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Suparna Chaudhry

@sch-ir.bsky.social

Associate Professor of International Affairs at Lewis & Clark College, Portland OR. I research & teach human rights, international law, state repression, and nonprofits during closing civic space

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Suparna Chaudhry@sch-ir.bsky.social · last mo.

Excited to share that my new book Civil Societies, Uncivil States is a month away from official publication date and is available for ordering now in paperback, hardcover, and digital versions! 1/ cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

Civil Societies, Uncivil States by Suparna Chaudhry | Paperback | Cornell University Press

Civil Societies, Uncivil States examines why governments around the world have turned against the nongovernmental organizations they once welcomed—and how they choose their methods of repression.In...

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Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · last mo.

This is a good example of something that is entirely political (the government dislikes higher ed and foreign people) and has large economic impacts but will get less attention than "woke one" from our pundit class.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · last mo.

There will probably be far fewer foreign students on college campuses nationwide this fall following the Trump administration’s crackdown on international visas. A new report predicts international enrollment will decrease by 9.5 percent this fall.

Alex Ip 葉清霖@alexip718.com · 3mo ago

BREAKING: in June 2026, *every single one* of the 1,062 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 7,727 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November), and nobody else. For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.

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Alex Ip 葉清霖@alexip718.com · 4mo ago

BREAKING: in May 2026, *every single one* of the 599 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 6,665 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November 2025), and nobody else. For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.

Sumitra Badrinathan@sumitra.bsky.social · 4mo ago

lots of discussion on how this will affect tech jobs, but once again this applies to academia also every professor you know on a visa will now have to leave the US for a green card, sometimes for multiple years. many will give up in the process. universities may not give them back their jobs.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🚨 🚨 🚨 NEW: A shocking @USCIS memo seems to declare that hundreds of thousands of immigrants living in this country and applying for green cards must instead apply for visas abroad; which could MASSIVELY disrupt lives. 🧵 on what we know, and what we don’t.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services PM-602-0199 May 21, 2026 Policy Memorandum SUBJECT: Adjustment of Status is a Matter of Discretion and Administrative Grace, and an Extraordinary Relief that Permits Applicants to Dispense with the Ordinary Consular Visa Process Purpose This memorandum reminds officers and the public that adjustment of status under section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) is a matter of discretion and administrative grace not designed to supersede the regular consular processing of immigrant visas. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reaffirms this consistent and longstanding approach and declares as a matter of general policy its intention to faithfully apply the statutes consistently with this understanding.
AAUP@aaup.org · 4mo ago

BREAKING: Despite four votes of No Confidence, the President & Board of Portland State University have proceeded to balance the budget on the backs of students, faculty, & staff & announce the deepest cuts in the history of the university. @psuaaup.bsky.social 👇

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Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5mo ago

JPMORGAN: “.. In 2025, US farm bankruptcies rose by ~50% y/y due in part to tariffs raising the cost of steel, equipment and herbicide inputs, tariff retaliation which reduced export markets, and immigration policy reducing the supply of undocumented farm labor.” 👀

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Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 5mo ago

NEW—I got an exclusive excerpt from a USAID whistleblower's new book that made me gasp multiple times. It details Trump's dismantling of the humanitarian aid agency & his team/DOGE's shocking ignorance to public health. 'Into the Wood Chipper' by Nicholas Enrich is out tomorrow. Read excerpt here:

Whistleblower says Trump officials thought USAID did 'just abortions,' asked for 'Barney-style' slides before gutting agency, per new book

Read an exclusive excerpt from Nicholas Enrich's "Into the Wood Chipper"

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Prof. Carl LeVan@democracyprofdc.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Really important findings here: treating US foreign aid collapse as an exogenous shock, tests across 44 countries show a 12% increase in conflict last year among the more aid dependent countries. Read with research on: health impact, corruption, etc. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Aid, Interrupted: Conflict Dynamics Following the USAID Suspension in Africa

Foreign aid withdrawal may put the political stability of aid-dependent states at risk, yet short-term conflict responses to donor-side aid disruptions remain p

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Seth Cotlar@sethcotlar.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I love the form the NYTimes “bothsidesism” takes in this article. On one hand, professors worry that something they or a student says might put them on the radar of authorities and then deported. On the other hand, I don’t have to feel imaginary pressure to say “menstruating persons” anymore!

Christopher Kutz, a law professor at the University of California, Berkeley, said he is self-censoring to protect students, particularly those in the United States on visas. He said he worried that they might write or say something that could end up being turned against them. "I'm not going to change what I say, but I will try to make sure the assignments don't invite students into making statements that could get them in trouble," said Professor Kutz, whose school has been a particular focus of the Trump administration."You just don't know whether they are going to report you to someone, or are they recording you," said Dr. Smith, who added that she felt she had to "change the way I relate to my students." "I value integrity and my authenticity and my openness and my honesty, and I feel myself not being that way with them, which I hate because that is what students value: a professor they can ask the hard questions of," she said. One part of her calculation last year, Dr. Smith said, was her status as a permanent resident, not a citizen, of the United States.She no longer feels that way with Mr. Trump in power. She said she perceived less pressure to use terms like "menstruating persons" and that she sensed many students felt the same. The result, she said, was an ebbing of "identity tribes" among students and more open discussion. "My students are no longer circumscribed in their beliefs, opinions, analyses by identity categories that people are ascribing to them," Dr. Trisko Darden said.
Karl Jacoby@karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Should just call this article "The Fascists are Succeeding in their Efforts to Muzzle Academia" www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/u...