And in popular majors or schools where they are clearly relevant, such as economics and business, these traditions are hardly absent. Indeed, one could argue that the intellectual diversity problem in those areas is a lack of attention to left/liberal perspectives./2

Yes to this!!! The feeling of going into industries that are dying or dead and then having to start anew. It’s exhausting! And I say this with the caveats that getting to the point of credential/professional is uneven in our society, and uneven in each subsequent attempt.

Many faculty at places like Yale, especially ones who like to pontificate about the state of higher ed, have never stepped foot on a non-fancy small liberal arts campus, a state school, or a community college. Which is the majority of higher ed.

The thing that kills me abt Conservative “diversity” hires in higher ed… is that we’ve done this before. Milton Friedman was not hired at Chicago by a committee of peers. A position was created for him. Consider the horrors his so-called scholarship unleashed.

✨ May 4, 6-8pm ✨ We are thrilled to co-sponsor this timely conversation on the new McCarthyism on campus, with Mariame Kaba, Jeanne Theoharis + archivists/student journalists from Brooklyn College and WKCR 89.9FM. Join us @ CUNY Grad Center! @prisonculture.bsky.social @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social

Think about this: The leader of the Senate Democrats just voted against 85% of his caucus all to keep sending bulldozers to Israel, so it can continue to demolish Palestinian and Lebanese people's homes.

This morning, as I was biking home from an ICE watch shift filled with incredible volunteers, I thought how grateful I am to the ppl of LA, Chicago, and Minneapolis for holding back a greater slide into fascism. So grateful to the ppl not to these effing politicians.

Exactly what Kate said. Whenever someone asks me where the Mayor should get the $150 million more funds for NYC public libraries, the answer is the cops. Period.

One of the comments to this is like “of all the things to be mad about, not being able to get a credit card is low down the list” and y’all being able to leave shitty men is so important and cannot be done without money.

Thanks. I've long been a broken record about some of this stuff for years, but as so many institutions continue to deteriorate, it feels extra important to keep talking about what we can do without them.

Some great advice that I wish I’d gotten in my early 20s! Never too late tho

Some journalists actively dislike survivors and have done pieces meant to undermine them, which I’ve also encountered. But I really don’t trust cops or courts to do the right thing when it comes to sexual violence. Their track record is worse than abysmal. They actively cause harm every day.

BTW the people who spent the last few years advocating for Palestine were clearly 100% right that normalizing war crimes and genocide there would just increase the likelihood of inhumane actions elsewhere. Just saying.

I feel this in my bones. You cannot look at what Minneapolis and the rest of the metro has been through this year and claim everyday Americans aren't fighting back. We may not have won yet, but we are not going quietly into authoritarianism. Not while we've still got our whistles.

Unlike Canada, the U.S. has not had a truth and reconciliation commission around boarding schools–assimilation schools that systematically abused and neglected Native kids. Proposed Congressional legislation could change that. www.cherokeephoenix.org/news/bill-se...

New data shows 85% of Americans believe trans people should have the same rights and protections as everyone else. It is clear that the vast majority of Americans support trans rights, yet politicians continue scapegoating this population instead of focusing on the real issues. buff.ly/17U1WGw

If impeachment couldn't work against a defeated, out-of-power insurrectionary who put Congresspeople's lives in danger, there's no reason to think it would ever work. The Constitution thus lacks any functional way to get rid of a bad chief executive & so isn't even a minimally adequate plan of govt.

On the 58th anniversary of Dr. King's assassination, it's time to reckon with the media's troubling role in the civil rights struggle. (I pitched this to @nytimes.com who found it "fascinating..[but] the news is making deeper & certainly more historical pieces very hard." But they're the news.) A 🧵

ICE has kept a disabled double amputee prisoner for over 14 months. Rodney Taylor has been denied access to his prosthetic legs. Forced to crawl across dirty floors to access food. Placed in solitary. Denied medical accommodations. They’re killing him & he needs the community to make noise!

David Axelrod’s Holy Thursday…what a song youtu.be/8j8pSu3U7WM

Please share widely The first state trial of the Prairieland Defendants starts April 20th. Dario needs our support as he fights unprecedented charges. Come to Cleburne to take notes during the trial, support outside the courthouse or help with logistics like cooking.

