I joined the Human Restoration Project Podcast to discuss my book, "Why Fascists Fear Teachers" and the role that public education plays in fostering an informed, pluralistic country—and why that is essential to democracy. Listen here ⤵️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUTY...

Every hour that this is allowed to continue, we remain on the verge of yet another death.

It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face. If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.

In 1993, Trump signed a mortgage for a Florida home, pledging it would be his principal residence. Seven weeks later, he attested a neighboring property would also be his principal residence. In reality, he does not seem to have lived in either home.

Breaking NYT: The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter. The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status. That is a war crime called "perfidy."

Colorado’s Democratic governor signaled he’s considering clemency for election denier Tina Peters following mounting pressure from the GOP to release her from state prison. The move comes after Trump moved to cut the state’s funding.

The Labor Department is under fire for a social media post reading, “One Homeland. One People. One Heritage. Remember who you are, American,” language critics note closely echoes Nazi slogans like “Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer” used on Hitler propaganda posters.

Trump said in an interview with the NYT that he believed civil rights-era protections resulted in white people being “very badly treated”

New from me: There's some context missing from all of the conversation about Lynn Jones Turpin, the Black journalist who went viral for her words to the Jacksonville Jaguars head coach

Tonight marked the last broadcast of PBS News Weekend for the foreseeable future. As the show signs off the air, anchor John Yang looks back at some of our top stories and highlights over the years. https://to.pbs.org/4pxYe7W

This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.

The U.S.-Born Unemployment Rate Rose After Trump Reduced Immigration www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...

Mississippi’s largest synagogue was set on fire before dawn Saturday. Fire department ruled it arson, and a suspect has been arrested. It is the same synagogue that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...

This seems to strongly suggest that the incoming president of UVA doctored his CV to the edge of outright dishonesty, and that the most recent changes came months before Jim Ryan was forced, as if they were made in anticipation in Ryan’s removal. augustafreepress.com/news/vanishi...

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Culturally informed mental health programs are helping Black men and youth build resilience and life skills.

Lookong forward to presenting on internal migration in Biografía de un #cimarron tomorrow at #mla2026 on this panel organized by @tessrenker.bsky.social.

Things are grim right now but as a reminder of who we are and why we fight, this is the US Women’s figuring skating champion.

Again, you can be as mad as you want. I didn't sit out the election, but I do speak to Black men who intentionally sat out the election. Most of y'all don't. What y'all are still not hearing: * Black men experience ~2 Renees *a day* * There were *fewer* Black men killed by cops in 2025 than 2024

“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”

PBS News notes this Sunday will be “PBS News Weekend’s” last due to federal budget cuts

Here’s the GoFundMe in English (my mistake!)

I have verified that Keith Porter Jr’s father created this GoFundMe and is asking to support his grandchildren

Yesterday Elon Musk retweeted "white solidarity is the only way to survive". In our numb overwhelmed media environment it barely made headlines that the world's richest man endorsed blood-curdling white nationalism. My brief writeup for @religiondispatches.org religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...

"The texts suggest a degree of involvement by the governor’s administration in university operations that is atypical in modern Virginia history, according to multiple former board members." My alma mater is the gift that keeps on giving.

5 ways that Senate Bill 1 in Ohio is changing higher ed: 1️⃣Academic programs are being eliminated 2️⃣DEI offices shut down & policies reworked 3️⃣Chilling effect on campus speech & academic freedom 4️⃣Faculty union powers curtailed 5️⃣Out-of-state universities recruit more Ohio students

I reached out to more than three dozen X advertisers, xAI investors, politicians, and government agencies about the growing library of sexualized deepfakes generated with Grok—now including Renee Good. I only heard back from four, with three declining to comment. spitfirenews.com/p/grok-deepf...

