Author | Lightnews

Maggie Dickinson @mag2d2.bsky.social · 16h

Pantries and meal programs exist everywhere and this is where people who lose SNAP will turn. No need to reinvent the wheel. These organizations need money and volunteers.

2 58 140

Reposted by Maggie Dickinson

Princess Pretty Ghoul @princessprettygirl.bsky.social · 15d

As a person who twice barely avoided getting kidnapped and sent to conversion therapy by my own family members it is very disheartening to hear that conversion therapy is still being discussed. Last i checked the only thing it converts is living kids to dead ones.

10 120 720

Maggie Dickinson @mag2d2.bsky.social · 22d

Literally welfare reform for public housing. Clinton opened this pandora's box in 1996 and this was always where it was headed - start with cash assistance and then use work requirements and time limits to gut every inch of the safety net.

Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 22d

If the Trump administration has its way, nearly *four million* people—half of them children—will be at imminent risk of eviction and homelessness.

Let that sink in.

Millions Could Lose Housing Aid Under Trump Plan

Drafts of unpublished rules obtained by ProPublica detail plans that would open the door to full-time work requirements, two-year limits on living in federally supported housing and stripping aid from...

www.propublica.org

9 22

Reposted by Maggie Dickinson

Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · Aug 3

"[T]he first major successful BDS campaign at an academic sociological association, as realized through the suspension of the Israeli Sociological Society."

"The struggle for a free Palestine continues, and we call on all scholars to join us."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Genocide

International Sociological Association bars Israeli public institutions from membership over refusal to condemn genocide

The suspension of the Israeli Sociological Society by the International Sociological Association marks a significant milestone in the international academic boycott of Israel.

mondoweiss.net

3 20 50

Reposted by Maggie Dickinson

Michael Yarbrough (he/him) @mwyarbrough.bsky.social · Jul 24

The only thing with a chance of defending higher ed is a network of organized faculty and staff.

We're the ones who actually believe in our mission. Most admin and trustees don't. Those who do are welcome, but they are rare.

It's only us. And a lot of us are already active. So if you're not, join!

5 44 170

Reposted by Maggie Dickinson

Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · Jul 25

Read this whole thread. The EO is a huge regressive step. And Brian's not wrong to be worried about this point in particular. The major theme of Trump II social policy is old-style Poor Law thinking, down to the indoor versus outdoor relief distinction.

Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · Jul 24

It's not at all alarmist to expect that the new network of detention centers will be used to confine unhoused people—and to extract free labor from them. Everything in this executive order points in that direction.

7 120 310

Reposted by Maggie Dickinson

Tiana Reid @tianareid.bsky.social · Jul 23

Academics, if you need a reason, in these urgent times, reminder that @workshops4gaza.bsky.social has set up a tab where you can redirect membership fees and conference costs from AHA, MLA, AWP & PEN to the Sameer Project, run by Palestinians open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/w4g...

[W4G] Life Funds for Gaza

Scholars, writers, educators & artists -- stop sending funds to the orgs & institutions that continue to double down on their allegiance to the death machines of Zionism and empire. Send funds to support life in Gaza instead! Resign and donate your membership fees Refuse to attend their conferences and donate

open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com

27 24

Reposted by Maggie Dickinson

IPES-Food @ipes-food.org · Jul 18

The Orwellian myth at the heart of industrial agriculture?

That environmental destruction is actually conservation.

This must-read essay traces how productivism – the obsession with yield – fuels ecocide & colonialism, while failing to 'feed the world'.

📖 spectrejournal.com/the-enduring...

The Enduring Fantasy of “Feeding the World” – Spectre Journal

Members of the Agroecology Research-Action Collective argue against the productivist logic underlying the "feed-the-world" approaches to feed security.

spectrejournal.com

2 24 36

Maggie Dickinson @mag2d2.bsky.social · Jul 8

do it!

1 1 1

Reposted by Maggie Dickinson

Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · Jun 30

We just dropped a completely new merch store, and we couldn't be more excited!

100% of proceeds go toward the strike fund for union Starbucks workers. ✊🔥

SHOP NOW - www.unioncoffeegear.com

3 55 140

Reposted by Maggie Dickinson

Nikita Gill @nikitagill.bsky.social · Jun 27

Zohran Mamdani is saying things like “poverty is a policy choice and politicians have a duty to their constituents to make their lives affordable” and it is making a lot of politicians very very scared that they may actually have to start doing some actual service in their public service jobs.

96 4.1K 17K

Maggie Dickinson @mag2d2.bsky.social · Jun 2

Actual indoctrination in the classroom. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

Red states tell colleges: Race and gender classes are out, civics in

Lawmakers in Utah, Ohio and Florida have mandated classes on civics and Western civilization and cut classes on race and gender from graduation requirements

www.washingtonpost.com

1

Reposted by Maggie Dickinson

Mia Tsai, rabble-rouser @itsamia.bsky.social · May 30

if any other country suddenly moved to expel half a million - HALF A MILLION - nonwhite immigrants, reporters would call that a crime against humanity. forced transfer of population falls under that designation; it's also one of the defining aspects of genocide. i'm incandescently angry over this.

