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cliodialogues.bsky.social @cliodialogues.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

📚 It’s Bookshop Day! Read Clio's book reviews at: www.cliodialogues.com/blog Support independent bookstores, featured authors, and the podcast when you purchase through our Bookshop.org storefront -- link in bio! #BookshopDay #IndependentBookstores #BookshopOrg #HistoryBooks

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Billionaire families have spent $1.7 BILLION on the 2026 midterms so far — a 5,200% increase since the 2010 midterms. Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day. Big Money is the root of our dysfunction.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

A real successful 1A day here on campus. Heavy hitters. Big student turnout. Engaged questions. My notes for the academic freedom panel is a sort of Cliff Notes of how I approach this thing. This is it. My whole talk.

Notes app reads: Neoliberalism weaponizes bias to justify austerity. Austerity creates corporate universities. Corporate universities are unhealthy organizations. Unhealthy organizations cannot inculcate or defend academic freedom. Without academic freedom to check administrative power, corporate universities will translate austerity into financialized predation. Predation undermines public trust in higher education. Death spiral accelerates.

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Liz Shuler @lizshuler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Trump is promising “big surprises” from radical Project 2025 architect Russell Vought. Working people’s freedoms, rights and livelihoods are not a guessing game. Our unions are ready to fight back and make sure our voices are heard at the polls.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 08/10/2026

And to think, we used to think it was a good idea to attract top-tier global talent to American universities…🤷🏻‍♀️

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AAUP @aaup.org · 07/10/2026

“Being in higher ed right now is just being on the receiving end of an onslaught of attacks…so it feels really good to know that we were able to build this strong coalition of people across the political spectrum to come together on this.” — Lorena Grundy, @aaup-penn.bsky.social

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AAUP Nets Legal Victory Against EEOC in Penn Case

The appellate court decision could help other institutions if they face similar demands for information about Jewish employees, the American Association of University Professors said.

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Scholars for a New Deal for Higher Ed @sfndhe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

CA Prop 40 ballot initiative. The first of its kind in US. MA and several states have millionaire income taxes, but this is a WEALTH TAX. One time. To cover the $30 billion lost from Medicaid with the nasty Trump/GOP bill.

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California Proposition 40, One-Time Wealth Tax for State-Funded Healthcare, Education, and Food Assistance Programs Initiative (2026)

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Scholars for a New Deal for Higher Ed @sfndhe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

French students' response to the cuts, cuts, cuts mentality that has taken over the world as the richest get to be "more richest" and our public systems for education, transportation, and healthcare crumble. They won't be ignored. Cuts are not the solution to the problem, cuts are the problem.

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French students lead massive protests against education policies

More than a quarter-million people poured into the streets across France on Tuesday, a dramatic development in a student-led movement that began at a single high school. In some cities, police and pro...

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Liz Shuler @lizshuler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

In these final four weeks, we’re laying it all on the line to elect pro-worker candidates—including for a record number of union members. Workers are ready to fight for an economy, a government and a country for the people, not the billionaires.

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Labor Movement Surges Grassroots Outreach for Final Four Weeks Before Election Day | AFL-CIO

Strong map shows union vote will be the difference in key states and races Millions of union voters contacted by AFL-CIO are energized to elect pro-worker candidates

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Debt Collective 🟥 @debtcollective.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If you have federal or private student loans, there is probably a lot going on in your world right now. Deadlines are changing. Repayment plans are shifting. Emails are being sent. Balances due. Amid all this change are errors and confusion. A lot. We want to hear from you.

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Cornell AAUP @cornellaaup.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Cornell students, faculty, and staff stand with survivors!

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AAUP @aaup.org · 05/10/2026

🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING: The AAUP is suing the Trump administration over new policies that threaten green card applicants with family separation. 1/

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Aimee Loiselle @aimloiselle.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Jennifer is a great podcaster: reads and listens carefully, and puts together an accessible show and likes to grab a few gems. "The emotional power is in the culture," did I say that? @womenknowhistory.bsky.social @lawcha.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social

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Truthout @truthout.org · 06/10/2026

As Walmart attempts to debunk research into its pricing practices by watchdog group Groundwork Collaborative, the organization released a new report highlighting 14 separate patents the $833 billion corporation holds or has applied for — all aimed at monitoring customers and upcharging them.

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New Report Reveals Walmart’s Patents for Price-Gouging Tech

Walmart’s US CEO said customers’ order value jumps 40 percent when they use the company’s AI shopping assistant.

