Greg Olear implores us not to allow Trump’s militarized violence against our fellow citizens to become normalized. Trump and Kristi Noem have organized a lawless army of thugs to terrorize us on the streets, in our workplaces, in our homes. This is not normal! I’m excerpting his long article. Open the link and read it. […]| Diane Ravitch's blog
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/04/business/white-house-university-compact-mit/ The new conditions for federal funding the Trump administration offered to MIT put the school in a no-win situation, people on the Cambridge campus and throughout academia said Friday: Agree to the federal government’s terms and surrender some academic freedom, or refuse and risk further punishment. The White House’s proposed “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” […]| Diane Ravitch's blog
In the post at 9 a.m. today, two scholars of racism and equity explained that Trump’s scrubbing of museums, national parks, and other federal facilities is an attempt to capture control of the culture and erase the place of Blacks, women, and anyone else who is not a straight white male. But, as scholar Julian […]| Diane Ravitch's blog
Two scholars–Kimberlé Crenshaw and Jason Stanley–explain why Trump is censoring exhibits at the Smithsonian. He has also imposed censorship of signage and exhibits at other federal site…| Diane Ravitch's blog
Pete Hegseth, the Secretary of Defense, summoned hundreds of generals and admirals to an in-person meeting to lecture them. Hegseth spoke to them condescendingly to remind them that he is Secretary…| Diane Ravitch's blog
President Trump wanted a war on Latin Americans and found an obliging partner in El Salvador, currently headed by President Nayib Bukele. Bukele has managed to bring down El Salvador’s homici…| Techdirt
Last weekend, we had the glaring example from Glastonbury of rap duo Bob Vylan chanting ‘Death, death to the IDF’, while the BBC continued its broadcast in what can only be seen as the Corporation’s grovelling approval of anything and everything that opposes Israel’s right of self-defence. At the same time, in February this year, the Government quietly launched a new working party to investigate what they labelled anti-Muslim hatred and Islamophobia in the UK, in response to what ...| Voice for Justice
If you teatards want to get pissed about a "mosque at Gound Zero," here's the real deal: a mosque that was on the 17th floor of tower 2, before both towers were destroyed. It survived the first WTC attack in 1993 (and heard no controversy about its presence afterword), but not the second in 2001.| Moderates of all Nations, Unite!
Want to understand systemic racism in America? Watch Bill Moyers in conversation with Michelle Alexander, Bryan Stevenson, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Maya Angelou, David Simon, and others. They offer a useful primer on the history of racism in the United States and its continuing impact.| BillMoyers.com