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Ryan Doerfler
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Professor at Harvard Law
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He’s now made clear that he will not be responding to our letter. Such disappointing leadership and failure to take accountability.
UCLA chancellor faces faculty outcry over 9/11 statement, a test of academic freedom
Over 50 UCLA law faculty and 200 professors nationwide urge Chancellor Julio Frenk to retract his statement about a campus 9/11 symposium amid a growing academic freedom debate.
www.latimes.com
September 18, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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I join over 50 my of UCLA Law colleagues in expressing our dismay at Chancellor Frenk’s public response to a disinformation campaign against a Law School symposium on the legacy of 9/11. We call for a retraction and the opportunity to meet with the Chancellor. sites.google.com/view/ucla-la...
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We write to express our grave disappointment at Chancellor Frenk’s September 11, 2026 statement, which he has reaffirmed, that appears to condemn a symposium hosted by several law school centers on th...
sites.google.com
September 18, 2026 at 1:06 AM
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Law profs: you can add your name to this letter in support of a recent UCLA Law symposium.

(If you haven't been following, UCLA's chancellor implied that the symposium endorsed terrorism b/c it included a lawyer appointed to represent KSM.) docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Law Professor Statement on 9/11 Conference at UCLA School of Law
Law Professor Statement on 9/11 Conference at UCLA School of Law We join the forthcoming call by members of the UCLA law faculty for Chancellor Julio Frenk to retract his recent comment on an event t...
docs.google.com
September 17, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Please consider signing this letter from law professors responding to UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk's troubling remarks about the recent 9/11 Conference at UCLA School of Law.

docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Law Professor Statement on 9/11 Conference at UCLA School of Law
Law Professor Statement on 9/11 Conference at UCLA School of Law We join the forthcoming call by members of the UCLA law faculty for Chancellor Julio Frenk to retract his recent comment on an event t...
docs.google.com
September 17, 2026 at 8:21 PM
One area where cheap and good enough logic really makes sense is medical advice.
“Stanford University and Harvard researchers earlier this year checked the accuracy of AI large-language models used in health care and found they provided “severely harmful medical advice” in up to 22% of cases. The most common issue was omitting important information in summaries.”
Striking Allina doctors worried about AI and loss of control over medical care
Doctors want better sick leave and other benefits from Allina Health, but they are particularly concerned about the health system’s ability to dictate how they practice medicine.
www.startribune.com
September 17, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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It really is worth remembering just last year the conventional wisdom on immigration was that people supported mass deportation to such a degree people should be cautious in opposing the Trump administration snatching people and sending them to CECOT.
Florida GOP Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar to Trump: "Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far ... The same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today"
September 17, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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September 16, 2026 at 7:38 PM
There is, in fairness, an interesting piece to be written about GOP opposition to the SAVE Act etc.
September 15, 2026 at 11:35 PM
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FYI this is happening at every state school in Alabama. Auburn and UA were exempt from this particular state law but are choosing to comply anyway
September 15, 2026 at 11:24 AM
We are often asked to separate the art from the artist. Why not the reverse?
I know GenZ likes to clown on Same Love, but it was a genuinely radical thing in 2012—pre-Obergefell—to collab with a lesbian artist to advocate for marriage equality.

In the last 14 years, Macklemore has repeatedly proven that his activism was never just a marketing gimmick to sell albums.
September 14, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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In @dissentmag.bsky.social, I look at years of patient organizing around labor and housing that reshaped politics in Providence, feeding into the campaigns that lifted @davidmoralespvd.bsky.social and council allies like Miguel Youngs to victory last week. dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
The Socialist Wave Hits Rhode Island - Dissent Magazine
The sweep by democratic socialist David Morales and other progressive primary candidates in Providence is a testament to years of organizing and coalition-building in the Ocean State.
dissentmagazine.org
September 14, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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When future President John Adams walked into court to defend the British soldiers who committed the Boston Massacre, he knew he was laying down a marker for future generations about what the rule of law is.

Julio Frenk, chancellor of my university, unfortunately missed that lesson and a few more.
UCLA chancellor rebukes law school event with 9/11 'mastermind' attorney; organizers push back
After a UCLA law school symposium on 9/11 that featured an attorney who represented alleged 9/11 'mastermind' Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk issued a rare message distancing the u...
www.latimes.com
September 14, 2026 at 3:32 AM
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Here is a good response from the co-chairs of the symposium. "We are enormously proud of the symposium we organized, and UCLA should be too." uclaminana.substack.com/p/post-sympo...
September 13, 2026 at 11:03 PM
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Since it can be hard to believe that political and corporate elites would actively give up on our shared future on this singular planet, we made a short film so folks can hear from the end timers and judge for themselves. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor: the future according to end times fascism
In a new video, Klein and Taylor outline a ominous evolution taking shape on the far right – and how to stay loyal to this planet and each other
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2026 at 1:39 PM