remembering when Obama ordered the extrajudicial murder via drone strike of an American citizen & his 16yo American citizen son in Yemen. the imperial boomerang has & will continue to swing back & the exceptionalism that has us crowing that we are too civilized for all that will not protect anyone.

Dwayne has his job back because we organized for it. We fight or we die. Join AAUP today www.aaup.org/join

We actually know a lot about what happens when conservatives embargo ideas at public universities. In the 1920s, they called it "evolution," but conservatives really targeted a broad range of ideas, including modern science but also ideas about racial equality. What happened back then? A 🧵

Some 200 teachers who took jobs with DCPS under the expectation that the school system would sponsor a green card are now facing uncertain futures. Even after the D.C. Council set aside additional funds for the program, DCPS says it won’t spend the money, @maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:

I think what’s most frustrating right now for Black and Indigneous people is waiting for the bulk of white folks to catch up. At some point the “this isn’t who we are” and “I didn’t have this on my bingo card” has to end and y’all will catch up, right? RIGHT? WE NEED YOU TO CATCH UP.

This is happening tonight! I'm basically going to do an ask me anything about your particularly budget situation, as well as provide some resources to do your own analysis.

Consider the added cruelty of Medicaid work requirements (to be implemented in all US states starting in January 2027; previously implemented in AR & GA, resulting in coverage losses)-- on top of the possibility of having your wages garnished for bills that should have been paid by Medicaid.

When you recall that political reporters ran interference for Trump over his "opposition" to Project 2025, remember that even AT THAT TIME there was a hidden camera interview with Vought where he said that was bullshit and he didn't mean it. www.mediamatters.org/russ-vought/...

Great news! We must keep pressuring UNC System admin - they will keep looking for ways to bend the knee to Trump.

Chicago people - make your voice heard.

In the two years following Dobbs, @pregnancyjust.bsky.social recorded more than 400 cases of pregnancy criminalization. How to do we hold people's fear of being criminally punished for abortion alongside the data? My story:

NEW: President Trump's recent counterterrorism memorandum naming antifascism as the unifying element behind rising political violence puts the leftist John Brown Gun Clubs squarely in the administration's crosshairs. A UNC prof is the first casualty. #NSPM-7 www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

How to organize a retail union Retail workers often face some of the worst trends in employment, but they're uniquely positioned to put pressure on their bosses to get what they deserve.

Read about the attack on academic freedom in Louisiana in a September 2025 article by Kimberly Terrell, Ph.D. higheredlaborunited.org/2025/09/22/l...

A moment that calls for collective action… to reject this transparent attack on academic freedom.

We will be holding a CaRNiVAL of UnLEaRnING to launch my new book in Durham on November 2, 2-5 p.m. Come for the whack-a-mole, stay for the community building towards radical change! Other events to be announced soon! More information here: www.lewispants.com

It’s a test case

PSA: Our department of Curriculum & Instruction is hiring for an open-rank position in secondary literacy! illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree... Not *my* department, but my College. So come work with me! (Or let me know if you want to talk about UIUC [which is great]!)

Gift link: essential and sadly brave writing for dark times from Tressie McMillan Cottom (@tressiemcphd.bsky.social). www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

Join the rally and sign the petition today! Wed, Oct 1 – 12:30pm UNC South Building 200 E Cameron Ave Link to petition: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

If you are on UNC campus, join an anti-racist rally to support Professor Dixon today at 12:30pm at UNC South Building! More details in image below from the Instagram of Triangle Radical Events. Sign the petition linked in that image here: docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/...

Heartened to see colleagues across North Carolina standing up against UNC compliance with rightwing attacks on antifascism! Image of statement reposted with alt text.

Year 5 of the Black Feminist Theory Summer Institute: Applications are open, more info on our website. Please spread the word.

New: landlords are demanding potential tenants hand over employer login credentials so a tool can verify their income. We were sent screenshot of the tool, Argyle, downloading much more data than necessary to approve the renter. "Opt-out means no housing" www.404media.co/landlords-de...

