The people who own AI companies have only one primary goal: reduce employee head count . . . Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/m...

Powerful op-ed by Michael Sean Winters: "It would be good to see the Holy See remind its institutions that our church recognizes the rights of workers to organize. Earlier this year, St. John's University abrogated its union contract with school faculty." www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-...

Sobering. "Unless the epidemic of grade inflation reverses course, the continued rise of AP exams looks inevitable—and perhaps necessary." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

St. John's University's IRS-990 filing for 2024-25, open for public inspection. The current basketball coach was paid $3,238,365. The former basketball coach, who was fired, was paid $7,840,000. projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o...

Wealth isn't trickling down all that much. "Worker compensation...grew 0.8% in the first quarter from the fourth, while domestic corporate profits jumped 2.7%. As a result, labor’s share of gross domestic income sank to 51%, the lowest since records began in 1947." www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...

Texas police thugs in schools . . . Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

More Trump administration grifting . . . Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/u...

MAGA is a cult. I remember the days when having an affair or smoking pot or hiring a nanny off the books derailed the careers of candidates for president or nominees to the Supreme Court. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

An excellent column that lays out the issue with bracing clarity. "If we don’t end tax-cut fetishism, the ultimate cost may be the republic itself. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

The claim that AI will be used to boost productivity and improve everyone's lives would have just a little bit more credibility if the big tech companies weren't already using AI exactly as every knows they will, which is to fire people and extract more work from those remaining.

The New School's buyout offer is “yet another attempt to intimidate faculty into resigning, to save the university further scrutiny regarding the elimination of programs & firings & to force some full-time faculty to give up rights afforded them by the Faculty Handbook.” @newschoolaaup.bsky.social

Yup. "A deeper rot festers in the American soul: a callousness toward our neighbors, a me-first selfishness, a relentless focus on 'getting mine' even if it leaves others behind." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Texas limits eligibility for Medicaid to families living below 15 percent of the poverty level, meaning that a family of three earning more than—get this—$4,098 annually is not eligible for any benefits. trib.al/cRXRT29

The Whore of Babylon Goes to the Mall open.substack.com/pub/liturgya...

Thank you, students. . . . Graduates Boo Commencement Speech About A.I. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/s...

More corruption by Trump. U.S. Set to Drop Charges Against Indian Billionaire Accused of Fraud www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/n...

Kristin Colberg provides a meta perspective on v. 15, SI1, distilling the authors' wisdom and theological insights in her: "Afterword: Capturing Women’s Voices from the “Prophetic Edge." doi.org/10.55476/001...

I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Remind the St. John's University BOT: You Can't Support Students Without Supporting Faculty. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/remi...

RIGHT NOW! As the SJU Board of Trustees meets, SJU-AAUP is rallying to make clear to Father Shanley, the SJU admin, & the entire Board of Trustees that unlawful attacks on faculty will not be tolerated & faculty are united in their fight. UNION BUSTING IS UNHOLY!

"He appears to be a lonely man with few true friends, compulsively scrolling the night away, not so much a social-media influencer as a social-media influencee." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Payers ranked by CEO-to-worker pay ratios. Spoiler alert: the average is 334:1 www.beckershospitalreview.com/compensation...

This is unacceptable. After 50 years of a bargaining relationship, St. John’s is cancelling the right to have a contract and using surveillance and intimidation to discourage faculty from organizing. Solidarity with SJU AAUP! @aaup.org www.ncronline.org/news/faculty...

An exam based on Florida's new high school history guidelines. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Senate Republicans have added a billion dollars to a must-pass immigration bill for President Trump’s East Wing ballroom, which was supposed to be financed entirely with private donations.

In "The Role of Women in a Synodal Church," Klara A. Csiszar examines women's increasing participation in the Catholic Church, focusing on cultural challenges, theological education, and Pope Francis’s reforms for inclusivity and leadership. See volume 15, SI 1. doi.org/10.55476/001...

Faculty unions at St. John's University file charges against school administration www.ncronline.org/news/faculty...

As Catherine Clifford argues, the presence of women at the Synod on Synodality, & its renewed attention to their participation in the life of the Church, reopens a conversation that has languished for decades. See "Women: Protagonists in a Synodal Church?" in vol. 15, SI1. doi.org/10.55476/001...

J. Edgar Boozer www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

The student newspaper at St. John's University published this article about the SJU faculty unions' rally on May Day. Yours truly quoted. www.torchonline.com/news/2026/05...

In "Approaching the Role of Women as a Fully and Integrally Synodal Matter," Anna F. Rowlands introduces the special issue on "Women at the Synod on Synodality" and offers an account of the textual development of the theme of women in the Synod's key documents. doi.org/10.55476/001...

“This was quite sudden, and quite unjustified. The university has some pretty bad ideas on how to run the university, and they're using this to advance those ideas." — Sophie Bell, SJU-AAUP President

The St. John's University faculty union presidents appeared on WBAI yesterday morning. Here is an essay with a link to the radio stream attached (click on "Listen Here"). The segment on SJU begins at 36:00. wbai.org/news/may-day...

Union busting is Unholy! St. John University must adhere to Catholic social teaching by honoring workers’ rights & returning to the bargaining table. “The needs of labor ought to take precedence over the needs of capital.” Sign the petition here: 👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

RIGHT NOW: St. John’s University AAUP are out this beautiful May Day demanding that President Shanley adhere to Catholic social teaching & honor workers’ rights by returning to the bargaining table & resuming negotiations immediately! #MayDay2026

"And that's all the news fit to be regurgitated as AI slop." . . . Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b...

“Let us be clear, we will not allow Father Shanley, Provost Simon Mølller, and an out-of-touch Board of Trustees to act like kings above the law and simply sweep away our decades-old faculty union. A union, we must remember, that was born from a faculty strike at St. John’s University in 1966-67.”

Jeff Bezos is corrupt as hell. First the Melania documentary and now this. www.wsj.com/business/med...

St. John's University's failed administration has spent so much time trying to get a whiff of Rick Pitino's cologne that the rest of the university is falling apart. Get the low-down here. Fast forward to 6:49 for the start of the conversation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKMj...

When AI kills . . . He Warned About the Dangers of A.I. If Only His Father Had Listened. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/w...

"Several officials told me that Patel’s drinking has been a recurring source of concern across the government. They said that he is known to drink to the point of obvious intoxication." www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

The idea that Roberts's judicial decision-making is about "calling balls and strikes" is a farce. The GOP judges on the Supreme Court are committed first and foremost to advancing the political goals of Republicans regardless of what the Constitution states. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

What an ass. ""I think it's very, very important for the pope to be careful when he talks about matters of theology," Vance said. Vance questions the pope on just war theory hours after Leo honored its founder www.ncronline.org/vance-questi...

"Asked specifically about Mr. Trump’s comments on Truth Social, Leo said: “It’s ironic — the name of the site itself. Say no more.” . . . Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/w...

Resist now or lose US democracy this November. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Will Cardinal Dolan and Bishop Barron resign from President Trump's religious freedom commission over the President's attacks on Pope Leo—attacks which seem a lot like attacks on Catholic faith?

Bishop Robert Barron must resign from Trump's religious liberty commission immediately if he is to have any shred of credibility remaining as a Catholic bishop. . . . Trump attacks Pope Leo in incendiary social media post www.ncronline.org/news/trump-a...

Sorry Catholic integralists about your patron in Hungary. Looks like you'll need a new vacation spot for your anti-American junkets.