Folks are admiring Charles Barkley here & I commend him on using this platform to speak up, but I also want to encourage us all to stop using this “criminal” vs “amazing” immigrant dichotomy for which there was never any basis & allows this kind of brutality to be okay sometimes. It’s never ok.

This is perfectly crafted for outrage. I agree that I’d prefer to live in 1990s era neoliberalism than in 2020s US fascism, but also not sure the two can be separated. Would love to hear Slobodians response to this.

“We are not breeders and predators, we are communicators and survivors.” This thread!

"my least woke opinion is---" That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania. Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.

USMNT is the Spurs of national teams

To those watching #USMNT game, where do you go for live xg stats? I typically monitor Sofascore for league matches but they don't do xg for international games.

Like others have said, the #USMNT and Belgium kits are not great for viewing. Some of it has to do with the US kit being essentially white on the back.

Follow this NWSL starter pack! My feed is so much better for it!

Dale Cooper entered The Black Lodge on this date in the original series. #TwinPeaks

Beautiful thread that captures prosocial, anti fascism from below.

Our results are nuanced and both validate fears of existing low-income communities, while also showing benefits of new supply. I'll reiterate we support supply reforms, HOWEVER we are wary of when market supply is pitched AGAINST affordable housing and tenant protections when it's both/and (10/end)

Learning/researching psych in a capitalist society is soooo disorienting. There's like decades of research saying hierarchies are super harmful to self and others and then conclusions are like: here's 10 ways to reduce your personal stress.

You do not need to cling to the hateful wizard author when the works of wonderful souls like Ursula K LeGuin and Tamora Pierce are right there (and many many others and many more recent! but I'm trying to reach my fellow elder white millennials here)

“Armed self-defense is the tradition; nonviolent civil disobedience is the rupture, the break with the past.” Read this interview w/ Robin DG Kelley! truthout.org/articles/rob...

Love this! Reminds me of the wave of book blocs/book shields during the 2011-2013 cycle of protests in NYC. If I remember correctly we stole the book shields idea from European movements. Here's a NY Times write up where I'm painting the bell hooks shield: archive.nytimes.com/6thfloor.blo...

Imagine what it was like to be publicly opposed to the Patriot Act & to the establishment of DHS as a Black Muslim after 9/11, 😂 I remember clearly that it took less than 2 months for Congress to pass the Patriot Act with almost no debate. When you called to register opposition, there was disbelief.

June Jordan noted how much was spent on war and wanted money—lots of it—to instead be spent on “housing and drug rehabilitation and books in the public schools and hospital care and all of that good stuff.” To transfer “aggregate resources from death to life.” Save lives, not money. And no war.

Mueller’s FBI persecuted Muslims nationwide. He was responsible for one of the most egregious, systemic violations of civil rights in the history of the FBI, which is saying a whole lot. This was Mueller’s FBI:

"nobody is doing anything" remains a lie meant to soothe the person saying the words. It's not true. YOU may not be doing anything but a lot of people are.

She said, "Oh, these kids and rock and roll — that is just sped up rhythm and blues. I've been doing that forever.”

We need reporting/comms that always translates dollar values into highly popular programs/policies. I like to compare things to free community college (a program that is popular and helps working families).

No movement is stronger because a specific perpetrator is leading it. We have lost so many incredible women from so many progressive movements because of sexual violence. Imagine what our world would be like if we had prioritized their safety and accepted all they had offered.

We’re proud to join @justicedemocrats.com to endorse @chrisrabb.com for Congress in Philadelphia’s 3rd Congressional District. It’s time we have one of our own in the squad.

I feel shattered for generations of farmworker women whose contributions were not only largely unrecognized, but they had to witness the cult of personality develop around him. I feel heart broken for all survivors in movements who routinely metabolize violence to keep communities & movements alive

THURSDAY! We’re hosting our weekly fundraiser dinner and we would love for you to join us this week for some tasty food, community-building, and space to grieve and push forward with support all of our loved ones in crosshairs of state repression! See you there!