In the light of ICE's unjustifiable murder of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, AAUP President Todd Wolfson has released a statement urging that ICE should suspend all operation in American cities. Read full statement at link below 👇 and at the graphic in this thread 🧵 #AbolishICE #AcademicSky

For the first time, our analysis shows how much America’s top research institutions depend on the specialized knowledge of H-1B skilled workers. President Trump signed an executive order on Sept. 19th last year, hiking the fee for new applicants of H-1B visas to $100,000. (Published Sep 2025)

A history lesson that is very relevant to our present struggles. Note the importance of student-faculty solidarity! @aft.org @aaup.org www.npr.org/2025/12/24/n...

As expected, Isaacman is an admin stooge: ‘This was not part of some “long-planned facilities consolidation” as Isaacman claims. The Goddard Master Plan, written in 2022, does not call for the library’s closure. Building 21, which houses the library, was scheduled for renovation, not elimination.’

I'm really proud of this academic freedom syllabus language that the @aaup.org CDAF fellows developed. Having language like this opens up an opportunity to talk with your students about what academic freedom is (and is not). If you add it to your syllabus this semester let me know how it goes!

"What concerns me is this rush to judgment, really on both sides, but I did find the DHS statement particularly irresponsible," says John Sandweg, the former acting ICE director. https://to.pbs.org/3L8uLDI

Elle Simone Scott, a chef, food stylist, and cookbook author who was the first Black woman to join the cast of “America’s Test Kitchen,” has died.

Looking back, everyone will one day realize that all that woke stuff was right. Unfortunately, being right won’t erase the suffering.

This is a big win for higher education and scientific research that improves the health, safety and wellbeing of all of us. This win is proof that organizing to protect research against political interference & strengthen academic freedom works! www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

For the regime to describe the ICE agent’s brutal murder of a woman in Minneapolis as defensive is for the regime to enshrine ICE’s total immunity as it expands its killing, kidnapping, terrorizing, and caging of us.

Let’s recap. Trump demands for months the people in the house turn over the loot. They refuse. He kidnaps the head of the household. He announces his plan to rob the household. 1/2

“This is not just a failure of one chancellor, it is a systemic failure of leadership at the highest levels — including President Jeffrey Gold & the Board of Regents — who endorsed these decisions, ignored faculty governance, & approved this payout.” — Alexander Vazansky, UNL AAUP

“The presidential search, problematic from the start and resulting in this appointment, represents the Board’s continued failure to engage in authentic shared governance with the faculty." - AAUP University of Virginia chapter

Maryland lost 10,000 federal jobs in a single month

Texas A&M says PLATO may be gender or race ideology I mean, they are so close to getting the criticisms of the western canon 😹 dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...

The Black men who helped shape fine dining in N.O. In the early 1900s, George Curry and George Goode worked as head waiters at the St. Charles Hotel. With roles similar to today’s maitre d’s, they managed dining room staffs and front-of-house operations. 

"Follow the money" is always good advice when reporting. Last year, I interviewed healthcare workers about retaliation and censorship of Palestine speech. I wanted to know who was behind the attacks. I found war profiteers on the boards of hospitals and universities. For more, check out my reporting

Go, Texas AFT! Texas teachers union sues state education agency for investigating social media posts about Charlie Kirk www.texastribune.org/2026/01/06/t...

From an email to one of our faculty members.... Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!

Dr. Janell Green Smith was a midwife and advocate for Black maternal health. She died from childbirth complications. Black women are still far more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes. Our reporting: capitalbnews.org/category/hea...

We cannot let anyone rewrite this history. Jan 6th was violent. Police were murdered by domestic terrorists trying to overthrow the results of a free and fair election. And it’s shameful that the insurrectionists have been pardoned. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...

The Unbroken Line: The History of Slave Codes in Louisiana Slave codes are an integral part of the harsh reality of chattel slavery that America has yet to face down.

It's important to understand the intentionality of Grok becoming a revenge porn + CSAM generation machine. Devs would have had to *intentionally* train it on millions of not billions of porn images.