After decades of avoiding otherness, embracing it would seem to have benefits. May not have a choice, anyway. Jews Stopped Being White This Year benpollock.com/brick/2025/01/…

Guess which state gets top mention? Quotes River Valley Rep Rep. Ryan Rose 🇺🇸 "Republican-run States See Opportunity to Push Extreme Policies under Trump: Emboldened Red States Could Advocate for Rightwing Reforms from Steep Tax Cuts to Slashes to Education" theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…

"[S]tudents go to our colleges and universities to learn, not be bombarded with anti-American, historically illiterate, woke nonsense. ... [A]ny professor – tenured or not – that wastes time indoctrinating instead of educating can be terminated." at 15:57 youtu.be/d2iO7t4rSq4

"I asked several of [my students] what they thought about Sarah Huckabee Sanders's remarks, and they were a little insulted at the implication that they could be brainwashed simply by being presented with competing sets of ideas" - Ouachita Baptist University Prof Benjamin Utter edition.nwaonline.com/article/282059…

Let's call this scandal-in-progress: "Elongate"

Third Annual Labor Spring Teach-In Set for March 8 arkansas965.org/2025/02/25/3rd… via Local 965, UA-Fayetteville Education Association

"In these challenging times, it is crucial that we respond with peaceful, personal resistance." Are you on our email list? Here is the column of President Hershel Hartford from the February newsletter. arkansas965.org/2025/02/25/emb…

"The threat to research projects perhaps is obvious, but U of A outreach or service programs are being impacted as well as student admissions, scholarships and the like." Are you on our email list? Here is the February column by VP Ben S. Pollock. benpollock.com/brick/2025/02/…

"As these policies’ impact worsens, the dare to risk will rise," writes @arkansas965 Vice President Ben S. Pollock. Assess, then Rouse the Crickets benpollock.com/brick/2025/03/… via Ben S. Pollock

A "review of National Park Service websites found edits on dozens of pages [including #LittleRock9] [had] already softened descriptions" - before Trump's March executive order. Note: Timothy Snyder's "On Tyranny" Lesson 1: "Do not obey in advance." wapo.st/4jdXL8m

The State Department's revoking the visas of five international graduate students at the University of Arkansas' Fayetteville campus without due process should frighten everyone in Northwest Arkansas who loves civil liberties," writes Prof. Pierce nwaonline.com/news/2025/apr/…

"These sorts of acts are just not happening at the University of Arkansas — nor at many other places where students have had their visas revoked)." @arkansas965 resolution: Revoking International Students' Visas Defies Constitution arkansas965.org/2025/04/15/rev… via Local 965, UA-Fayetteville Education Association

"History Prof Michael Pierce says a big concern for the University of Arkansas students in question is they're not being told exactly what it is they did wrong. He says the students also aren't being given a chance to formally respond." Report by Chip Scarborough 4029tv.com/article/univer…

"McCafferty’s ruling does apply to entities receiving federal funding that employ or contract with the NEA or its members." Fortunately, University of Arkansas employs @arkansas965 members. Trio of Rulings Freezes Trump's Anti-DEI Directives for Schools politi.co/42UL8IW

The University of Arkansas "will continue to monitor the situation." 2 University of Arkansas Students Regain Visa Status after DHS Termination nwahomepage.com/news/2-univers…

UA confirms five students’ visas restored (Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette), May 02, 2025 nwa.pressreader.com/article/281749…

"Let us use our voices and our votes to protect public education. ... Let us demand fair labor practices. ... Let us extend our solidarity to immigrant communities. ..." - Hershel Hartford #maydaystrong May Day 2025: Rights under Siege arkansas965.org/2025/05/03/may… via Local 965, UA-Fayetteville Education Association

The University of Arkansas Faculty Senate voted Wednesday to oppose a new state law that directs displays of the Ten Commandments in all state and local government buildings, including every public school and college classroom. The vote was 21-13 with 2 abstentions. nwaonline.com/news/2025/may/…

"I am sure you are here celebrating the 97th birthday of Che Guevara. Unlike another birthday event elsewhere today. ... Every day since Jan. 20, I have exhausted my allotment of cuss words. It keeps getting worse." Local Labor Rallies on 'No Kings Day' arkansas965.org/2025/06/17/no-…

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