Not Unmindful weekly digest #9
It's been a busy week despite my limited schedule. New feature: starting the digest with the most recent story.
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Timothy Truxell
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Toward a new Reconstruction to rebuild the American polity
Where do we go from here? There is so much to repair and build to return us to where we thought we were. This is an outline for democratic renewal.
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More consequences and reactions to whitewashing the Smithsonian
The consequences of the Trump administration's sweeping efforts to whitewash American history at the Smithsonian and reactions to it.
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Behind closed doors: academic freedom under attack at UNC-Chapel Hill
Former provost dues UNC-Chapel Hill Trustees over closed meetings about eliminating tenure.
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Frederick Douglass still resonates
Frederick Douglass still has something to say for the current moment. Although these words were written after Lee's death, the bombast is all to present again today.
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The Charlie Kirk assassination: political violence and the dangerous path forward
By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of Kirk, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy as the American right calls for retribution and a crackdown on the political left.
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Not Unmindful weekly digest #8
It's been a busy week despite my limited schedule. New feature: starting the digest with the most recent story.
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UC Berkeley turns over 160 names to federal government
The University of California, Berkeley, is among the 10 universities that a Trump administration task force on antisemitism has identified for particular attention.
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Trump's education funding shuffle: a strategic shift toward separation
The Trump administration is cutting money from programs that have supported minority students, including at other universities, to CCBUs, while ending financial support minority programs.
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Harvard ends undergraduate minority recruitment program as Trump targets race in admissions
By ending the minority recruitment program in May, Harvard shuttered a more than 50-year-old initiative to encourage minority high school students to apply.
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