advocate to your OCG/OSP for appeal + litigation
✅ Consider outside litigation
✅ Donate to state AGs + legal orgs

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Senator Tina Smith & A @SenTinaSmith More bullsh!t. @realDonaldTrump, you can't shut down the Department of Education - and you know it. Fox News even knows it. So stop it. We know you're just trying to wear us out. But for the record, I am not overwhelmed. My zone isn't flooded. I will fight your illegal behavior until the cows come home, and I'm pretty sure the hundreds of thousands of people who've contacted my office since you started this nonsense are on the same page

Be like Tina.

Black graphic with text “You don't need a permit to protest in response to breaking news and you don't need a permit to march in the streets or along sidewalks, as long as you're not obstructing traffic or access to buildings. When you are lawfully present in any public space, you have the right to photograph anything in plain view, including federal buildings and the police.If you believe your rights have been violated, when you can, write down everything you remember, get contact information for witnesses, and take photographs of any injuries.If you get stopped by the police, ask if you're free to go. If they say yes, calmly walk away.If you get arrested, you have a right to ask why. Otherwise, say you wish to remain silent and ask for a lawyer immediately. Don't sign, say or agree to anything without a lawyer present.If you get stopped by a member of the military or any law enforcement office at a protest, you have the right to remain silent or to tell them that you’ll only answer questions in the presence of an attorney — no matter your citizenship or immigration status.”

If you’re protesting this weekend, know your rights.

So many of us would not be here without these programs. I got a FLAS and Fulbright-Hays in graduate school and would not be the same person or scholar without them. Entire careers destroyed, among current DOE employees and future academics alike, in one fell swoop.

Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.

This, by the by, is an effing disaster if it holds up. The number of public libraries that will go under if IMLS is shuttered is mind-boggling. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

#DontCutOurMedicaid

I’m so sorry, Miriam. Holding you in my heart.

A Profession, If You Can Keep It Imagined meritocracies mean little to extractive institutions.

Save it for everyone, or it will be gone.

4th Circuit To Weigh Whether NC Supreme Court Election Challenge Should Proceed in State or Federal Court Read more here.

ATTN: This is most important court hearing to watch next week. The GOP does not want this case in federal court because they know a federal judge is not likely to toss out 60,000 lawful votes. Their plan is to have the partisan NC state Supreme Court decide. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Screenshot showing that Arizona currently has $490,436,626 in NIH funding.

Never imagined I’d have to say this, but if you want to have a look at NIH RePORTER to see how much NIH funding your state receives so you can write to your elected representatives, you’d better do it now, and get a screenshot.

It’s out! Today marks the official release of the second book of my Shostakovich trilogy, Dmitry Shostakovich and Music for Stalinist Cinema.