Michelle Myers draws on her experience as a professor, activist, and poet to foster a space for listeners where it’s humanly possible to make humanity possible. Each episode, Michelle discusses difficult topics with a focus on practicing mindfulness and self-care as well as on claiming a personal space of acceptance, healing, and compassion.
In this episode, Michelle breaks down Trump’s $6.8 billion education funding cuts, the political attacks on K–12 and higher education, and asks a fundamental question: Who gets to learn? From DEI rollbacks to threats against academic freedom, we explore how these policies harm vulnerable students—and why access to education must remain a human right.
Below are links to articles about the topics discussed in the episode. This is not an exhaustive list and our listeners are encouraged to research these topics on their own as well:
By Josh Hafner, USA TODAY - February 24, 2016
By Julianne Malveaux, The Chicago Crusader - March 28, 2025
By Amelia Ferrell Knisely, West Virginia Watch - April 23, 2024
By Alan Blinder, The New York Times - June 30, 2025
By Makiya Seminera, Associated Press - April 15, 2025
By Associated Press - June 27, 2025
By Mark Lieberman, Education Week - July 7, 2025
By Mark Lieberman, Education Week - July 1, 2025
By Chris Conrad, Political Science at Haverford College - October 27, 2020
by Arthur Jones II, ABC News - July 21, 2025
By Democracy Forward - July 21, 2025
By Arthur Jones II, ABC News - July 23, 2025
By Arthur Jones II, ABC News - July 16, 2025
By Sequoia Carrillo, NPR - July 14, 2025
By Brandon Drenon, BBC News, Washington DC - July 24, 2025
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Host: Michelle Myers
Producer: Myong McCloud
What is Mind Your Margins?
Feeling world weary? Disheartened by politics? Enraged by racism? In MIND YOUR MARGINS, Michelle Myers draws on her experience as a professor, activist, and poet to foster a space for listeners where it’s humanly possible to make humanity possible. Each episode, Michelle discusses topics with a focus on marginalized identities. She also encourages healthy ways to manage anxiety and anger as well as emphasizes the importance of practicing daily affirmations of personal acceptance, healing, and compassion. As an Asian American woman, Michelle highlights the experiences of people of color, particularly people who identify as AAPI, immigrants/children of immigrants, and/or multiracial/multicultural.