Over the past year, many of you have asked why I chose to step down as provost and what comes next. The Western Herald captured that journey with care: the moment that tested my values, the exchange program I proposed to help students and scholars displaced by war, and the larger lesson I keep returning to, failure…

Cloaking Inequity By Julian Vasquez Heilig

12.09.2025

When We Start Eating Our Own: Why We Must Stand United – Cloaking Inequity

Tariffs have triggered splits between the UAW and Canada’s Unifor, while former President Trump has increasingly pitted police unions and Teamsters against teachers’ unions and federal government unions. These dynamics are a textbook example of the divide-and-conquer strategy: breaking groups into smaller, more manageable pieces, addressing each piece individually, and leveraging that fragmentation to achieve…

Cloaking Inequity By Julian Vasquez Heilig

13.09.2025

Missing the Pattern: What Trump and Kirk’s Shooters Tell Us – Cloaking Inequity

When political violence erupts in America, we reach for easy explanations. The media wants a headline. Politicians want a talking point. Audiences want a villain that fits neatly into their worldview. So we seize on whatever detail stands out — a $15 political donation, a bullet casing scrawled with a slogan — and spin it…

Cloaking Inequity By Julian Vasquez Heilig

13.09.2025

From Watchlists to Cruelty: The True Legacy Charlie Kirk Left Behind – Cloaking Inequity

Charlie Kirk once declared, “I can’t stand the word empathy, actually. I think empathy is a made-up, new age term that does a lot of damage.” It is a stunning line—not just for its cold dismissal of compassion, but for what it reveals about the worldview he helped mainstream. Empathy—the ability to recognize another’s pain, to…

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Western Herald: Former WMU provost speaks on leadership – Cloaking Inequity

When We Start Eating Our Own: Why We Must Stand United – Cloaking Inequity

Missing the Pattern: What Trump and Kirk’s Shooters Tell Us – Cloaking Inequity

From Watchlists to Cruelty: The True Legacy Charlie Kirk Left Behind – Cloaking Inequity

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