"Why Doesn’t the New York Times Have a Democracy Desk?" MAGA is consolidating authoritarian power in the US. Democratic backsliding is happening fast. Why won't the NYT cover this breakdown of US democracy with the clarity it deserves? kathyrobertsforde.substack.com/p/why-doesnt...

“Some faculty, student and alumni groups, however, have begun to stand up and make their voices heard.” Yes we have. Stand with us; we commit to educating for freedom. Thank you, Michael S. Roth. @standhighered.bsky.social

Wouldn't it be great if the New York Times created a Democracy Desk to cover so much of what's happening as what it clearly is: the rise of an authoritarian regime and the rapid erosion of democracy? Would love to get your thoughts on my Substack on the subject open.substack.com/pub/kathyrob...

Stand Together for Higher Ed stands with Emory AAUP. If you’re faculty at Emory, please join. AAUP is fighting for higher ed. We are not powerless!!! Please consider joining standtogetherhighered.org (staff welcome, too!). Free and we don’t share names or teams publicly.

Stand Together for Higher Ed stands with UT Austin AAUP President Pauline’s defense of free inquiry and against state repression of institutional autonomy, free speech, and freedom to learn. If you are #highered faculty or staff, join our movement: standtogetherhighered.org

THIS is what it looks like to report clearly on democratic erosion in the US. As always, @perrybaconjr.bsky.social is on it. So glad he’s now @newrepublic.com where his political reporting skills and sensibilities have wider latitude.

Page One of today's NYT:

"What's happening now is what happened in Hungary and Turkey, which is using regulatory threats and lawsuits as a way to capture the media, and to capture the information ecosystem. We should be all very, very concerned," says @krforde.bsky.social. newrepublic.substack.com/p/kimmels-su...

"Ownership matters. When you've got Paramount that has all these other business interests, they have made deals to protect their other interests. Same thing with Bezos. Same thing with the Walt Disney Company. I'm hoping the New York Times is going to hold the line," says @krforde.bsky.social.

@perrybaconjr.bsky.social always asks such great questions. His writing is great, too—smart & incisive &pro-democracy all the way. Read him @newrepublic.com

Join us at Stand Together for Higher Ed, if you're faculty or staff at an HSI or any US college or university. We are building the defense, for HSIs and other institutions, too. Membership free. And we don't publicly share names. standtogetherhighered.org www.chronicle.com/article/hisp...

Our senior adviser to Stand Together for Higher Ed, and the former chancellor at UMass Amherst, on the fundamental importance of academic freedom. Kumble ("Swamy") Subbaswamy is an inspiration. Please read and share. www.kentucky.com/opinion/op-e... #academicsky #highered

The leaders of the Rutgers MADC and broader MADC movement: how to defend higher ed! resistingproject2025.substack.com/p/defending-...

@lastweektonight.com“if this administration’s actions have taught us one thing so far, it’s that no capitulation will be enough...I’d argue that to the extent they can, these institutions need to stop yielding, stand firm, and fight back.” Stand with [email protected] tinyurl.com/49vjwkde

While Trump and the right-wing attack higher ed as "woke" and "ideological," guess where the conservative legal movement that has stacked the US Supreme Court with anti-democracy justices has received HUGE support? Ivy League law schools.

Watch, laugh, and then join us at Stand Together for Higher Ed if you're faculty or staff. If you're not and want to support us, please repost and then call your legislators to demand their support for research, science, free inquiry, and students. ❤️www.standtogetherhighered.org

Just in case you care about the defunding of public media in the US. kathyrobertsforde.substack.com/p/dont-let-p...

Harvard AAUP (& the AAUP) won a HUGE victory against the Trump administration that will make it hard for the Harvard Corp and President to cut a deal. Everyone in higher education owes a debt of gratitude. Their efforts & courage protect us all. ❤️ www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

Hey, wonderful followers! I need your help. If you agree we need to defend higher education in the US, and if you have access to the NYT, please "Recommend" my comment to this wonderful op-essay. We're trying to get US faculty & staff to join our movement. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...

