Well. Damn.

The hypocrisy of Steve Pinker and Jeff Flier and Nick Christakis, who have spent years telling each other they are champions of free speech and dissent, has been on full display this week. bostonglobe.com/2024/04/29/opi…

Read it. George Stephanopoulos states plainly the very thing media critics have been asking for. Via Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)

To understand this you need to understand the deep influence that Koch has in states home to its assets — Wichita, KS being HQ for its conglomerate. From fighting mask mandates during the pandemic, to diluting worker and environmental protections, to dismantling DEI, follow the $

What a disastrous interview. Head of IN state police, invited by IU for a military raid, admits he doesn’t understand the First Amendment and was plainly driven by his own political views on the protests. He, not Pam Whitten, appears to call the shots. indianapublicmedia.org/news/isp-leade…

Israel Arrests Rabbis Attempting to Bring Aid into Gaza; Gaza Freedom Flotilla Stalled in Turkey democracynow.org/2024/4/29/head…

The Weeknd is pledging another $2 million to help feed families in Gaza.

More: rollingstone.com/music/music-ne…

EXTREMELY happy to finally publish this piece:

I lingered about in Dearborn just after the Michigan primary and asked pretty much EVERYONE about the historic 'uncommitted' results, and more importantly, what happens next.

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Study after study says it: Right-wing policies and rhetoric lead to more homicides and suicides. Why don’t more people know this?

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“I don’t think that people think Israel is a unique example of evil in the world. What’s special about it is it couldn’t do what its doing without the support of the United States. So students in the United States think *we have a responsibility.” twitter.com/Newyorkist/sta…

When a supposed plot by enslaved people on Antigua to rise against white masters was purported in 1736, retribution by enslavers was swift. This document, listing some of those executed, encapsulates the horrors of slavery like few others. Notice compensation for slave owners.

It looks like Northeastern is admitting that the 'kill the Jews' comment came from a pro-Israel provocateur but they think this still justifies smearing and arresting pro-Palestinian students. I want to know how this is congruent with any concepts of free speech & academic

It’s hard to compete with this

Why is this ism worthy of that over any other ism? This is a serious question. Also, what is the “decisive action” that would end it that you think would be suitable?

Currently happening outside of the White House Correspondents Dinner:

Entirely predictable.

Ye sued for allegedly discriminating against Black staff, demanding employee to cut off his locs.

“Specifically, Kanye frequently screamed at and berated Black employees, while in contrast, he never so much as raised his tone of voice toward white staff.”

Keep in mind: These are the folks claiming to be colorblind, claiming that DEI focuses too much on race, explicitly saying the real problem is white men in a university system that is at least 75% white in a state that is 90% white need a space that’s racially for them. It’s

Last night, Ohio State U. officials insisted that of course they would never have rooftop snipers during students' pro-Palestinian protest

Today, they admitted they lied

This in a state where the Ohio National Guard murdered 4 students in 1970, Appalling thelantern.com/2024/04/univer…

The United Nations has called for “a clear, transparent and credible investigation” into the mass graves uncovered at two of Gaza’s major hospitals that had been raided by Israeli troops.