100 310

Reposted by Maggie Dickinson

P. Gabrielle Foreman @profgabrielle.bsky.social · May 30

I am remembering a moment when Congress was up in arms about plagiarism charges that were no where near as clear cut.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · May 29

The New York Times has found at least two more fake citations in the MAHA report.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...

White House Health Report Included Fake Citations

www.nytimes.com

47 240

Maggie Dickinson @mag2d2.bsky.social · May 29

Withdrawing the incredibly successful pandemic social welfare programs is one of the less talked about facets of our descent into overt fascism.

JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · May 29

During the pandemic, the US implemented the most effective social welfare policies in our history -- programs that worked because they were big enough, simple, and universal. And then we withdrew them. This remains imo the central economic-policy story of our times. davisvanguard.org/2025/05/3hou...

1

Reposted by Maggie Dickinson

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · May 19

There is no need for Medicaid work requirements because almost everyone who can work is working.
What we are getting instead is Medicaid work *reporting* requirements, where people lose coverage because of administrative burdens.

By November, though, Seaborn encountered some of the problems that other Georgians say have soured their opinion on Pathways. Seaborn said he had logged his work hours into the online system once a month as required. But his benefits were canceled after he failed to complete a new form that he said the state had added without adequate warning. Seaborn said the form asked for the same information he had been submitting every month, just in a different format. The state’s Medicaid agency did not respond to questions about Seaborn’s experience or the new form.

35 650 1.8K

Maggie Dickinson @mag2d2.bsky.social · May 22

They are running the welfare reform playbook on SNAP - pushing funding onto the states adding work requirements. SNAP has become the safety net of last resort over the last 25 years and now they are shredding it while cutting $ for food banks. They are legislating hunger.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · May 22

“it would also mark the first time in the history of SNAP that the federal government would no longer ensure children in every state have access to food benefits” www.cnbc.com/2025/05/21/s...

Food stamps face 'biggest cut in the program's history' under GOP tax bill

As lawmakers look to renew certain tax rules, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is poised to see big cuts. Here's how those benefits may change.

www.cnbc.com

2 2

Maggie Dickinson @mag2d2.bsky.social · May 18

This student is so brave. And also - watch the faculty who cheer her on and those who squirm.

Dr Katherine Blouin @isisnaucratis.bsky.social · May 17

WOW: Absolute RESPECT to Cecilia Culver for delivering a courageous, and kickass, commencement speech that calls out her university's complicity with genocide
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE6w...

STANDING OVATION!!! | Cecilia Culver, The George Washington University 2025 Commencement Speech

YouTube video by EverydayPal

www.youtube.com

1 1

Reposted by Maggie Dickinson

Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · May 15

Here is a clip of the student's speech.

50 940 2.9K

Reposted by Maggie Dickinson

Amistad Law Project @amistadlaw.bsky.social · Apr 29

“Feeding yourself is protection, but it’s also declaring sovereignty. And in a prison geography, declaring sovereignty is declaring war.”

Nylah Iqbal Muhammad on the struggle for food sovereignty while incarcerated in the latest @hammerandhope.bsky.social

hammerandhope.org/article/food...

The Struggle for Food Sovereignty While Incarcerated

Prison food has become a tool of carceral control.

hammerandhope.org

10 14

Reposted by Maggie Dickinson

Dan Semenza @daniel-semenza.bsky.social · Apr 9

At least 12 students at Rutgers have had their visas changed, revoking their residency without explanation. This is happening at universities across the county.

These revocations can lead to detention and deportation. This won't stop with students. This is a crisis.

www.nj.com/education/20...

Rutgers slams ‘chilling’ termination of about a dozen international students’ visas

The university’s president offered a statement of support for international students and scholars.

www.nj.com

1 4 12

Maggie Dickinson @mag2d2.bsky.social · Apr 2

Good.

Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · Apr 2

Finally. www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2025...

In Bloomberg interview, Eisgruber signals that Princeton will not make concessions

University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 signaled that Princeton would not make concessions to the federal government after news broke that the Trump administration had suspended dozens of the U...

www.dailyprincetonian.com

1

Reposted by Maggie Dickinson

Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · Mar 27

Since our administration would not fight the Trump administration in court, the faculty had to assume the responsibility of doing so to protect academic freedom.

www.reuters.com/world/us/col...

37 670 2.4K

Reposted by Maggie Dickinson

Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · Mar 21

UPDATE: Palestine Studies Search is back up! They could delay us and annoy us, but they could not keep us down.

Please apply, share with friends, cannot wait to meet our new colleagues.

hrsa.cunyfirst.cuny.edu/psp/erecruit...

13 260 790