Everyone with a platform should be doing this.
Thank you, @dianeravitch.bsky.social
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Everyone with a platform should be doing this.
Thank you, @dianeravitch.bsky.social
I am no constitutional scholar, but I can't help but feel that "the President gets to dictate what every university can teach and what every television station should broadcast" is closer to what the founding fathers were worried about when it comes to free speech than trigger warnings on syllabi.
A looming SCOTUS decision is potentially catastrophic for trans people's dignity and rights. Find out what's at stake, and what to do about it, on this episode of The Context.
Our guest is @aclu.org attorney Chase Strangio, who made history when he argued the case before the court.
The city of Tulsa, home to one of the most horrifying racial-terror massacres in U.S. history and the people who tried to cover it up, has announced a $105 million reparations package.
Tearing things down is easy. Building things is hard.
But when it comes to offering blueprints for a better future, the pro-democracy side is failing massively.
So excited to publish the interview with @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social that I haven't shut up about for weeks. It's worth a listen.
She believed in No Child Left Behind until she saw what it did.
"It may be tempting to lie low and guard our resources—but that will not serve the nonprofits we fund, the people they serve, and the institutions we rely on to thrive. ...Silence isolates. Solidarity shields."
Proud that my employer @kettering.org signed on.
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There is a way that this could be — and in fact should be— framed where this is not about political victories but human rights, the rule of law and what is just in America. When will we learn to stop treating democratic crises as mere horse race politics?
All people are not equal before the law in the US. This week on the podcast, @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social explains how ignoring that reality has opened the door for extremist authoritarian takeover.
Ece is the rare political thinker who speaks with literary elegance, not bland talking points. Listen!
When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.
Trump is *not* on target to meet his mass deportation goals. But he IS making changes to how deportations are carried out that undermine democratic norms.
Find out more in our latest episode of The Context with Adam Goodman of @uofilsystem.bsky.social
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We could have such nice things if this weren't true
Thanks to @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social of @ballsandstrikes.org for reminding listeners that the executive branch isn't the only branch undermining the constitution rn 🫠 A must-listen interview!
when you say constitutional crisis and then you're like wait lemme clarify which one(s) I'm talking about rn
As I live and breathe. Did not see this coming.
Word of the day: proizvol
A Russian term denoting a combination of "arbitrariness and tyranny, the condition of being made an object of someone else’s will"
No matter which way you flip the coin of frustration, anger at the establishment runs deep.
A decade ago, some Trump supporters were once Bernie Sanders supporters.
