I’ve been writing an annual column for 20 years on the year in sports and politics. Here’s this year’s edition. Short version: 2025 was the fucking worst. But maybe 2026 sees a turnaround that’s already being glimpsed in unlikely places www.thenation.com/article/soci...
a sign for a women's restroom with silhouettes of a women wearing a dress and a person in a wheelchair. a sign encouraging people to use the restroom that best aligns with their gender identity used to be below it, but now it's just blank space and peeling paint.
welp, they unceremoniously ripped down the signs encouraging folx to use the restroom that best aligns with their gender identity. I almost hope they don't get around to repainting the wall...
Juneteenth is a powerful reminder of how far we’ve come—and how much further we still have to go.
It marks the moment freedom finally reached our people right here in Texas. Our people took what was withheld and built something powerful: resilience, pride, and a legacy we carry to this day. (1/2)
The poverty team at Columbia ran the numbers on *just* the Thrifty rollback and *just* on families with kids and found that for every $1 in cuts ("savings"), we all lose $14-20. My goodness.
povertycenter.columbia.edu/sites/povert...
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
New NIH Notice rescinding the no DEI, no Israeli boycott term and condition added to NIH grants (covers the whole university)
This is what Williams refused to sign and declined all federal funding.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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Check out the Weather and Climate livestream — starting today (5/28) at 1pm!
More info here:
still going! tune in and help them finish strong.
SPEAKOUT to defend academic freedom, student safety & science. 4/28 12PM thru 4/29 1PM. ALL DAY. ALL NIGHT. ALL OF US. 117th & BROADWAY GATES.
HAPPENING NOW! Columbia faculty 25-hour speakout to defend academic freedom, student safety and science.
Livestream Info: youtube.com/@CUIMCStandsUP
Flyer that reads: CUIMC Stands Up and Speaks OUT! Come join the CUIMC Community of Scholars, Students, Healers, the Care-Givers and the Cared-For to Say HANDS OFF! Our students, our science, our patients, our classrooms, OUR COMMUNITY! April 22nd @ 12:30pm Haven Ave Plaza
Join us TODAY at 12:30pm Haven Ave Plaza (at the medical center)! CUIMC Stands Up and Speaks OUT! We rally to say HANDS OFF our students, science, patients, classrooms, and community!
Terminated NIH employees!! Get with ProPublica and get your voices heard!! #SpeakOut #FightFascism #HandsOff
Image of full call to the board, a text document, summarized in the main post.
Our call to the Board in full detail is here.
Deep dive into 800 cancelled NIH grants. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
a screenshot of a NIH guide email with two general notices, one canceling a funding opportunity centering the health of women across the HIV continuum, and no funding opportunities
this is the saddest NIH guide email I've ever received
the funds aren't frozen - they *terminated* the freaking grants. that money is gone.
📲 Tell your Senators to Reject David Weldon for CDC: bit.ly/RejectWeldon
