Jeffrey Doshna, AICP

Even Penn's administration knows how bad this loyalty oath is!

In 2️⃣ days, we'll be taking to the streets to show our unity and stand up against the chaos, corruption & cruelty of Donald Trump. At No Kings events in small towns and big cities across America, we'll send a clear message that this country belongs to all of us. Find one near you ▶️ go.aft.org/nokings

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: National Teach-In on Loyalty Oaths. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. The Trump administration has imposed unprecedented and highly politicized regulations on institutions of higher education, pressured them with coercive funding threats, extorted promises to fall in li...

Trump is targeting colleges & universities with coercive funding threats - upending civil rights, academic freedom and more. Join @AAUP President @ProfTWolf & I this Friday for a teach-in on these compacts, and learn how we can fight back. us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Time for Higher Ed workers to stand together and fight back!

Support American science in federal funding Our health and safety depend on scientific research. America is currently the world leader in cutting-edge medical and scientific research, and we want to keep it that way. Families need safe medicine...

Join me in demanding that our elected officials protect science and protect students! actionnetwork.org/letters/prot...

Trump’s war on DEI in schools dealt a setback by a federal judge he nominated A federal judge struck down a policy that left many schools worried they would lose federal funding if they did not comply with the Trump administration’s contested interpretation of federal civil rig...

The ruling, @rweingarten.bsky.social says, rebukes the government’s attempt to “chill teachers’ duty to create safe and welcoming classrooms where critical thinking is valued and history is presented in an open and honest way.”

AFT, AAUP Leaders Respond to Trump’s Higher Education Admissions Directive WASHINGTON—AFT President Randi Weingarten, AFT Secretary-Treasurer Fedrick Ingram and American Association of University Professors President Todd Wolfson issued the following statements in response t...

"Let's be real about what this directive means. This is not about ensuring fairness but about taking away opportunity for all by going backward to make higher education a special entitlement for some." - @rweingarten.bsky.social

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Take action with AFT! · AFT on Mobilize Find events, petitions, volunteer opportunities, fundraisers and more with AFT.

Workers built this country, and workers deserve an economy, a government and a country for the people, not the billionaires. In the streets & on the shop floor, in union halls and the halls of Congress, this Labor Day we’re going to show the billionaires who we are and how we fight. #WorkersDeserve

Rally in Philly: Finish the Budget + Stop SEPTA Cuts · PPT & T4APA! ### Senate Republicans are holding Pennsylvania’s budget hostage, including crucial investments in transit. The House has passed multiple funding bills, but the state budget is now a month late becaus...

I'm attending PPT & T4APA!'s event, “Rally in Philly: Finish the Budget + Stop SEPTA Cuts” - sign up now to join me! #BusLinesAreLifelines www.mobilize.us/ppt/event/81...

Keep calling your Republican members in the House of Representatives. And call your Republican governors, too. Let them know how much these cuts will hurt kids and community members.

Call your rep. 231-400-0602

Call your governor. www.usa.gov/state-governor

Flemington Police Chief: Residents Detained by ICE FLEMINGTON  – Six borough residents were arrested early June 9 by agents of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, Flemington Borough Police Chief Jerry Rotella said June...

If you think this isn't happening in your town, you're absolutely wrong. www.tapinto.net/towns/flemin...

NO KINGS Lyons, NJ · AFT Rally outside the Lyons VA, 151 Knollcroft Rd, Lyons, NJ because H.R. 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” includes toxic provisions that would change veterans’ benefits, weaken the protections that ve...

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Lyons, NJ” - sign up now to join me! #aftvotes www.mobilize.us/aft/event/79...

Take action with AFT! · AFT on Mobilize Find events, petitions, volunteer opportunities, fundraisers and more with AFT.

Our country was founded on the idea of democracy, not autocracy; the president’s rule is not absolute. This June 14, we’re joining with activists across the country to send a clear message: No thrones. No crowns. No kings. Just us—the people.

Spread the word and find a “No Kings” event near you.

On June 14, we’re coming together to send a clear message:
No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.

Join us—find a #NoKings event near you: go.aft.org/nokings

Nearly 2 million student-loan borrowers are still waiting to learn if they'll get affordable monthly payments The Department of Education told BI that it hopes to clear the backlog of income-driven repayment applications "over the next few months."

Nearly 2 million student loan borrowers are still waiting for the Trump administration to process their income-driven repayment applications. Many are being denied credit toward debt cancellation through Public Service Loan Forgiveness.

🚨 Tonight at 8 p.m. EDT 🚨

Join @rweingarten.bsky.social, @chenoweth.bsky.social, Rev. Dr. Cassandra Gould & Ivan Marovic for a powerful conversation on fighting back through organizing, education & collective action.

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No Kings On June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. ...

SAVE THE DATE! Saturday, June 14: "No Kings" Flag Day national mobilization.

Join millions around the country as we provide the people's answer to Trump’s self-indulgent military parade!

Stay tuned for details on events in #NJ07!

More info here: www.nokings.org

City Planner Gets Halfway Through Designing City Before Realizing He’s Just Doing Philadelphia Again DES MOINES, IA—Saying that his designs felt oddly familiar as he was drafting them, urban planner William Reston confirmed Monday that while envisioning a revitalized downtown for Des Moines, IA, he h...

City Planner Gets Halfway Through Designing City Before Realizing He’s Just Doing Philadelphia Again — theonion.com/city-planner...

"Siri, what does an American secret police look like?"

Newark, N.J., mayor Ras Baraka, a candidate for governor, arrested at ICE detention center where he was protesting, prosecutor says A federal prosecutor says the mayor of Newark, New Jersey, has been arrested at an ICE Detention Center where he was protesting its opening.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested Friday at an ICE Detention Center where he was protesting its opening.

Breaking: Newark, New Jersey Mayor Ras Baraka (D) has just been arrested by the Trump administration after he was protesting outside of an ICE facility.

Dividing Lines: How Transportation Infrastructure Reinforces Racial Inequality How Transportation Infrastructure Reinforces Racial Inequality

Just read @deborahnarcher.bsky.social great new book "Dividing Lines", an important accounting of planning's failures and continuing challenges to address the inequities in our transportation infrastructure and land use. This needs to be centered in our planning curricula for the next generation.

Fulop for Governor House Signs · Fulop for Governor We are starting a new phase of the campaign focused on increased visibility and house signs. We are going to make this easy for our supporters, and if you sign up, one of our volunteers will deliver t...

I took action with Fulop for Governor. Will you join me? Use this link to sign up: www.mobilize.us/fulopforgove...

BREAKING: A federal judge blocks Trump from stripping hundreds of thousands of federal workers of their union rights.

The White House tried to end collective bargaining for workers at numerous agencies by invoking national security.

A U.S. District Judge just shot them down.

Regional planners calculated the impact on traffic if SEPTA cuts happen. It’s really bad. New traffic projections from the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission show a potentially miserable commute for Philly drivers.

It's time for EVERYONE to call their PA legislators and DEMAND that we fully fund SEPTA! @septaphilly.bsky.social

www.inquirer.com/transportati...

Harmful Attacks on Educational Programs Paused by Court in Case Brought By Educators - Democracy Forward

We won!! A nationwide preliminary injunction against McMahon's February Dear Colleague letter which tried to stop public schools & higher Ed from teaching honest history or enforcing student civil rights. It’s a win for students, families & educators. democracyforward.org/updates/harm...

Let me add that I love my job, I love my students, I love my colleagues....and I don't know how much more of this any of us can take.

Take a moment to read this outstanding piece by my colleague Dr. Matt.