We invite all Columbia AAUP Chapter members ‪@aaupcu.bsky.social‬ to join us at Stand Together for Higher Ed. We are fighting alongside the AAUP and building faculty and staff power across all US higher education: standtogetherhighered.org. We are building coalitions across states, universities

@aaupumiami.bsky.social Hey, AAUPMiami! Check out this Forbes article on our national movement to defend higher education and join us at standtogetherhighered.org www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

@osuaaup.bsky.social Check out this article in Forbes about our national faculty-led movement to defend higher ed. Then please join us at standtogetherhighered.org www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

www.democracyworkspodcast.com Check out Stand Together for Higher Ed on the Democracy Works podcast. Then join us at standtogetherhighered.org! #academicsky #highered #democracy

@pennstateuniv.bsky.social Thanks to the Democracy Works team at Penn State's McCourtney Institute for Democracy for highlighting our movement at Stand Together for Higher Ed www.democracyworkspodcast.com/episodes/kat... Join us at standtogetherhighered.org

We would love to have everyone associated with AAUP chapters in TX join us at Stand Together for Higher Ed so we can build a national coalition and build power together across state lines & institutions. www.standtogetherhighered.org

It's important that he said it in the venue where he said, but I did like the version of this piece I wrote 6 days ago. prospect.org/politics/202...

"I am quite certain that this moment deserves real opposition — that Democrats, morally speaking, should not fund a government that Trump is turning into a tool of personal enrichment and power." Important from @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social. Hope Senate Dems listen to him.

Emory justifies gutting DEI by saying that "federal laws and mandates . . . require higher education institutions to alter fundamentally or even close offices and programs focused on DEI." This presents a contested political directive as if it were binding law. news.emory.edu/stories/2025...

@texasaaup.bsky.social Y'all are an inspiration! So much courage and commitment to the common good. We are building a national coalition of higher education faculty and staff to fight against state and federal intrusion. Will you join us? We all need each other. www.standtogetherhighered.org

#highered needs more than a Big 10 TV ad. We need faculty and staff across the US standing together to defend higher ed against these endless attacks. Join Stand Together for Higher Ed, a grassroots movement with a plan and infrastructure. www.standtogetherhighered.org

@allinwithchris.bsky.social We are building a movement of faculty and staff across the US to defend higher ed. Any chance you'd like to cover our efforts? www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

My latest Substack post: open.substack.com/pub/kathyrob...

If you're a professor or higher ed staff in FL, please join us at Stand Together for Higher Ed. We are building a higher ed defense movement. Join here: www.standtogetherhighered.org

Are you concerned about the defunding of research, threats to international and immigrant students, and intrusions on academic freedom, free speech, free inquiry, and more? Join us at www.standtogetherhighered.org to build faculty and staff power. We're doing the work, and we need you. Do something!

Stand Together for Higher Ed is in the news! Mike Nietzel reports on our work in his Forbes higher ed column. Please repost, and if you are higher ed faculty and staff, please join Stand Together for Higher Ed! #academicsky www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

Interested in US democracy and the press--and the right-wing authoritarian project attacking both? Please consider subscribing to my Substack newsletter: Letter from a Region: On the press, power, and democracy's future. open.substack.com/pub/kathyrob...

New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!

Just learned about Liz Neeley's amazing Friday newsletter about science and higher education--and lately, it's mostly about the ever increasing federal threats to both. I've signed up. I hope you will, too. #academicsky #science #democracy

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. www.aaup.org/news/aaup-st...

Yes, we are aligned with AAUP and partnering on projects. Thank you for any support you can give us! ❤️

Yes, we are aligned and partnered with AAUP. We’re hosting a Reclaim the Narrative webinar together in late October. More soon!

Will you stand with us? If you're faculty or staff in US #highered, please join our national movement to protect and defend our colleges and universities. We have a plan. We're organized. We're connected. Join Stand Together for Higher Ed at standtogetherhighered.org today. #academicsky #highered

Faculty and staff are gearing up for the new academic year after a summer of federal and state assaults on research, free speech, institutional autonomy, academic freedom, and our people. It's time to #standtogether and resist. Join Stand Together for Higher Ed (no cost): standtogetherhighered.org.

Thank you, @perrybaconjr.bsky.social, for asking such great questions and talking with me about the role news orgs and leaders play in US politics--often as straight-out political actors

Had a great conversation today with @perrybaconjr.bsky.social of The New Republic about the urgent need for pro-democracy news media in the US (and the urgent problem of anti-democracy news media)

Wolfson's correct. We must all row together to save republic #academicsky @aaup.org

Higher ed is under attack, and we all need to defend our missions and our people. But that doesn't mean we can't laugh! Read my colleague's hysterical satirical letter from Trump to university leaders. And then share widely! #academicsky : www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

Thanks @arneduncan.bsky.social for your vision and this Chronicle article! What you write about every higher ed org coming together is exactly what @standhighered.bsky.social is doing RIGHT NOW. We welcome all faculty and staff nationwide to stand together for the next generation of learners.

OK, #academicsky. It's time to act. Join Stand Together for Higher Ed, a movement of US #highered faculty and staff to defend our research, academic freedom, institutional autonomy, and our people. standtogether.org www.chronicle.com/article/an-o...