If you want to start a conversation with your students about AI, have them read this AI policy statement from Carleton philosophy professor Daniel Groll

Getting canceled is a fast track to despair and anomie.

Earlier this month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit rejected Florida’s attempt to revive the higher education provisions of the Stop WOKE Act. The Court rejected the state’s argumen...

On the morning of June 16th 2026 fifteen anti-ICE organizers were indicted on federal conspiracy charges in Minnesota, 12 of whom were arrested in aggressive raids across the Twin Cities. This fundrai...

On the morning of June 16th 2026 fifteen anti-ICE organizers were indicted on federal conspiracy charges in Minnesota, 12 of whom were arrested in aggressive raids across the Twin Cities. This fundrai...

Amna talks to PEN America’s Jonathan Friedman and Amy Reid about unprecedented government censorship on U.S. campuses

Amna & Jeff Talk to political scientist Yascha Mounk about liberalism, populism, patriotism, and Donald J. Trump

Government censorship of free speech and academic freedom has reached unprecedented heights on U.S. campuses as lawmakers extend a web of political and ideological control over the sector.

Amna & Jeff talk to Jon Zimmerman about why some profs are afraid to speak their minds

Listen now | Amna and Jeff talk to Adam Szetela about literature and the publishing industry in the Age of the "Great Awokening"

Listen now | Amna and Jeff talk to Adam Szetela about literature and the publishing industry in the Age of the "Great Awokening"

Listen now | Amna and Jeff talk to Adam Szetela about literature and the publishing industry in the Age of the "Great Awokening"

Amna & Jeff re-up, & reflect on, a deep-dive post on cancel culture from 2022

Listen now (28 mins) | FIRE's Sarah McLaughlin discusses her new book and the turbulent free speech climate in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination

How Trump is trying to change our sense of who we are.

Published on (Saturday) August 9, 2025

Autocrats do not merely fade away; they have to be countered and stopped.

We must mobilize now to defend our profession, not only with research and teaching but in the realm of politics and public persuasion.

How is Trump changing our sense of who we are? We asked eminent Yale historian David W. Blight to round up some colleagues to consider the question. Here’s what they had to say.

Autocrats do not merely fade away; they have to be countered and stopped.

How is Trump changing our sense of who we are? We asked eminent Yale historian David W. Blight to round up some colleagues to consider the question. Here’s what they had to say.

How is Trump changing our sense of who we are? We asked eminent Yale historian David W. Blight to round up some colleagues to consider the question. Here’s what they had to say.

We must mobilize now to defend our profession, not only with research and teaching but in the realm of politics and public persuasion.

How is Trump changing our sense of who we are? We asked eminent Yale historian David W. Blight to round up some colleagues to consider the question. Here’s what they had to say.

How is Trump changing our sense of who we are? We asked eminent Yale historian David W. Blight to round up some colleagues to consider the question. Here’s what they had to say.

Trump understands the importance of the Texas gerrymandering battle. So do Texas Democrats and a few blue-state governors. But where are the national Democrats?

My second book is now officially under contract with Princeton University Press

The Trump Administration wants to punish schools for student activism. