This is a pretty good summary of US higher ed for the past ~year and a half. It may thrill and embolden the current federal administration, but they can't take credit for it--their predecessors and university leaderships beat them to it (via a colleague across town, Miriam Posner, on bsky) #uspol #HigherEd #UCLA #academia #PolicingTheCampus

MIT rejects the mafia's offer!! This is good news as it gives other universities who were afraid more permission to assert themselves--and makes them look like worse collaborators if they don't. This is the argument we are already making at home

Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs

MIT Rejects Proposed Federal Compact

MIT is the first institution to reject a proposal by the Trump administration that would trade preferential treatment on federal funding for far-re...

#MIT #HigherEd #academia #uspol

Comrade Chicken!

Willamette Week

An Interview With the Portland Chicken

Jack Dickinson, 26, says “we’re winning this.”

#uspol #Portland #chicken #DanceParty

Hey some nerd (me) is quoted here in this Columbia Journalism Review story about how low-power FM radio stations weathered federal funding cuts by being too small to be eligible for federal funding... in contrast to NPR. The invulnerability of the truly grassroots? 📻💚

Columbia Journalism Review

Against the precipitous backdrop of funding cuts to public media, low-power radio emerges as a lesser-known source of inspiration.

Against the precipitous backdrop of funding cuts to public media, low-power radio emerges as a lesser-known source of inspiration.

#LPFM #media #radio #PublicMedia

They separated residents by race

South Side Weekly

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for t...

#ICE #Chicago #uspol