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Monday, 3 July 2017 - 11:59pm
Sarah Chaisson-Warner
Senators are home to celebrate Independence Day this week. Don’t let them go back to D.C. without hearing how important saving health care is to our country.
We have one more chance to stop the GOP’s health care repeal before it sickens, bankrupts, and even kills many of us. Remember: grassroots pressure works.
Here’s how we can make our voices heard:
Monday, 3 July 2017 - 11:39pm
With a snap visit to the UK by US President Donald Trump now on the cards for the coming weeks, we ask how universities will decide whether or not to host the divisive but powerful figure.
The post Preparing your university for a visit by Donald Trump appeared first on Wonkhe.
Monday, 3 July 2017 - 11:33pm
Julia Conley, staff writer
Journalists, human rights groups, and lawmakers found common ground in their reaction to Donald Trump's latest attack on media outlets who critically who cover his administration. The video the president posted on Twitter over the weekend, showing him tackling and punching the wrestling promoter Vince McMahon with a superimposed CNN logo over McMahon's face, was met with widespread disbelief and outrage.
Monday, 3 July 2017 - 11:03pm
Monday, 3 July 2017 - 7:51pm
Jake Johnson, staff writer
A top Justice Department official tasked with reining in corporate crime and upholding accountability standards has resigned, citing "conduct at the top"—a thinly veiled reference to President Donald Trump and his staff—that made her job impossible.
Monday, 3 July 2017 - 5:45pm
There are noises from deep within all major political parties now expressing concern about tuition fees. Are the political winds starting to blow against the current system?
The post Is the tuition fee system now under threat? appeared first on Wonkhe.
Monday, 3 July 2017 - 9:05am
UKRI is starting to take shape behind the scenes. James Wilsdon has spoken to dozens of key players to lift the curtain on what promises to be a transformation in the UK research and innovation landscape.
The post Nine brains or megabrain: who’s making UKRI? appeared first on Wonkhe.
Monday, 3 July 2017 - 9:01am
Universities have many roles, and they play them simultaneously in a complex and interwoven existence with students, academics, communities and each other. Today we publish an essay collection with Shakespeare Martineau which untangles strands from this web of connections to help understand better how these roles manifest. This has been an enjoyable project, and one... read more
Monday, 3 July 2017 - 9:01am
Some in the sector have claimed that TEF could harm UK universities' international reputations. Nona Buckley-Irvine looks at those institutions which have the most to gain and lose from their outcomes.
The post What could TEF mean for international recruitment? appeared first on Wonkhe.
Monday, 3 July 2017 - 2:58am
- Common Dreams staff
Thousands of anti-globalization activists took to the streets and waterways of Hamburg, Germany Sunday ahead of this week's G20 summit.
Police said at least 10,000 demonstrators marched peacefully in the rain in a prelude to the July 7-8 meeting, where 21,000 police with dogs, horses and helicopters from across Germany will attempt to protect the leaders of the world's 20 largest economies. Trump, Erdogan, Putin, Merkel, the Saudis, and over 100,000 protesters are also expected.
Monday, 3 July 2017 - 12:38am
Peter Dreier
Most media reports have portrayed Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski as aggrieved victims of Donald Trump’s Thursday Twitter tantrum. It can’t be pleasant to be attacked so personally by the president, but Scarborough and Brzezinski are fighting back. On their MSNBC show “Morning Joe” on Friday and in an op-ed column in the Washington Post entitled “President Trump Is Not Well,” they chastised Trump for his vicious and vulgar attacks on her appearance, for referring to her as “low I.Q.
Monday, 3 July 2017 - 12:18am
- Common Dreams staff
Canadian rocker Neil Young and Promise of the Real have just released the video for their new Trump resistance song "Children of Destiny," urging listeners to “stand up for what you believe, resist the powers that be.”
The video for “Children of Destiny” intersperses scenes of recent large-scale protests alongside imagery like picnics, children waving American flags, fighter jets and Fourth of July parades.