Chen Pan, 22, a sophomore who hasn’t declared a major yet, said in an interview about students’ pressing issues this semester, that one of his instructors was “unhinged.” Abby Guastella, 19, a sophomore who hasn’t decided on a major yet, described her worries about her classes, saying “I have so many stresses of college for one.” Lamont Jackson, a 26-year-old media studies major with a concentration in journalism, said he had one clear pressing issue: “I want to raise awareness about Christian persecution.” – Article by Tony Ayala.
Assistant Editor LaMont Jackson’s candid interviews with selected Hunter College senior citizen students about their opinions and decisions about the 2024 presidential elections and the happenings in the political scenery of New York and New York City.
Doesn’t matter whether potential members of audiences support or don’t support Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Or want or don’t want him convicted of the crimes he’s been indicted for. This is a must-see, ever there was one. Consider the film teaser as a tip of the iceberg. – By Gregg W. Morris
“Healthcare is awful. We need universal healthcare in this country,” said Walter Weis, 69, majoring in media studies with a focus in journalism. “There’s too many sicknesses and chronic diseases.” Other interviews are in the works. – Article 1 by LaMont Jackson, Assistant Editor
A powerful documentary bringing to life the brave testimony of writer E. Jean Carroll, who accused former President Donald Trump of sexual abuse. In a landmark legal case, Trump was held liable for sexual abuse and defamation, with a court ordering him to pay $83.3 million in damages.
{Facebook removed link to a Medium.com article I wrote about the documentary because I used the word “Riveting” in describing the film.}
Publisher, Editor Gregg W. Morris
Can be reached at gregghc@comcast.net, profgreggwmorris@gmail.com
The roundtable was spirited but civil sharp discussion about news media coverage and the positioning of Kamala Harris as the Democratic Presidential Nominee. The back-and-forth repartee and discussions were civil but intense. There was an active ZOOM chatbox. – By Gregg W. Morris
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) came under fire this month after it declared academic boycotts to be “legitimate tactical responses” and “not in themselves violations of academic freedom,” which was a reversal of its previous and longstanding position on the issue. Many have condemned this decision as a threat to academic freedom and a furtherance of the harmful politicization in higher education.
Some AFA members have written and spoken out in response, including Joshua Katz, who wrote in City Journal that the decision adds “fuel to the fire” of ongoing campus tumult, and Cary Nelson, a past president of the AAUP, who wrote in The Chronicle of Higher Education that it is an abandonment of academic freedom that violates the AAUP’s own stated values.
Linked here is a petition related to the AAUP’s new position that many of our members have shared with us and several have already signed. We are sharing it with you in case you are interested in adding your name – Gregg W. Morris
A Roadmap for a Tyrant: ACLU Experts on Project 2025
The team that developed 2025 consists of over 140 former Trump administration officials, laying out a series of invasive and downright harmful proposals to go after most fundamental rights. Take abortion rights, for example. Project 2025 wouldn’t stop at sweeping abortion bans – already a devastating prospect. Their proposal goes even further, cutting funding to states that don’t report a slew of deeply specific and personal medical details regarding abortion, miscarriage care, pregnancy complications, and reproductive health care in general.That’s a massive invasion of privacy. It is absolutely weird that anyone would want the government having so much information about our personal health. But you know what else it is? Dangerous totalitarianism.
Every proposal in the Project 2025 manifesto has this same, disturbing focus – they want to strip away rights at any cost. That’s why we’re showing up in force to stop Project 2025 now. Our experts have the strategy to win across every civil liberty issue at stake – but we need you with us.
*the WORD considers Trump – because of his extreme racism and hostility to People of Color – an Existential Threat. Too many of his Base are way too comfortable with those MAGA creature features. And too many corporate news media don’t bite the bullet when they write about him being an authoritarian or a tyrant and obviously dodging the racism issues.
Publisher, Editor Gregg W. Morris
Can be reached at gregghc@comcast.net, profgreggwmorris@gmail.com
Washington Post Excerpt – “President Donald Trump’s assault on American democracy began in the spring of 2020, when he issued a flurry of preemptive attacks on the integrity of the country’s voting systems.” – Article by Gregg W. Morris
