The Trump administration is dismantling one of America's greatest strategic assets: its scientific workforce
By Jenna Norton and Max Stier
Science And Freedom Alliance
We are a group of scientists and allies; incl NIH biomedical scientists affected by the Great NIH Collapse of 2025. We are charting a new course forward for strong and vibrant US science and academia, backed by democracy and supported by the public.
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Nine lessons from Bethesda Declaration organizers on how to rescue US science
This essay was originally published in the Dartmouth Journal of Healthcare Delivery Science, based on a presentation given at Dartmouth’s Moral Courage in an Uncertain Time: The Legacy of C.
Presidential control of funding is less, not more, accountable to the public
A comment on the OMB funding proposed rule from Mark Histed and Natalie Aviles
The “Cure” for This Administration’s Scientific Priorities: Defend Responsible, Ethical Research and Respect Academic Freedom
By Jennifer Troyer, Jenna Norton and Alice Popejoy (all opinions our own)
NIH, NOFOs, and the scientific community
Transparency is good, and so is democratic decision-making
We will never get more than what we celebrate
Why allowing the Trump administration to reset our expectations will harm US science
Demanding a Homeland Security bill that reins in lawlessness is the best path for science–even if it stalls NIH funding
The Senate voted today on a final funding package that included both the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), among many other agencies and institutions.
Martin Luther King Jr on equality and the status quo
From status quo bias, to ‘popularism’ and picking big fights, MLK Jr in Letter From a Birmingham Jail has lessons about politics and society in the Trump era.
Statement from the Civil Servants Coalition on the State-Sanctioned Murder of Renee Good
A guest post from a broad and informal coalition of civil servants concerned about how the current administration is harming Americans
Reading the Tea Leaves on NIH Institute Director Searches
Which Fringe Scientists Might be Considered for Leadership Positions?