Andrew Baker was also a “token black professor” at Bates College. But his perspective on the events Tyler Austin Harper recounts in his Atlantic cover story is very different. Read Baker’s side of the story online today. newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/racism-and...

Racism and labor at Bates: the other side of the story

Andrew Baker responds to Tyler Austin Harper

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Time to revisit @aaup.org's 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure: Tenure benefits universities because it frees teaching and research of political interference and makes "the profession attractive to men and women of ability." It's a recruiting tool not a privilege.

1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure with 1970 Interpretive Comments

AAUP 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure

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Texas Conference of the AAUP@texasaaup.bsky.social · 2mo ago

UT Austin doubles down on denial of tenure to leading borderlands tech scholar: “In an emailed statement to Inside Higher Ed, a UT spokesperson said, ‘Tenure is privilege, not a right.’” www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

BREAKING NYT: A New York City panel just voted to freeze rents for nearly one million rent-stabilized apartments — fulfilling one of Mayor Zohran Mamdani's key campaign promises and handing the mayor a major policy win six months into his tenure.

Mamdani’s Rent Freeze Is Approved by New York City Board

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Can’t believe it but yes, coming soon!😅

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 3mo ago

Speaks directly to scholars of American politics and scholars of race, ethnicity, and politics who are interested in how racist political rhetoric has become increasingly mainstream Destabilized by @leahchristiani.bsky.social, Coming Soon #PoliSci #BookSky #PoliSky https://cup.org/4uQNOnz

#OpenAcccess from @journalrep.bsky.social - Examining How Narratives of Events Change Attitudes or Motivate Political Participation: The Case of Police Violence - https://cup.org/462rOeT - @leahchristiani.bsky.social, Lane Cuthbert & @kshoub.bsky.social #FirstView

IN NEW ISSUE: Racial Inequality & Democracy - @janamorgan.bsky.social, @leahchristiani.bsky.social & Nathan J Kelly argueethnoracial inequalities undermine support for democracy. Read in @polstudies.bsky.social: buff.ly/VaeXszt @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com

Racial Inequality & Democracy - @janamorgan.bsky.social, @leahchristiani.bsky.social & Nathan J Kelly argueethnoracial inequalities undermine support for democracy. Read in @polstudies.bsky.social: buff.ly/NRIhzdE @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci

White racial resentment used to undermine support for the Supreme Court. Now it boosts it find ‪‪@kshoub.bsky.social‬ of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, @jamilscott.bsky.social of Georgetown University and @leahchristiani.bsky.social of Hunter College, CUNY blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

Racial Inequality & Democracy - @janamorgan.bsky.social, @leahchristiani.bsky.social & Nathan J Kelly argue ethnoracial inequalities undermine support for democracy. Read in @polstudies.bsky.social: buff.ly/lKIRdo7 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci

I mean very obviously Hegseth should resign, and if it were a Democratic administration this would be quickly be a consensus position.

It’s awesome that Senate Democrats are voting to pass Trump’s budget while he’s at the DOJ calling them a bunch of criminals and saying newspapers and MSNBC should be illegal. That’s great, good job guys.

If you think you can do better, the last 8 hours and 8 years absolutely prove that you can. #RunForSomething

Amanda Litman@amandalitman.bsky.social · last yr.

Run for office. runforwhat.net - our next intro call is 3/25.

Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House. We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication. They own what happens next.

Also for the love of god faculty wake the fuck up and pressure your institutions to stop the nonsense. Academia has become the primary site of repression because we allowed it to be. We invited this onto our students, our campuses, our nation.

Now we wait to see if the courts will protect, and compensate this man from this illegal transgression. Meanwhile his wife & lawyers don’t even know where he is. Make no mistake the process of deportation, successful or not, is torture.

I’ve been so upset about the Mahmoud Khalil situation all day — it isn’t business as usual for the White House to instruct Ice to revoke the green card (!!) of a Columbia graduate for their political views. For me this’ll be the moment we tipped from authoritarianism light to authoritarianism heavy.

Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.

jamelle@jamellebouie.net · last yr.

re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens

Kendrick’s American flag motif at THIS MOMENT is subversive. Yes, yes, yes.

They’re deleting websites while we watch the Super Bowl This one for CHILD TAX CREDITS

Federal US domain bot@fed-us-domain-bot.bsky.social · 2y ago

❌ NOTICE Federal US website newly deleted. https://childtaxcredit.gov Action taken by the Executive Office of the President at or around 2025-02-08 06:09:04.

And what code did he push to production in the meantime ?

WIRED@wired.com · 2y ago

SCOOP: The US Treasury claimed a DOGE's Marco Elez didn’t have ‘write access,’ when he actually did. Sources tell WIRED that his ability to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded, days after officials said it didn't exist.

Three Democrats are saying Ro Khanna was given a heads-up about the vote to subpoena Elon Musk, and accusing him of intentionally missing the vote in the House Oversight Committee. (Khanna, who has ties to Musk, has said he was unaware.) www.politico.com/live-updates...

House Democrats try, and fail, to subpoena Musk

Notably missing the vote was Rep. Ro Khanna, who is close to Musk.

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At least three dozen Democrats plan to take over the Senate floor all night tonight, for 30 hours, to oppose Trump's budget office nominee, Russ Vought. “He’s the architect of the dismantling of our federal government,” said Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii). www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...

Democrats To Take Over Senate Floor All Night To Oppose White House Budget Office Nominee

“He’s the architect of the dismantling of our federal government,” Sen. Brian Schatz, one of dozens taking part in a 30-hour talkathon, said of Russell Vought.

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These women are your FRIENDS They fight for FREEDOM

Yashar Ali 🐘@yasharali.bsky.social · 2y ago

Things are getting juicy…

University presidents should be shouting about how Trump is shutting down the research that benefits *all* Americans, whether Alzheimer's, cancer, heart disease, better road materials, safer cars, more efficient air conditioning, etc etc.

So if Congressional Republicans fear Musk attacking them on X, and fear him siccing his followers there on them, they could weaken the power of X by leaving it. I would welcome having them here on Bluesky!

Democrats are finally starting to use the correct language - coup, constitutional crisis, and so forth. The next steps: -act like you believe it, instead of pivoting back to confirming Trump nominees between every angry speech -DIRECTLY lambast news outlets for not actually conveying the crisis