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Alliance For Higher Education @alliancehighered.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The ABA and APA have both removed their diversity and inclusion requirements for schools. This is another effort by the current administration to more narrowly define who belongs in higher ed. We must resist these blatant attempts to undermine higher education and our democracy.

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ABA revokes diversity standards in accreditation

Tuesday's vote follows more than a year of attacks by the Trump administration on the legal organization and its diversity work.

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Florida Education Association @floridaea.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

How can you measure results when the rules for measuring them differ? FL's public schools report student outcomes every year. But the state hasn’t made voucher school test scores public since 2023-24. We can vote for change. Get the facts & plan to vote: bit.ly/45ramjA

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 06/10/2026

You can’t blame faculty for declining trust in universities. It’s the policymakers - trustees, high level administrators - at fault. www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...

Screenshot of Cornell Daily Sun survey of degree of trust/distrust in Cornell to handle sexual assault reports fairly.

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Scholars for a New Deal for Higher Ed @sfndhe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If you are faculty, staff, students in higher education, READ THESE FOUR PAGES. Look at how we are envisioned by upper admin and boards. @aaup.org @afthighered.bsky.social @higheredlabor.bsky.social @campusworkers.bsky.social @seiu.org @rooseveltinstitute.org

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Scholars for a New Deal for Higher Ed @sfndhe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Right here >>>>>>>> Keep tax revenues in fully public schools for all. @aft.org @aaup.org

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Submit lit mags and fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction books by November 18! Learn more about the #FirecrackerAwards: www.clmp.org/programs-opp...

A cool-toned yellow graphic with celebratory fireworks and text reading "Publishers, submit to the 2027 Firecracker Awards for Independently Published Literature by November 18!"

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Truthout @truthout.org · 04/10/2026

A Zinn Education Project survey reveals how collective struggle helps educators resist political intimidation.

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Authoritarianism Leads Teachers to Self-Censor. Solidarity Lets Us Teach Truth.

A Zinn Education Project survey reveals how collective struggle helps educators resist political intimidation.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The wealth of the richest 0.1 percent of Americans has more than doubled since 2019. If that doesn't convince you we need a wealth tax, renowned economist Gabriel Zucman will. Watch.

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How to Actually Tax Extreme Wealth (ft. Gabriel Zucman)

Billionaires want you to believe taxing their extreme wealth is too radical and that it can’t be done.Baloney.Economist

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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“Our open letter highlights the social contract between higher education and civil society.” Champion of Higher Education Elaine Maimon speaks out in support of Renewing the Social Contract for Higher Education. Read more from the open letter at: pen.org/renewing-the...

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Unbelievable. Except totally believable. We utterly fail at elite accountability in 🇺🇸, & elite universities have been at the forefront of that since Iran-Contra, repeatedly offering sinecures to the authoritarians. It's why all the things keep happening time & again: bsky.app/profile/mcop...

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

~Approximately no one in the general public knows because the leaders of the R1 research universities - whose budgets, programs, & personnel are entirely or significantly dependent on federal funding - have been totally absent from the public square in explaining & collectively protesting this.

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Citizen of Somewhere Else @citizense.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Join @higheredlabor.bsky.social and @aaup.org and @standupforscience.net and @alliancehighered.bsky.social and @standhighered.bsky.social and @publicgoodu.bsky.social and @sfndhe.bsky.social if you want to help SHAPE this! Enough Monday morning quarterbacking. Get in the damn game!

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cliodialogues.bsky.social @cliodialogues.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Aimee Loiselle joins The Clio Dialogues history podcast to discuss 𝘉𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢 𝘙𝘢𝘦 and the Puerto Rican garment workers who fought for labor rights. 🎧Link in bio @aimloiselle.bsky.social @uncpress.bsky.social

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In two years we've gone from a standard where the President's budget proposal was a set of suggestions Congress would ignore to where Congressional appropriations are now a set of suggestions the President ignores.

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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Between 2007 and 2014, Jane Roberts made $10.3 million on commissions for recruiting, mostly probably new partners to BigLaw firms. That was 8 years and there have been 12 years since. So what, another $10M since? www.businessinsider.com/jane-roberts...

