"Look, we are a labor union. We’re going to fight & respond to this moment...We're standing for what we always stood for...a powerful higher-education sector that leads to innovation & social mobility & is a bedrock of our democracy." —Todd Wolfson, AAUP President #DefendHigherEd #AcademicSky

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This ought to be engraved somewhere.

The White House Peace Vigil, after standing for decades, is dismantled What sign are you looking for?

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Prayer Intensifies Political Violence "…rather than de-escalating conflict, prayer functions to intensify political struggle by framing it as a divinely mandated battle, lowering the moral barriers to violence, and embedding political aggression within a sacred framework." 👉 doi.org/10.1080/0954...

Until the press learns that the existential conflict that they are OBLIGATED to cover is NOT Republicans versus Democrats, but Democracy versus Authoritarianism, they will continue to be complicit in the erosion of American democracy from within.

Phang: The South Koreans are here to help build, to help train, to help get this thing up and running so 8,500 Americans can have jobs. But no — the Trump administration, the dumbasses with their heads so far up their asses when it comes to immigration, are just sitting there rounding people up…

NEW: Reuters asked the Michigan Tax Authority whether Lisa Cook violated any mortgage tax rules for her home in Ann Arbor. They said no. That's in addition to Reuters earlier reporting that nothing was wrong with the documents for her home in Atlanta. www.reuters.com/world/us/no-...

Other governments that have used "terror" as a pretext for shutting down civil society not aligned with their political leaders: Hungary, Turkey and Russia.

Matthew Lyons @matthewnlyons.bsky.social on conflict within the right, and Charlie Kirk's rightward evolution with MAGA to Trump II.

“I was the last remaining Black full-time opinion columnist at the Post, in one of the nation’s most diverse regions…What happened to me is part of a broader purge of Black voices from academia, business, government, and media — a historical pattern as dangerous as it is shameful — and tragic.”

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Wow

I support the bill from Sen. Warren to end "right to work" laws nationally. Workers in Virginia earn $11,000 LESS per year than in states with fair labor laws. You know what would solve a LOT of the housing affordability crisis in Virginia? Getting workers the additional $1,000 a month they deserve.

I’m sorry. What??? Kilmeade calls for killing of homeless people and crickets yet faculty are getting fired for not showing the right amount of empathy for someone who didn’t believe in empathy. Upside down times.

also known as "mass murder"

The great hypocritical purge. “Clayton said that there is no room for what he believes to be hate speech.” www.kplctv.com/2025/09/12/i...

I am having a hard time reconciling "Charlie Kirk was a fierce advocate of open dialogue and free expression" with "we must identify and persecute everyone who is insufficiently mournful"

I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions. Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...

We should not be paying homage to racism, homophobia, and White supremacy. But this is America. And this is how far we’ve come in our great democratic project in pursuit of equality and freedom for all. And that is to say not very far.

The AAUP stands in full solidarity w/HBCU faculty, staff, students, admin, & alumni. We call on law enforcement & governmental authorities to treat these threats w/ the seriousness they deserve, investigate thoroughly, hold responsible parties accountable, & strengthen preventive measures on campus.

Thousands of undocumented immigrant workers helped rebuild New York City in the wake of 9/11. 24 years later, they're at risk of deportation as they still struggle with chronic health issues. A pathway to citizenship is the least these workers deserve. documentedny.com/2025/09/11/u...

We can be morally outraged by an assassination and at the same time acknowledge that Charlie Kirk’s racism and misogyny were immoral. Whitewashing his behavior and beliefs betrays the collective by masking how we got to this place in America.

This is lunacy. It’s madness. Make it stop. $10 Million in Contraceptives Have Been Destroyed on Orders From Trump Officials www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...

Nothing says “we’re not Nazis” like “we’re going to use the government to find each and every one of you.”

academeblog.org/2025/09/10/a... Horrible.

This explains it better than I can

I won't be able to bring myself to find that much pleasure in the death of Charlie Kirk. But it doesn't mean the only acceptable conversation is "his family is in our prayers." He's a cautionary tale. He generated hate and he was pro-guns. he died by those very things.

“Stimson has repeatedly exceeded his authority as Rector. His conflicting leadership role at the Heritage Foundation & his repeated attempts to overreach his authority threaten the foundation of VA's largest public university, endangering its governance, stability, & future.” –@aaupmason.bsky.social

A thread from Alex here. And if you have the stomach for it (it is infuriating to read), Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social has written extensively about this, I recommend her book Wild Faith where the topic is prominent. www.amazon.com/Wild-Faith-C...

Our colleague and AAUP-OSU member Elissa Washuta, director of American Indian Studies, spoke to WOSU about OSU’s ban on land acknowledgements and why it has a “chilling” effect on our teaching. Link to article follows.

Across Washington, DC today, University students have staged a #FREEDC walkout in protest of Trump's militarized occupation of the city. Congresswoman Jayapal addressed the students at her (and my) alma mater, Georgetown.

🔥BLS Staff: "We will publish reliable data, no matter how inconvenient the results... Acting Commissioner is a respected career professional. There are no other political appointees at BLS... will remain accurate & nonpartisan... if that ever changes, the professionals will tell you." #StandWithBLS

John Oliver: "While get the appeal of thinking just one more concession, one more payoff might safeguard your independence or let you live to fight another day, it's worth asking at what point have you compromised so much that the thing you're supposed to be defending is gone."

The New Yorker asked me “how bad” today’s Supreme Court ruling was. I boiled it down to one paragraph: link.newyorker.com/view/5bda429...

“We stand determined to see that Mason—the largest public institution of higher education in Virginia with one of the most diverse student bodies in the United States—remains a university of, by, and for the people.” #DefendHigherEd @aaupmason.bsky.social @bletiecq.bsky.social

SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool

These folks did not sign up to occupy American cities

Who could have guessed that a new school set up by conservative trustees, to teach conservative ideas, without actual faculty governance would result in a total disaster? 🍿🍿 <smallest fiddle emoji> www.chronicle.com/article/a-le...

Here’s a 🧵 on key points in Judge Burroughs’ order in the AAUP/Harvard AAUP’s lawsuit against Trump’s DOJ for ideological funding cuts at Harvard: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

George Mason President Gregory Washington lacks Harvard’s resources and is facing calls for his ouster amid four Trump probes. He says he won’t quit. @aaupmason.bsky.social