And Chris Fariss we are out in print... Check it out. Per internet searches, human rights remains a prominent political discourse, especially in the Global South. The Global Resonance of Human Rights: What Google Trends Can Tell Us | American Political Science Review bit.ly/3MOy1Sc

Thirty-four Vanderbilt faculty are calling on the Vanderbilt administration to permit the BDS referendum initiated by the Vanderbilt Divest Coalition to go forward. bit.ly/faculty4vsgvote

Over 20 Vanderbilt students are conducting a sit-in at Chancellor Daniel Diermeier's office in Kirkland Hall. Livestream from inside here: instagram.com/vanderbiltdive…

BREAKING: A Nashville Scene reporter just got arrested at Vanderbilt outside Kirkland Hall, the administrative building. Around 20 students are currently occupying the building to protest Vanderbilt’s cancellation of a pro-Palestine referendum from being voted on by students

absolutely embarrassing behavior by vanderbilt

Read more about today’s sit ins in protest of Vanderbilt administration’s cancellation of a vote for a BDS amendment to be added to the student government constitution. Will be updating as events unfold. vanderbilthustler.com/2024/03/26/bre…

genuinely astonished by this behavior from vanderbilt, an absolute disgrace

thrilled to discover this on the #ISA2024 maps, which appears to be new this year. as someone on the autism spectrum, knowing that there is a space i can escape to, even momentarily, means a lot.

.Secretary Antony Blinken released the Human Rights Report today, documenting the status of human rights in nearly 200 countries and territories. “Countries that respect human rights are more likely to be peaceful, prosperous, stable.” state.gov/reports/2023-c…

Vanderbilt University Admitted Students Weekend 2024 “Welcome to Vanderbilt: #1 in Student Suppression”

It’s come to this… “Can you call the philosophy department and tell them I’ve been arrested?” 🤯

Police will be brutal when you invite them in. Just a reality. Reasonable people oppose police brutality even in response to pretty serious crime. Whatever the worst excesses of the protests (even some crimes!) admins have gone much farther by inviting in this police violence.

The Banner obtained a 61-page complaint filed by a longtime MNPD staffer that reveals command staff worked with state legislators to gut the Community Oversight Board. It also details numerous problems w/MNPD culture and internal enforcement of policies. nashvillebanner.com/2024/05/31/nas…

it's that time of semester!

If you're at #APSA2024, come check out the great presentations by this fantastic group of undergraduates from the ABCD REU this summer!

nashvillebanner.com/2025/02/05/van…

Just to recap: ICE arrests a student activist, then realizes he’s not on a visa but on a green card, takes him anyway saying his green card is being revoked, holds him incommunicado, then the Secretary of State announces that green card holders will be deported too.

.U.S. Institute of Peace Acting President and CEO George Moose: “Department of Government Efficiency has broken into our building.”

SCOOP: The Trump team is taking a hatchet to the State Department's annual — and world-renowned — human rights report. politico.com/news/2025/03/1…