Wild that Indiana is going to finally win a national football championship in the year that IU’s leaders & the state’s government decided it was no longer a serious research university.

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

"A tenured professor who was briefly fired by Austin Peay State University in Tennessee in September for what the school’s president said was an insensitive social media post about the killing of Charlie Kirk will get a $500,000 settlement and his job back." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...

So much love for the @jckessler.bsky.social, @annakornbluh.bsky.social, & the whole UIC Faculty United, who collectively programmed this event, & then had the generosity & gumption to say, let’s share it with the world, because we are @higheredlabor.bsky.social United. + @bakerdphd.bsky.social is 🔥

“Do you know what St. Marks Place is,” Mr. Moskowitz asked. “Do you know what CBGBs is, or was?” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/n...

"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato." surreal times dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...

If the US invested in child care and had national policies like paid leave comparable to other industrialized countries, we would generate $775 billion of economic activity a year. The question should not be, “how can we afford to do this?” The question is, “how can we afford not to?” Let’s do this.

Zuccotti Park 2026: 40,000 people line up alongside barricades to celebrate NYC’s democratic socialist mayor. For those of us who participated in Occupy Wall Street, today marks a turning point in the millennial left. It’s too early to say what it will mean, but it’s significant.

The end of ACA enhanced premium tax credits, and an average out-of-pocket premium increase of 114% for 22 million people, has been hypothetical. Now it is real.

This is a win for public health that allows for research on issues like HIV prevention and Alzheimer’s disease to continue.

The Times only quotes current students & faculty on the record, who are not so critical. Which sort of makes sense if selected into campus or don't want to be fired. Nothing from former faculty/students or off-the-record. A recent Inside Higher Ed piece quoted current faculty with a different view:

The reporter, Anemona Hartocollis, argues that things are not so bad. Students are studying the Odyssey! She uncritically shares the views of the college President about the need for campus debate. This is yadayadayadaing an ideological purge. Here are things that are not mentioned:

It’s not “losing money” any more than air traffic controllers or public highways or street lights or fire departments are “losing money.” It is a government service. It’s not SUPPOSED to make money. It’s supposed to reliably deliver to anywhere in the US, even the unprofitable places.

When we look at rates of underinsurance and similar metrics of medical cost-burdens over just one year, we fail to see that the problem affects far more Americans over time. You may not be cost-burdened by care costs today, but you could be tomorrow. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

UNC System rule requires instructors post all syllabi publicly ONE WEEK before the course starts. Have they met faculty? www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...

The Trump admin announced today that it would no longer fund health systems that accept Medicaid/Medicare and offer gender-affirming care. That will affect everyone receiving the care -- not just people *on* Medicaid/Medicare. Hospitals will likely choose Medicaid/Medicare over trans patients.

"Starbucks has a policy of 150 percent availability. If an employee wants to work 30 hours, that person must be available for 45. In the end, they may only end up working 17." www.grubstreet.com/article/mich...

After over 761 days of bargaining for a first contract, the UMaine Grad Workers Union has reached a tentative agreement with UMS! ✊🦞 @uawregion9a.bsky.social Members can join a town hall meeting to learn more & ask questions before this week’s ratification vote. ⤵️

“At Texas A&M, internal emails show staff are using AI software to search syllabi and course descriptions for words that could raise concerns under new system policies restricting how faculty teach about race and gender.” www.texastribune.org/2025/12/15/t...

“Thank God so many people showed up there,” Osman said. “(The agents) couldn't get out of there because people showed up with their cars and whistles.” www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...

This is a great piece on Trump's near-destruction of the National Labor Relations Board. (And I'm betting they don't let the Acting GC go on-the-record about anything after his performance here. Kudos to @msainato.bsky.social for a very effective interview.) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Last week, the New School issued voluntary separation & early retirement offers to 40% of the full-time faculty & the majority of non-union staff. These cuts to the bone are an ideological attempt to decimate historic spaces of critical inquiry & social justice. Share our statement tr.ee/qQBIDCpIuj

From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...

