🎙️ In this episode of The Disinfo Detox, we expose what the mainstream media won’t touch: the devastating consequences of Department of Education budget cuts on faculty and students across the country.

While headlines obsess over political theater and culture wars, the very foundation of public higher education is being dismantled—with little to no media scrutiny. Our guest, Katie Rodger, President of UC-AFT and a powerful advocate for contingent faculty, breaks down how these cuts are gutting faculty job security, academic freedom, and student access to quality education.

🔎 Topics Covered:
✅ What the media gets wrong (or ignores) about faculty working conditions
✅ How federal budget cuts quietly dismantle public education
✅ Why contingent faculty are on the front lines of this crisis
✅ The role of unions in defending academic freedom
✅ How media narratives protect power and erase the truth about campus labor

🎧 Don’t miss this urgent and underreported story about who’s really paying the price for America’s education cuts—and who’s profiting from it.

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