N.Y. Public Schools Tell Trump They Won’t Comply with His DEI Order   Dear Commons Community, New York state officials have told the Trump administration that they will not comply with its demands […]

Florida Tops Houston in Game for the Ages! Florida players celebrate after defeating Houston in the 2025 NCAA men’s tournament national championship game at the Alamodome in San […]

Dan Rather Cites Turkish Proverb – Disses Trump:  “When a clown moves into a palace he doesn’t become a king, the palace instead becomes a circus.”   Dear Commons Community, The veteran broadcast journalist shared one simple sentence on Facebook that got nearly a million likes […]

The Battle of Chile – Julissa BedfordWhat was most striking for me when watching part 1 of the Battle of Chile was how close the production was to a lot of the political […]

La Batalla de ChileSoldiers from your nation’s army are standing in the street. They see you, then the camera you’re holding. They raise their rifles and, […]

Week 9 – The Battle of Chile Part 1“The Battle of Chile Part 1” stands as a seminal documentary that captures the turbulent political landscape of Chile during its final […]

Japanese language classes at LaGuardia Community College (Fall 2025) LaGuardia Community College offers Japanese courses at various levels in Spring 2025. For those who are interested in pursuing careers […]

For April 21stRead Crowley & Bowern ch. 9. (We’re skipping chapter 8.) There will be a quiz on this reading at the start of class. There is no class on the 14th. Have a nice Spring Break, and see you all on the 21st!

La Batalla de Chile parte 1 – EvieOne of the most profound pieces of non fiction cinema I have seen. Haunting look at the progression of the fall of the Chilean […]

RFK Jr. arrives in Texas after a second unvaccinated child dies of measles amid the state’s outbreak Dear Commons Community, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he arrived in West Texas after a school-aged […]

Lawrence Summers: Harvard Must Not Yield to Intimidation! Dear Commons Community, Lawrence Summers, former president of Harvard University, had a guest essay yesterday in The New York Times, […]

Musk Calls For ‘Zero Tariff Situation’ Between U.S. And Europe, Slams Trump Advisor Peter Navarro!   Elon Musk. Photographer: Jamie Kelter Davis/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Dear Commons Community, Elon Musk, who has remained […]

Angry Protesters from New York to Alaska Assail Trump and Musk in 'Hands Off!' Rallies Hand off rallies against Trump and Musk! Dear Commons Community, Thousands of people angry about the way Trump is running the country […]

A hole within being: Consciousness as nothingness in the early Sartre (Jacob McNulty)The Logic and Metaphysics Workshop will meet on April 21st from 2:00-4:00 in-person at the Graduate Center (Room 7395) for a talk by Jacob McNulty (Yale). Title: A hole within being: Consciousness as nothingness in the

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Adams to skip New York City’s Democratic primary, run for mayoral reelection as an independent – creating an election spectacle!  Eric Adams and Andrew Cuomo. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP. Dear Commons Community, Mayor Eric Adams is opting out of New York City’s De […]

US Supreme Court Lets Trump Suspend DEI Grants for Teacher Training Parents Protesting Cuts to Teacher Education. Photo courtesy of The Washington Post. Dear Commons Community, The US Supreme Court […]

Trump leading us right into the mouth of a recession!   Dear Commons Community, This cartoon by Nick Anderson that appeared in yesterday’s New York Daily News says it all. Tony