I don't do procurement so this could be reasonable(?) but yowza

NEW: Trump’s DOJ Pressured Lawyers to “Find” Evidence That UCLA Had Illegally Tolerated Antisemitism An investigation by ProPublica and @chronicle.com reveals how the U.S. government ignored due process to gin up its attack on the University of California.

25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.

Democrats who voted against the NDAA, which bans trans athletes in women's sports at US military academies. -Bennet -Booker -Cantwell -Duckworth -Kim -Markey -Merkley -Murphy -Murray -Padilla -Sanders -Schatz -Schiff -Smith -Van Hollen -Warren -Welch -Wyden www.senate.gov/legislative/...

“I considered transferring out of U.T. because if my professors are unable to teach me, and I’m not able to have candid conversations to get a proper education, what am I here for?” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...

"Intensified enforcement reduces the number of foreign-born child care workers...We also find that heightened immigration enforcement reduces the employment of mothers with preschool-aged children, especially highly educated and white mothers." www.newamerica.org/better-life-...

Chris Herbst and @erdaltekin.bsky.social find the increase in ICE arrests since Trump took office to be associated with 39,000 fewer foreign-born child care workers and 77,000 fewer U.S.-born working mothers (as of July) www.newamerica.org/better-life-...

Congratulations to the 1,600 workers across Chicago Public Schools who have officially filed majority interest to join Local 73! From classroom support to school operations, these workers are essential and now they’re organizing for the respect, wages, and protections they are owed.

Bernie's in, officially ending the 2020 primary.

New research found that Instacart is charging shoppers different prices — despite ordering the same items from the same store at the same time. The price differences could amount to an extra $1,200 a year for the average household of four. Corporate greed is out of control.

from @mattfriedmannj.bsky.social on twitter: Democratic State Chairman LeRoy Jones says the gutting of NJ Comptroller is "overreach" and that he thinks it should be shelved." And I heard from one advocate who lobbies at the statehouse that she heard the bill is dead.

Gettin' warmer! bsky.app/profile/atru...

New BW feature: While federal unions play defense elsewhere, a unionization wave is building in the National Park Service, driven by slash-and-burn Trump Admin. cuts, decades of prior bipartisan neglect, and worker-to-worker organizing www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... w/ @mslaurabliss.bsky.social

CRUCIAL! by Stephanie Foote "I...lived through the devastation of a solid public university by a professional grifter who imagines himself as a visionary, and who takes every opportunity to express his vision. That person was Gordon Gee, and the university he destroyed was West Virginia University"

Most Marketplace enrollees in the latest KFF survey (1) say that it is already somewhat or very difficult to afford their monthly premiums and (2) say they could not afford if their premiums increased by $300/year www.kff.org/public-opini...

My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.

With rising attacks on university teachers, have you checked out the toolkit the Joint Academic Freedom Committee created for members facing challenges to academic freedom on campus, in the classroom, and beyond? Read and share with your colleagues: https://rutgersaaup.org/academic-freedom-toolkit/

NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month. This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory! Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...

"Library workers in Memphis, from librarians to material processors, have fewer legal protections than most city employees because they are currently considered “appointed” by the mayor." mlk50.com/2025/12/03/u...

Former Treasury secretary Larry Summers was just banned for life by the top economists’ association after sexist emails tied to Epstein surfaced. But the deeper story is systemic: women in economics still face entrenched bias

It’s official! Congratulations to James Solomon for winning his Mayoral seat in Jersey City. This is a win for working-class families across Jersey City!

Early results in Jersey City: James Solomon, the more progressive candidate, is crushing former governor Jim McGreevey 69% to 31% with the first batch (7K votes).

Proud to announce that @sanders.senate.gov is endorsing our campaign for Congress! I worked with Bernie in 2020 for the same reasons I'm running now: to un-rig the economy and make it work for working people, not billionaires and corporations. A better world is possible. Let's win this.

"A White House official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity...argued that wealthy people had long shaped American institutions for the better and that Mr. Rowan’s role in the policymaking process was a natural extension of that." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...

This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...

Great piece on the @crimsoncourage.bsky.social and #Standup4Yale tailgate yesterday. Pabst, Pamphlets and a Petition: A Harvard-Yale Tailgate in the Trump Era www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...