Author: Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig
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It’s 2:45 am and I had to send this. Jason Arday, former Cambridge professor, is dead at forty-one. He died before the investigations publicly concluded, before the public learned the difference between accusation and finding, and before the noise had a chance to subside. Police have described his death as unexpected but not suspicious, and…
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He told you that you were in this together. In reality, he was using you as cover. In July 2026, President Donald Trump boarded Air Force One in full view of cameras after attending a NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey. Once aboard, however, he reportedly exited through another door, entered an airport catering truck, and…
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The voices we remember most clearly are often the ones power tried hardest to silence. I recently watched the 2015 Netflix documentary about Nina Simone. Simone was one of the most gifted artists of the twentieth century, but she refused to separate her art from the struggle for justice. She understood that music could comfort…
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There is a popular acronym for Donald Trump’s governing style: TACO—“Trump Always Chickens Out.” The idea is straightforward. Trump makes an enormous threat, markets it as nonnegotiable, watches markets or political institutions react, and eventually retreats. Then everyone declares that Trump has chickened out again. I am increasingly convinced that this explanation misses something important.…
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Every hiring decision places power in someone’s hands. Across nearly every field, organizations are preparing to hire the colleagues and leaders who will shape their future. Job descriptions are being written, search committees are being formed, and interview questions are being developed. In higher education, this cycle becomes especially visible in the late summer and…
Cloaking Inequity 
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