On the positive side, the author Nick Confessore is a good investigative journalist, the the piece is rich with context, and history. (Here is an example of previous work on the money pushing the anti-DEI crusade). www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The backlash against āwokeismā has led a growing number of states to ban D.E.I. programs at public universities. Thousands of emails and other documents reveal the playbook ā and grievances ā behind o...
Thoughtful and well-written piece. I think there is a real gap between the portrayals of how conservative faculty are treated on campus vs the reality, where institutions and faculty often go our of their way to include them. Roberts claimed he faced hostility, but the evidence is different.
Finally got around to reading this profile of Kevin Roberts, the former history professor behind Project 2025. Robertsās 2005 book African American Issues...included the statement that the āabolition of slavery aggravated the pervasive racism across the country.āšļø lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
Samuel G. Freedman traces the long and contradictory intellectual journey of the man behind Project 2025.
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we've never successfully impeached a supreme court justice but we've definitely impeached a regular federal judge in the past www.npr.org/2024/10/16/g...
The judge, Reed OāConnor, in Fort Worth, Tex., has rejected calls for him to step down from the high-profile case Musk filed against Media Matters, a watchdog group.
Professor fired without any sort of review or due process, based on a disputed police charge. But we need 10 more NYT think pieces about how that one U Chicago professor had a lecture invite (briefly) rescinded.
Don't have an ungated link yet, but DPS is clearly bent on doing Abbott's dirty work if UTPD and Hartzell won't dance with him. Contingent prof fired for allegedly threatening a trooper with a water bottle, and for *breaking his bicycle bell* (No kidding):
The DPS arrested Richard Heyman on Wednesday after claiming he grabbed a trooper's bike while law enforcement began arresting protesters on April 29.
This guy is the effective altruism poster boy. Gave up academia, made a ton of money, and then donated massive amounts back to science. $500M to Stony Brook alone. But he also enriched Robert Mercer, who funded Trump and Steve Bannon.
Pour one out for this guy, who quit being chair of the Stony Brook Math Department to make some cash. www.nytimes.com/2024/05/10/b...
Using advanced computers, he went from M.I.T. professor to multibillionaire. His Medallion fund had 66 percent average annual returns for decades.
I suffer from mental health issues and every time Iāve been a danger to myself and concerned family has called 911 for an ambulance and psychological intervention, the cops show up first and aggressively make things worse. Like tackled off a couch and threatened with tazing worse.
āThereās a reason I called the Department of Mental Health, not the police; it was so they could help, not shoot him. I thought they will help him and take him to the hospital. Instead, they shoot him." www.latimes.com/california/s...
The parents of Yong Yang said that they specifically called mental health officials, and not police, after their son began experiencing a bipolar episode.
From X: in the Harvard Crimson, Jocelyn Viterna schools the disingenuous people counting "gotcha" words in course catalogs to (supposedly) show universities' leftie indoctrination of students. Worth a read: www.thecrimson.com/article/2024...