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Jane Roberts, who is married to Chief Justice John Roberts, made $10.3 million in commissions from elite law firms, whistleblower documents show

New documents reveal Jane Roberts made $10.3 million from elite firms, raising questions about the Supreme Court justices' conflicts of interest.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I’ve seen reports estimating that the Iran War is costing us $1 billion a day. Over ten years that’s $3.6 trillion. So how about we trade free college for a stupid war?

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Everything comes at a cost... that falls on the American taxpayer.
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The Real Cost of
"Free College"
$3.6 TRILLION
over ten years
THE PROMISE
All student debt cancelled and free undergraduate tuition
THE COST
$3.6 trillion with tuition covered at all institutions.

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 02/10/2026

Kinda feels like the only people investing in American higher ed right now are right-wing "civil discourse" types and tech companies pushing AI.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 02/10/2026

At a campaign rally in Florida, JD Vance said democratic socialist Angie Nixon was un-American, “When Angie Nixon calls herself a socialist, I think the right response is, ‘Get the hell out of here,'” Vance said during the rally. “You don’t belong in America, if those are your views.”

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Vance Tells Florida Senate Candidate to “Get the Hell Out” of US Over Political Views

“This is my home,” Angie Nixon, the democratic socialist candidate targeted by Vance, said in response.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 02/10/2026

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has infused his evangelical Christianity into his leadership of the Pentagon, hosting Christian worship services for employees and often speaking of the United States as a Christian nation. to.pbs.org/46TSMpl

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Hegseth creates a Pentagon Office of Religious Affairs that reports directly to him

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UC Berkeley Labor Center @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“...there’s much more to be done to build out a robust set of worker technology rights for the 21st-century labor market, but California’s unions have put the first big stake in the ground.” --Annette Bernhardt, Senior Tech Policy Advisor at the UC Berkeley Labor Center

bloodinthemachine.com

California just passed the strongest AI labor laws in the US

Finally, some good news

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Journal of Democracy @jodemocracy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"The United States descended into soft competitive authoritarianism during Donald Trump’s second presidency. Regime change occurred with striking speed. Immediately upon taking office in January 2025, Trump began to weaponize the state." muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 01/10/2026

On Wednesday, Pete Hegseth announced the creation of a new entity within the Pentagon: the Office of Religious Affairs. The office will “sponsor and oversee research, technology, and analytical tools to support and assess spiritual fitness, spiritual readiness, and spiritual resilience.”

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What to know about Hegseth’s new office of religious affairs

"Our department is, you might say, putting on the full armor of God."

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Scholars for a New Deal for Higher Ed @sfndhe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

resistandbuild.net Uniting for the Solidarity Economy: Changemakers connect, learn, and collaborate for systemic transformation through dialogue, relationship-building, and collective action

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Scholars for a New Deal for Higher Ed @sfndhe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yessssssss >>>>>>> "a new software will make your campus more efficient. Instead it creates more work" Bloat of administrators, bloat of extra staffing for them, and bloat of more and more online software with all different interfaces and relentless hunger for "data"

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 01/10/2026

Ahead of a pivotal midterm election defined by concerns around surging rent and gas prices, student debt is emerging as an affordability issue some voters say is being overlooked.

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Soaring Student Loan Bills Add to Voters’ Affordability Squeeze

More than 9 million Americans are at least one year behind on their payments.

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Debt Collective 🟥 @debtcollective.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

These responses are quite common because folks truly just don't understand the student debt crisis — which is part of the reason the movement needs stronger champions. They don't understand how much debt you have to take on to be a physician, lawyer or even teacher.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/10/2026

NEW on “Paper Trail”: Under Trump 2.0, the White House has often ignored Congress to carry out its agenda. Entire agencies, like USAID, have been gutted. ICE has grown explosively. Behind it all is one man: Russell Vought. 🎧 Listen to our latest episode:

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Who’s the Shadow President?

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National Education Association @neatoday.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

October is National Higher Education Month! Together we will advocate for fair pay and benefits, a seat at the table where decisions are made, and so much more. www.nea.org/nhem

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Will Jones @willpjones.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

READ THIS, and then call or write to your representatives, the governor, the UMN President and Regents. And vote in November for people who will fund higher ed. If you don't live in MN, this is happening or is going to happen to your public university soon.

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Scholars for a New Deal for Higher Ed @sfndhe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Same in CT. Dem legislat majority + Dem governor -- cuts cuts cuts. No space for any creative thinking or imagining alternatives. Whole society submerged in a social-cultural-political-economic worldview of cuts and learning to accept less for "efficiency" even as we must report more and more.

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