“This is a deliberate targeting of a Black Muslim student at an institution where those two identities are increasingly unwelcome.”
Cornell PhD student Momodou Taal faces the loss of his visa after he was singled out for suspension over a pro-Palestine demonstration on campus
LAW IS POLITICS. YES, ALL OF IT. INTERNATIONAL LAW AND DOMESTIC. NO, THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT ALL POLITICS IS LAW.
I get the Trump Watch grift jokes—by all means, mock away—but have to toss a bit of cold water and say this sure looks like a way to launder bribes. Foreigners can buy it, you can pay with cryptocurrency, and the announcement even admits it won't come for a while and might not be what the pic shows.
This looks super interesting!
The disregard for human life in this country is astounding.
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Naturally, since it's the start of a new semester, I keep seeing "write every day" advice floating around. Unfortunately, that is ableist bs. If it works for you, great. If not, it will guarantee failure and make you very sick.
FWIW the conclusion from this should be "let's change that", not "don't do a phd"
I will speak plainly and say that if I had young children then I would have left Germany by now. I cannot say with confidence that this is a country where I would want to raise black or biracial children into adolescence. The social and political trends here are rushing in a disturbing direction.