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UC Access Now

Sue or hold back? The University of California does both as it faces Trump’s wrath

“One sentiment I have heard echoed by all levels of UC and campus administration is their desire to escape the ever-watchful, punitive eyes of the federal administration,” Aditi Hariharan, president of the undergraduate student association of the UC, told UC leaders last week. “However, hiding the UC support for specific communities targeted by the federal government will actually have a chilling effect on students’ experiences at the UC.”

calmatters.org/education/2025/ #Fascism #HigherEd #California

CalMatters · How the University of California is dealing with Trump’s wrathThe University of California is threading a delicate needle as it navigates the Trump administration’s intensifying scrutiny of how universities function.
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Megan Lynch (she/her)

How Two Graduate Reporters Exposed a System Used to Hide Police Officer Misconduct

“Five officers had been fired for alleged misconduct, including sexual assault. But their personnel files were altered to hide that information and indicate they had simply resigned."

gijn.org/stories/investigating #Law #Corruption #Journalism #HigherEd

gijn.orgHow Two Graduate Reporters Exposed a System Used to Hide Police Officer MisconductTwo reporters, nominated for the 2025 Goldsmith Prize, spent years investigating legal agreements in California that hide police officers' past misconduct from the public.
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UC Access Now

There's a playbook to how fascists work - they target groups that the majority doesn't care about or actively fears/despises (as a result of hegemonic training).

UC Access Now and disabled workers' experiences with UAW bore this out - when it came to attacks on disabled workers, most abled workers were fine with it or even agreed with ableist management.

Deserting disabled people as a sop to the powerful only shows them how easily you cave & they expand the tactics to abled people eventually.

Dismantle your own ableism now before fascists dismantle you.

theguardian.com/global/2025/ma #Fascism #Ableism #Capitalism #Union #Labor #HigherEd

The Guardian · The US right is coming for disabled people. Here’s why that threatens everyoneBy Guardian staff reporter
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Steve Dustcircle 🌹

#OHIO #NEWS -

Ohio #Republicans introduce measure to flatten #incometax to 2.75%

Not just #DEI: Seven things to know about Ohio’s sweeping #highered bill

Ohio ‘Given Name Act’ proposes strict rules for names, #pronouns in #schools

Cuts to federal #foodassistance would devastate #Ohioans, #foodbanks that help supplement

Ohio #faithleaders advocate for #housing, #food in #statebudget

Ohio may join 19 states in trying to re-write the #USConstitution

flipboard.com/@dustcircle/the-

FlipboardThe State of Ohio News & Commentary | @dustcircleImportant updates on what will affect your life today and tomorrow, or yesterday (if we live in a timeless timeline). If you'd like to be a contributor, email dustcircle0@gmail.com
#flipboard#OH
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Freedom Baird

A Tufts international grad student was detained by ICE yesterday outside her apartment. Visa revoked. Her whereabouts are currently unknown.

Emergency Rally today Wednesday, March 26, 5:30pm, Powderhouse Square Park, Somerville

Greater Boston please come out! And spread the word

Flyer that says: STAND WITH RUMEYSA OZTURK: Tufts PhD Student Abducted by Trump Administration. Emergency Rally March 26, Powderhouse Square Park, 5:30pm. STAND UP, FIGHT BACK! KEEP ICE OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY
#Student#Detained#ICE
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Christine Johnson

"I am speaking today for one reason: I think it matters for our students to know that we recognize what is happening here.

We know that the Trump administration's attack on Columbia University -- its threat to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars from our university; its demand that the university accept its dictates about our curriculum, our faculty, our departments; its targeted bullying, harassment, slander, and far worse of our students -- has nothing to do with opposing antisemitism.

We know that this is about control."

From: collected remarks from #ColumbiaUniversity faculty vigil, March 24:

drive.google.com/file/d/1QiCsk

Google DocsColumbia AAUP faculty vigil 3-24 collected remarks.pdf
#USPol#HigherEd#histodons
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