These are “low enrollment” majors but the classes are regularly at capacity. They changed the funding structure a few years ago here, switching the allocation from course enrollments to majors then blamed these departments for a structural, top-down change. This is entirely a political choice.
in honor of a certain surgeon general nominee’s hearing today, here is the story of (among other things) the time I tried to take her advice about milk www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Quietly, the Trump administration is now ending even the life-saving aid that they had promised would be preserved
Reporting from @hana-kiros.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
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was it just an honest question? maybe. but why did she add the suspect inflection and raise her eyebrow? is there something wrong with jeans generally or just jeans at the office? does she not like jeans on me?
it happened on Tuesday and I’ve thought about it every day since
my oldest daughter saw me before I went to work earlier this week and just said, “jeans?“ and I don’t know if I’ll ever recover. she’s 8.
Thanks, Brian!
Talking with Hanna Rosin on Radio Atlantic, Adam Harris and Clint Smith discuss why the Trump administration's attempts to whitewash American history call for a new approach to remembering Black history.
“It’s one thing to place your bets … that’s probably the wrong thing to say..
It’s one thing to place your hopes..”
Hammy self-editing is why I listen to the radio broadcasts. good to have baseball back. 🥹
Icymi:
Here is the entire syllabus 1/2
Well, this is a bit of a plot twist.
The University of Texas System’s Board of Regents unanimously approved a rule requiring its universities to ensure students can graduate without studying “unnecessary controversial subjects,” despite warnings it could leave them less prepared for the real world.
🗣🗣 Tell em Adam
from the family of Virginia Giuffre: “At last. Today, our broken hearts have been lifted at the news that no one is above the law, not even royalty.... He was never a prince. For survivors everywhere, Virginia did this for you.”
that's right www.nytimes.com/athletic/705...
I have a new essay out this morning about Black History Month, remembering in a moment when those in power want us to forget, and the importance of seeing people in the past as people www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
marcus thompson is gonna write the hell out of that alysa liu performance, but start with this from earlier today www.nytimes.com/athletic/705...
"These facts cannot be changed; only how they are remembered can."
@adamhsays.com's latest:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
“Black History Month is sometimes treated as little more than an opportunity for corporate branding and, maybe, school assemblies,” @adamhsays.com argues. But “observing it this February feels radical”:
"To recognize the divide between someone’s stated values and their actions is to recognize where they should have done better and where we can still do better." ❤️
Thank you for reading!
Thank you for reading!
Talked about all of this, and more, on Radio Atlantic with @hannarosin.bsky.social and @clintsmithiii.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
For posterity:
"The U.S. District Court in New Hampshire issued the ruling that permanently invalidated the 'Dear Colleague' letter of Feb. 14, 2025, after the Department of Education backed down from the lawsuit."
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we're hiring a producer for my new weekly podcast at The Atlantic. come work with me! atlanticmedia.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Career...
A day later, Jesse Jackson died at the age of 84. The civil-rights leader’s two upstart presidential campaigns revealed how limited America’s political imagination was at the time; his platform would become the foundation of the progressive movement for the next three decades. Sometimes I look at black-and-white photos of Jackson—playing basketball with Marvin Gaye, standing next to King on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis before he was murdered, or preparing to deliver the first joint address by a Black man to the Alabama legislature since Reconstruction. It’s easy to think of Jackson in the past. But he was also human, and lived until it was no longer this world but his friend John Lewis that he would see in the morning. In 2019, members of Congress were preparing to discuss H.R. 40, a bill that would study reparations for slavery—a bill to atone for history. I spoke with Jackson ahead of the hearing. We talked about racism, reparations, and ultimately about hope. It felt natural to wonder where someone who had seen so much bad in U.S. history continued to draw his resolve from. Jackson told me that his own hope stemmed from the fact that the truth cannot be erased. “The truth of slavery—that Africans subsidized America’s wealth—that truth will not go away,” he said. History must be remembered. His death is a reminder that the duty to contend with that history falls to those who are still on this Earth.
also wrote a bit about Jesse Jackson: "His death is a reminder that the duty to contend with that history falls to those who are still on this Earth." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
And to men of color reinterpreting the Bard for themselves. It was really a beauty.
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