It's the last day to comment on the Department of Education's proposed accreditation changes (until 11:59). This is a continuation of the administration's attempts to exert political control over univerities. Please take a minute to comment. The @alliancehighered.bsky.social has templates here:

No matter where you're at politically, this is a must-read from @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social.

Why Democrats Must Embrace a “Mom Populist” Education Agenda

Democrats once preached college-for-all, and were too soft on school privatization. They need to reverse course on both these positions—and make an unapologetic case for education as a public good tha...

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There is one week left to submit comments on a proposed regulation that would significantly reshape how federal agencies award, manage, and oversee research grants. AERA encourages members to submit comments by the deadline on July 13. www.aera.net/Newsroom/AER...

AERA Urges Members to Weigh In on Proposed Federal Grantmaking Rule That Could Reshape Research Funding

AERA Urges Members to Weigh In on Proposed Federal Grantmaking Rule That Could Reshape Research Funding

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Huge news from the ACLU. www.aclu.org/press-releas...

Two for two -- my second quarter this year of inviting inquiry in my large "DEI" course. (Because that's what we do in these courses.)

Check out our 2026 #USvsHate youth winners! Posters and stickers heading to participating schools as the year ends. usvshate.org/results-winn...

By a San Diego fourth grader, 2019. We stand with our Muslim neighbors against hate and violence and condemn the attack on the Islamic Center of San Diego that took innocent lives. We insist on countering hateful rhetoric and action. #usvshate

Quite a remarkable exchange between Justice Alito (concurring) and Justice Jackson (dissenting) respecting the Supreme Court’s decision to issue the judgment in the Louisiana redistricting case immediately: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

Brilliant interview, learn centuries of history in 5 min. Must watch!

Sherrilyn Ifill - What Happened to the Voting Rights Act? | The Daily Show

YouTube video by The Daily Show

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Sherrilyn Ifill@sifill.bsky.social · 5mo ago

This is the bizarro world the Supreme Court has created with its latest voting rights decision. Thank you Jon Stewart and & @thedailyshow.com You can watch my entire conversation with Jon here: youtu.be/SCse1FFEKLM

Last day to vote on our 2025-2026 #USvsHate finalists! Which youth-made messages would YOU like to see sparking conversation in schools? Vote here: t.e2ma.net/message/eowf...

Last day to vote on your favorite youth-made #USvsHate messages!

Mica Pollock@micapollock.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Want some inspiration? Check out our #USvsHate youth message finalists and vote for your favorites by April 27 😉 t.e2ma.net/message/eowf...

Want some inspiration? Check out our #USvsHate youth message finalists and vote for your favorites by April 27 😉 t.e2ma.net/message/eowf...

On this Earth Day, I have to tell you: my daughter just wrote a senior thesis on the policies that move states toward the win/win of putting solar panels on land also being used for farming. She called it “Farming Sun”🌿🌞

Want some inspiration? Check out our #USvsHate youth message finalists and vote for your favorites by April 27 😉 t.e2ma.net/message/eowf...

The state has banned “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison from ALL high school library shelves. The “classics” are safe, they promised.

kelly jensen@heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The state of Utah has banned four more books, bringing the number of state-sanctioned book bans to 32. Of those, 24 are by women and the average publication date is 2009. bookriot.com/utah-book-ba...

Families of the children from Minab School sent a letter to Pope Leo XIV, thanking him for his peace efforts and urging him to be the voice for their voiceless children. “We ask you to continue to be the voice of children without a voice and to strive to open paths of dialogue"

Want some inspiration? Check out our #USvsHate youth message finalists and vote for your favorites by April 27 ;) tinyurl.com/4u4zd7zc

Partisan aspects of these races aside, good evidence here of the value of *pro-opportunity framing* in school board races by candidates who refuse to demonize kids and teachers and instead call for expanding opportunity for all in public schools. open.substack.com/pub/educatio...

Reading the Tea Leaves

From Hungary to Tulsa, a key theme is emerging

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Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances: “I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.” (Published Oct. 2025)

Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President

From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...

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We didn't deserve this day.

Brutal.

RAPID ACTION ALERT: WHITE HOUSE TONIGHT Emergency protest at the White House at 7 PM. This morning, Trump posted on Truth Social: “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” He has set an 8 PM deadline for Iran to reopen the

Not one word of this is hyperbole.

Called my Senators and Representative, urging them to cut their recess short, show up in DC, and prepare articles of impeachment against Trump for violating "18 US Code § 1091 prohibiting the crime of genocide," as so clearly explained by my @cipolicy.bsky.social colleague @dylanwilliams.bsky.social

I have a father and mother in law in Iran. I have a sister in law. A niece. She's 14. She likes silly pink headbands and purses and dresses, just like kids her age all over the world. There are 93 million people like her in Iran. People who do all the normal mundane life things as the rest of us.

Let me say this plainly: Iranian children have as much of a right to live and thrive as American children. Their babies MUST be as precious to me as my 6 niblings and my baby grandnib are IF I want them to have a future. If I want a future for my kin AND humanity, I MUST act like it. So must you.

That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress beforehand, or our allies, or coherently explain to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers. Reminder that Congress has the power to stop this.

Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.

350K just in Manhattan, including my dad with banner, which also read Fascism Runs on Fossil Fuels.