“Public and private colleges alike should be doubling down on protecting the academic freedom of their faculty members in this time of deepening polarization—not outright firing them for social media posts.” Kristen Shahverdian, program director for campus free speech at PEN America

Tenured Jewish prof. says she's fired for pro-Palestine post

Pennsylvania’s Muhlenberg College may have become the first institution since Oct. 7 to oust a tenured faculty member for such statements, though the professor is appealing the decision and still rece...

“Public and private colleges alike should be doubling down on protecting the academic freedom of their faculty members in this time of deepening polarization—not outright firing them for social media posts.” Kristen Shahverdian, program director for campus free speech at PEN America

Tenured Jewish prof. says she's fired for pro-Palestine post

Pennsylvania’s Muhlenberg College may have become the first institution since Oct. 7 to oust a tenured faculty member for such statements, though the professor is appealing the decision and still rece...

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Update: I have received a subjectless email from millionaire UMD donor, and owner of the Atlanta Hawks, Bruce Levenson, who objects to my description of him as a cranky Facebook uncle just bc he writes angry letters to faculty, with their bosses CC'ed, and then forwards them news clips for months.

DGdmgreene.bsky.socialSep 26, 2024 3:04pm

I'm in the Baltimore Sun today writing for UMD's students and teachers and against the culture of fear administrators have imposed not just on protestors, but on everyone.

UMD should not fear its students and teachers | GUEST COMMENTARY

Our schools should run on facts, not fear.

www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

William Lucy, stalwart voice for labor and civil rights, dies at 90

He marched with striking sanitation workers in Memphis and helped devise a potent slogan: “I Am a Man.” Later he became the No. 2 official at the public employee union AFSCME.

Penn suspended Professor Wax for a year with half-pay for claiming “our country will be better off with more whites and fewer non-whites." Muhlenberg fired Professor Finklestein for sharing a social media post that, it claimed, violated its equal opportunity and nondiscrimination policies.

Meet the First Tenured Professor to Be Fired for Pro-Palestine Speech

Maura Finkelstein was terminated from Muhlenberg College following a pressure campaign that seized on an anti-Zionist Instagram repost.

I'm going to the meeting of the Minneapolis chapter of CBTU tonight. I will make sure that we do a moment of silence for a man that has done so much for Black labor in this country. Rest in power, Bill.

WJwillpjones.bsky.socialSep 25, 2024 5:08pm

We lost a giant last night. Bill Lucy was one of the most important Black and Labor leaders in U.S. history, but remains largely forgotten. I'm honored to be part of a team writing about his life and legacy. @lawcha.bsky.social

AFSCME’s Saunders pays tribute to labor legend Bill Lucy

President Lee Saunders released this statement following the death of AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus Bill Lucy

Community college of Baltimore has won their union! This is the sixth Maryland community college union recognized this year, all with AFT. Joining Frederick, PG, Howard, Chesapeake, and Cecil. Freddy, PG, and Howard should have contracts any day now.

Bill Lucy, left, planning a march to honor Martin Luther King, Jr., after his assassination in Memphis on April 4, 1968. Others, left to right, Bayard Rustin, Jerry Wurf, T.O. Jones; May Reuther, Walter Reuther.

We lost a giant last night. Bill Lucy was one of the most important Black and Labor leaders in U.S. history, but remains largely forgotten. I'm honored to be part of a team writing about his life and legacy. @lawcha.bsky.social

AFSCME’s Saunders pays tribute to labor legend Bill Lucy

President Lee Saunders released this statement following the death of AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus Bill Lucy