Historian of race and class; Author: The March on Washington & The Tribe of Black Ulysses; Professor, University of Minnesota; President, @umn-tc-aaup.bsky.social; Editor, "Up For Debate" @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social
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Will Jones
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“We thank President Trump for fixing the Reflecting Pool for good.” GIFT LINK
"Theseus and the Minotaur (A Modern Interpretation)" by Art Young, the preeminent American socialist writer and cartoonist.(don't miss the figure hiding in the background 👀)
Have they tried hydroxychloroquine?
Well, I'm happy to learn that Trump hasn't broken everything. I renewed my passport just over a week ago and got it in the mail today! The regular process (not rushed) and fully online (I took the photo with my phone).
The Radicalism of the American Revolution was the first book I read in graduate school. It made me so mad I considered dropping out, mostly because of the way he downplayed the contradiction of slavery. I've come to appreciate Wood's scholarship over time, even as I continued to disagree.
"The report finds that ... declines in public funding, drops in enrollment, and the growth in noninstructional costs have contributed to stagnating wages for full- and part-time faculty members, even as compensation for administrators climbs. By now, it’s a familiar story in higher ed." @aaup.org
@washingtonpost.com rely on Burkhauser & Corinth @nber.org showing poverty declines before the 1963 came from wage increases rather than non-wage support - also overlooking the role of unions in raising wages-particularly for Black workers who were previously shut out of most unions.
Fortune magazine, 1951: "The union has made the worker to an amazing degree a middle-class members of a middle-class society."
Washington Post, 2026: "Redistribution by the government was not the primary author of that story. Economic growth did most of the work."
Education Minnesota stands with educator and union member, 14 other Minnesotans facing charges related to demonstrating against ICE during Operation Metro Surge https://edmn.me/43ZhOlv
“We have shown that when the government tries to turn fear into policy, the AAUP will answer with law, with organizing, with solidarity, & with the oldest commitment we have: the defense of academic freedom for the common good.”
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