Not Unmindful weekly digest #4
It's been busier than usual on the site this week.
Here are links to what was published to Not Unmindful this week (18 August 2025).
I'm not sure what the schedule will be moving into next week. I have to fight the beast (C).
Monday
Northern Virginia school districts lose federal funding over transgender policies
The Education Department says it’ll pull funding from five Virginia districts over gender policies.
The great capitulation: how our most powerful institutions bowed to Trump
Corporations and universities with the power to stand up to Trump are instead bowing to his authoritarianism and fascism.
Tuesday
The war on education trickles down
Unintended casualties: how Trump's war on "elite" universities devastate America's community colleges.
Wednesday
Civil rights under fire, again
The Supreme Court's war on voting rights how Louisiana v. Callais could End American democracy as we know it.
Thursday
The military won't save us
The military's changing role under Trump "We Used to Think the Military Would Stand Up to Trump. We Were Wrong."
Friday
We can't count on the Supreme Court
The umpire picked a side: how John Robert and the Supreme Court is enabling fascism.
