Over the last few months, the Trump administration and its acolytes in state governments have launched an existential challenge to academic freedom in university research and teaching. The federal government is slashing funding for entire fields, from environmental research to gender studies, based not on scientific reason but on a fundamental denial of established scientific conclusions that challenge the worldview of those in power. In Texas, the government has seized curri

We are excited to announce that we are now recruiting union organizers! ​ As a recruitment organizer, you'll be talking to your coworkers about the union and getting new members signed up. Any UT graduate student passionate about fighting for their fellow workers is eligible - no experience necessary!  ​ Sign up here: