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Fellow University Presidents: Here’s How To Stand Up to Trump

Michael Roth MSNOW
Leaders of powerful institutions do have a choice. The price of allowing the preferences of any president to dictate the policies and practices of organizations that depend on freedom and autonomy is to destroy the legitimacy of those organizations.

The Democrats’ Long-Awaited Spine

Robert Kuttner The American Prospect
The latest ICE murder produces a unified Senate Democratic Caucus blocking funding for the Department of Homeland Security until strict and enforceable limits are set.

This Week in People’s History, Jan 28-Feb 3, 2026

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The Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion
An Endless Coverup (1986), Genocide’s the Real Crime (1996), Whites Kill, Blacks Do Time (1966), Andrew Jackson, Ahead of His Time (1834), How Did President Wilson Sleep? (1921), Wars Kill, But Mum’s the Word (1991), John Kennedy, Movie Fan (1961)

Gov. Kathy Hochul Refuses To Back Striking New York Nurses

Theodore Hamm The Indypendent
Unlike Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Gov. Kathy Hochul has not backed striking New York nurses, tepidly calling on “both sides” to negotiate. Her position may have to do with the hefty donations state Democrats have received from the New York hospital associ

US Companies Prepare To Profit From Regime Change in Cuba

Blake Burdge Jacobin
Eyeing a possible regime change in Cuba, US corporations see an opportunity to recoup assets lost in revolutionary seizures many decades ago. The Supreme Court, at the urging of the Trump administration, might soon clear the way for them.

Is the Constitution ‘Dead, Dead, Dead’?

Laurence H. Tribe The New York Review of Books
The difficulty of amending the Constitution does not mean that it is a flawed and outdated relic of a distant past.