Category Archives: politics

Rubio’s new Chinese Exclusion Act: the Trump administration just went after Chinese students

On May 28th the United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio posted this on X/Twitter: The U.S. will begin revoking visas of Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields. The State … Continue reading →

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Trump versus higher education: deportations, cuts, climate change, and academic reactions

The Trump administration continued its campaign against higher education this week.  In this post I’ll summarize the key developments, both in video and blog text. (I’ve been blogging about Trump’s second term here.  I’ve been vlogging it on YouTube.) First, … Continue reading →

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Protesting Trump: scenes from Hands Off, April 2025

Yesterday my family joined the local Hands Off! protest in our Virginia town. Today I wanted to share my impressions along with some photos, continuing with my March protestblogging. Under grey skies around 500 or more people lined a major … Continue reading →

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Joining two anti-Trump events this month

Over the past two weeks I carved out time to participate in two anti-Trump in-person events.  In this post I wanted to share some notes on the experiences, along with photos. Last Thursday, after the regular Future Trends Forum session, … Continue reading →

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Trump vs higher education: a report from March 21, 2025

Today I posted another vlog report on the latest Trump and higher education developments.   If you’re new to this series, these videos are where I summarize what the Trump administration has been doing to higher education, and how colleges and … Continue reading →

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Trump vs higher education: a report from March 17, 2025

Recently I’ve been tracking what the Trump administration has been doing to higher education, along with how academics have responded.  I wanted to organize my understanding of the events and to share evidence about them. I blogged about this (February … Continue reading →

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Colleges and universities taking Trump cuts

It’s been one month of the second Trump administration and the impacts on higher education have been arriving at scale. Today I want to draw attention to real damage done to academic institutions, both directly caused by the new government … Continue reading →

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Where do the NSF and NIH attacks hit hardest?

A quick post today, pointing to one aspect of the new Trump administration’s moves against higher education. New executive orders rained down and struck two major federal research funding, the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes for Health … Continue reading →

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The new Trump administration hits higher education

(Greetings from airportland.  Today I’ve been in New York’s JFK airport for nine hours and counting, with flights delayed due to the awful Potomac River crash.  Apologies if this post is telegraphic or hasty.) Donald Trump is back in office … Continue reading →

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Celebrate the New Year with a happy Public Domain Day!

Happy New Year, everyone!  Welcome aboard, 2025! And what better way to celebrate the new year then to recognize a whole slew of cultural objects just entered the public domain?  Yes, books, movies, and more from 1929 (and audio recordings … Continue reading →

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