The Pulitzer Board gives a shoutout to student journalists.

This should be national news: Sacramento State’s president Dr. Luke Wood said, “As far as I'm concerned, the encampment can last as long as it continues to be what it is, which is a positive demonstration of free speech.”

Unboxing my new book, 'Who we are is where we are: Making home in the American Rustbelt'! What a labor of love. Why do people stay in hard places, when all evidence suggests leaving is the best best? Read the book!

“Kristi Noem did WHAT?!”

I condemn Hamas' terrorism.

I decry Netanyahu's cruelty and brutality.

It might be simpler — more convenient — to 'pick a side.'

But it wouldn't be right. It wouldn't be truthful.

Nuance sides us with the innocent — Israelis and Palestinians alike, who deserve peace.

#lifeinrural #ruralmatters

Let's honor Caroline Fohlin Noelle McAfee & all profs subject to police abuse 4standing up 4students & #HumanRights

Let's echo Fohlin's words as she was thrown to ground on campus: I'm a Professor

Let's demand universities
-respect &ensure rights
-model values they claim

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Here is today’s Arkansas Democrat-Gazette front page.

'I think people should hold their identities maybe a little more lightly than they currently are prone to do.'

#identitypolitics #highereducation Yascha Mounk

Kwame Anthony Appiah on the Right—and Wrong—Way for Universities to Handle Identity persuasion.community/p/appiah?r=7y3…

A wonderful piece about an Arkansas legend, penned by another Arkansas legend.
Take a deep dive into the life and legacy of David Pryor with this lovely obituary by Ernie Dumas. No paywall.

For the second time in a week we have lost another great statesman and one of my “New South” heros, former Arkansas governor and U.S Senator David Pryor. As a young newspaper editor he challenged the racist ways of Gov. Faubus and later became one of Arkansas’s great reformers.…

Women belong in trades!

Great article that highlights how unions can help women break barriers on the job site.

minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/18/the…

David Pryor was the quintessential public servant. He gave up other opportunities to serve Arkansas throughout his life and the public debate was elevated because of his service. Our prayers are with Barbara and the Pryor family.

David Pryor shares front page of “Arkansas Traveler” with James Brown.
May 1, 1968.

#arpx #arleg BREAKING: Former U.S. Sen. David Pryor has died; hailed as ‘dedicated’ public servant, ‘true statesman’ > talkbusiness.net/2024/04/former…

Profiled Anderson Clayton☀️, a rising star in the Democratic Party, this week as she worked to build a coalition of young voters to back Biden in North Carolina in November.

Also, my first time at Appalachian State did not disappoint. Beautiful campus.

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Print is still alive and kicking
'It seems that with all the competition for advertising and readership dollars, print is becoming relevant again.'
- Fillers by John Cullen
stormlake.com/articles/print…

The UAW has won in a landslide at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga: 2,628 to 985. This is the first plant-wide union at a foreign-owned automaker in the South, after years of failed attempts. media.vw.com/en-us/releases…