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The Compact to Destroy Academic Freedom

The fight against Trump’s totalitarian compact isn’t just a fight for the autonomy and freedom and preservation of American universities.

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Why Colleges Must Not Ban Speakers

We cannot censor our way out of a crisis of repression.

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Banned Books Week in the Time of Repression

We need to build an alliance that crosses all boundaries and realize that unless we all stand together to defend everyone against censorship, we will all be vulnerable.

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Discretion Is Not the Better Part of Academic Freedom

In a free society, we strive to eliminate the punishments that make discretion a rational choice—and not glorify discretion as a virtue when it is actually a vice.

Jimmy Kimmel, a light-skinned man with dark hair and a salt-and-pepper beard, wearing a suit with no tie.
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Censorship Is the Authoritarian’s Dream

The right to free expression must include the right to say horrible and evil things.

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Attacking Constitutional Rights to Academic Freedom on This Constitution Day

Nothing like the current wave of state and federal action targeting academic freedom has ever been witnessed in America before.

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Stopping Political Violence With Free Speech

Because censorship is the foundation of political violence, we cannot cure it with more censorship.

The gates of Harvard University and President Donald Trump.
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The Victory for Harvard Is a Victory for Democracy

A settlement by Harvard now would be not only cowardly but crazy.