So being against racism and fascism and standing with one’s community for self-defense is now considered a crime? Shame on UNC. This is Dwayne Dixon. I know Dwayne and the students testifying to how great of a professor he is in the comments on Instagram are as shocked as I am.

Good thread breaking down how this happened. The Right has piled on a conspiracy and got this professor put on leave for a past association with an offshoot of a group that may have dropped flyers at Georgetown. This is outrageous.

Great two organizations, @labornotes.bsky.social and Association for Union Democracy, (AUD), that defend union democracy are teaming up to help members know and use their rights! labornotes.org/events/2025/...

We are hiring an assistant professor in public policy!

Keep your eye on this. A decade ago, Debt Collective launched a student debt strike. Mainstream media scoffed and laughed. Then billions got canceled. We’re repeating that playbook with back rent debt: strike, shift moral culpability, target bad actors, change consumer protection law for the better.

Thread on how the rightwing has weaponized outrage to baselessly attack a professor at UNC: www.dailytarheel.com/article/2025...

Chicago residents are engaging in daily protests and community safety patrols to resist ICE's crackdown on the city.

Whenever someone talks about having “traditional values” you should immediately ask them what they mean by that and have them explain in detail what exactly those values are.

Job Posting: Assistant Professor — Disparities and Education Policy – Berkeley School of Education aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04211

When I tell you, chief slumlord is slumlording with this?? Whew. “The rule would allow local housing authorities and private landlords to impose work requirements and time limits in four major federal housing programs…”

BREAKING: WE WON!!! 💥 💥 💥 Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment. Full ruling here:

There's lots of headline-bait in this opinion. But the headlines are missing the forest for the trees. After 150 pages detailing a constitutional travesty, the judge concludes with how limited his options for addressing it are—& laments that the admin won't just voluntarily comply with his decision

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

The U.S. president just ordered all the military generals to an unprecedented gathering in Washington, then told them that they should plan to participate in a war on American cities.

New: We're sparking a coordinated form of economic resistance that has never been done in the housing space. We're organizing a debt-strike. Rental debtors around the country will refuse to pay their back-rent debt to a giant corporate landlord. And we're going to win.

Thread on how the rightwing has weaponized outrage to baselessly attack a professor at UNC: www.dailytarheel.com/article/2025...

What First Amendment?

This is such bullshit. The public allegations are that Dixon participates in an NC chapter for Redneck Revolt. The gun club for a different chapter in a different state posted flyers on a different campus, which riled up fascists on Twitter. Dixon is blamed. www.dailytarheel.com/article/2025...

"Since 2011, in 134 of the 184 school closures in traditional public schools, the closed school has had a smaller share of white students than the district average. In other words, 73% of school closures since 2011 have disproportionately impacted students of color." Read more here:

Great news! JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month www.jstor.org/action/showL...

"But the [NC Medicaid's Healthy Opportunities Pilot] program is shutting down, an early casualty of the cuts to Medicaid that Congress approved in July."

The entire piece is worth a read. "The evidence suggests that compromising on basic humanity doesn’t broaden coalitions; it hollows them out. The work now is to find ways to expand our reach without abandoning our foundation—to bridge gaps, yes, but never at the expense of our neighbor’s humanity."

“The growing influence of rightist movements, and especially Christian Nationalism, on educational policies and practices threatens all too many of the gains that have been made…” Read more, and please share this incredible report by @kevinkumashiro.com www.kevinkumashiro.com/schooltimes

There is one tried and true way ordinary Americans can stop Trump’s political prosecutions: Jury Nullification. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Hey, so the TX Board of Ed hired #DavidBarton, who says that #HIV & #AIDS are god-given consequences for being #LGBTQ, as an "expert content advisor" to revise the state's social studies standards for public schools. 1. If you don’t know about #PrEP it’s time to: #IAmHIVPossible.org 1/

It is, far and away, the most challenging thing I’ve encountered since entering the academy. And that is saying a lot. I might be working on this but I keep putting it aside because I’m not medicated enough to describe how demoralizing it all is.