UW professors discuss attacks on higher education, ‘fragility’ of U.S. democracy

'On to democracy': U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden talks shop at Klamath Falls town hall

Klamath Falls last Friday welcomed U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), who assured them that even in unsettling times, “we’re in this together.”

UW professors discuss attacks on higher education, ‘fragility’ of U.S. democracy

With the 100th day of President Donald Trump’s second term in office approaching, University of Wisconsin-Madison professors and staff met Thursday to take stock of the growing threats to higher education and U.S. democracy and to discuss collective action to…

UW professors discuss attacks on higher education, ‘fragility’ of U.S. democracy • Wisconsin Examiner

Bascom Hall, University of Wisconsin-Madison. (Ron Cogswell | used by permission of the photographer)With the 100th day of President Donald Trump’s second term in office approaching, University of Wisconsin-Madison professors and staff met Thursday to take stock of the growing threats to higher education and U.S. democracy and to discuss collective action to push back.  UW-Madison professor Mark Copelevitch said the threats to higher education a…

Fighting Back Against Threats to Democracy

In the first months of the second Trump Administration, we have seen unprecedented threats to our civil liberties and our democracy. It is more important than ever that advocates for civil rights and liberties work to protect marginalized communities and defend our Constitution.  The ACLU of Pennsylvania has been hard at work to develop legal and advocacy strategies to protect people’s safety, health, fundamental rights, and freedoms.  Fighting …

UW must protect its students, democracy

On March 8, unidentified Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested Mahmoud Khalil without charges in front of his pregnant wife under the direction of Secretary of State Marco Rubio and President Donald Trump. He is held without charges in a rural Louisiana immigration detention center notorious for sexual and rights abuses over 1000 miles from his home in New York City. Other American college students have been kidnapped by federal …

Hundreds of UW faculty members sign open letter opposing staff layoffs in College of Arts & Sciences

Approximately 270 UW faculty members have signed an open letter condemning a proposed plan to lay off staff in the College of Arts & Sciences (CAS), calling the decision “deeply inequitable.”