You Can Stop Asking Where the Mass Opposition Is. It’s Everywhere.
Mother Jones: It is a cliche to begin a story about a rally with a quote from a funny sign, but one small piece of floppy brown cardboard floating down 40th Street in Manhattan on Saturday seemed to capture the mood of this weekend’s “Hands Off” protests against President Donald…
CUNY deserves to get more funding
The Ticker: At the end of February, the Professional Staff Congress CUNY President Dr. James Davis gave a testimony at the joint Higher Education Executive Budget Hearing in Albany. During the testimony, PSC voiced its appreciation for Gov. Kathy Hochul’s cooperation in helping to fund CUNY in the wake of…
Thousands march in Manhattan against MAGA cuts
Workers World: From New York’s City Hall to Bowling Green, the march stretched from curb to curb in Manhattan on March 15, behind a lead banner that read “Stand with workers. Stop the cuts.” Among the thousands who marched, many held signs opposing Trump’s attacks on Medicaid, Medicare and Social…
Eight Charts that Tell You Everything About Faculty Pay
NEA Today: Last year, faculty saw a 1 percent gain in purchasing power, according to the 2025 NEA Faculty Salary Report, released this week. The problem is that such a small gain still leaves faculty feeling poorer than they were five years ago. Between 2020 and 2023, as inflation soared,…
A higher education union’s response to Trump’s attacks
Workers World: Higher education — colleges and post-secondary education — has been a target of right-wing, reactionary attacks for decades, but the Musk-Trump-MAGA grouping has brought a new, vicious intensity to this campaign. The Department of Education has threatened schools with losing all federal funding if they have policies supporting…
CUNY Faculty and Staff Win the Fight for a New Contract
The Knight News: After two years without a contract, the Professional Staff Congress CUNY (PSC-CUNY) was able to ratify a new contract on Jan. 14th with a 90% majority vote. The PSC is a coalition representing CUNY staff and faculty through advocacy for improved working conditions. The ratification of the…
Gov. Hochul facing pushback over removal of Palestinian Studies professor job listing at CUNY
NY Daily News: The faculty union at the City University of New York is objecting to Gov. Hochul’s order to interrupt the hiring process for a Palestinian Studies professor, saying the move is an overreach of the governor into academic affairs. The planned hiring of the professor at CUNY’s Hunter College on the…
Under Pressure, CUNY Removes Palestine Scholar Job Posting
Inside Higher Ed: New York governor Kathy Hochul took an unusual interest in the hiring practices of the City University of New York on Tuesday when she ordered the public system to take down a job posting for a professorship in Palestinian studies at Hunter College.
New York governor orders removal of Palestinian studies job posting at CUNY
The Guardian: Hunter College faculty and staff union condemns Kathy Hochul’s order to take down listing, calling it ‘overreach of authority’. The New York governor, Kathy Hochul ordered the City University of New York (Cuny) to immediately remove a job posting advertising a Palestinian studies professor role at the state university system’s Hunter…
Students, Faculty Rally With Legislators For New York’s Public Universities
Harlem World Magazine: A coalition of student organizations, academic unions, and community groups held the rally to kick off their Higher Education Action Day before meeting with more than 100 legislators. Activists bused and carpooled from as far as Buffalo, Plattsburgh, New York City and Stony Brook to attend the…
