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Terrorism and the White House (Gary Krenz)

The Oxford English Dictionary defines “terrorism” as “2. gen. A policy intended to strike with terror those against whom it is adopted; the employment of methods of intimidation; the fact of terrorizing or condition of being terrorized.” As definitions go, it’s … Continue reading

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LDF Denounces Texas A&M University System’s Adoption of New Discriminatory Policy Restricting Teaching of Race and Gender

A very clear and carefully reasoned critique of the Texas A and M policy requiring the president’s approval for courses on race, gender, and gender identity … Push back! https://www.naacpldf.org/press-release/ldf-denounces-texas-am-university-systems-adoption-of-new-discriminatory-policy-restricting-teaching-of-race-and-gender/

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New Chair of History Says the Discipline Should Document the Past and Engage With the Present | Columbia News

What an admirable demonstration of academic freedom by the incoming chair of the history department at Columbia University. Camille Robcis doesn’t offer a treatise about the principle of academic freedom. Instead, she demonstrates her own commitments to academic freedom and … Continue reading

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Racists are now openly targeting Indian Americans

Hate on the internet seems to grow by the month … racism was normalized, and now it is swamping us and endangering innocent people… where will this end? Racists are now openly targeting Indian Americans https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/us/indian-americans-racism-maga-cec

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Collective Action for Academic Freedom (Gary Krenz)

I mentioned in a comment that last week, we released a new collection of essays on academic freedom: In the Spirit of H. Chandler Davis: Activism and the Struggle for Academic Freedom. (Shameless plug: available here.) This is a book I edited … Continue reading

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NYTimes: Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes

This is simply appalling. It is a blatant interference in the freedom of students to learn honest truths about their history and the freedom of professors to discuss matters of race and gender openly in their courses. Would a course … Continue reading

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Aziz Huq in the Atlantic — America Is Watching the Rise of a Dual State

Donald Trump doesn’t need to destroy the court system to get his way, Aziz Huq writes. He just needs to create a shadow zone where the law no longer applies. Welcome to America’s “prerogative state”. Aziz Huq teaches law at … Continue reading

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Shutdown Resolution: Debacle, Destiny, Deliverance?

Like many of us, I suspect, I am still reeling from the Democrats’ whiplash reversal on the shutdown, thanks to 8 Dems going rogue and siding with Republicans to fund the continuing resolution. The Rogue 8 were able to gain … Continue reading

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The Washington Post Trump administration orders states to pause paying full SNAP benefits

The deliberate cruelty of this action is stunning … To deliberately interfere with states’ own efforts to cover the food crisis created by MAGA intransigence about SNAP is nothing short of barbarous. It is an overt and explicit statement that … Continue reading

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat: “Never underestimate the American people”

This evening Barb and I attended the University of Michigan’s annual Davis, Markert, Nickerson Lecture on Academic and Intellectual Freedom. This is, as far as I know, the nation’s longest running lecture (35 years) dedicated to academic and intellectual freedom … Continue reading

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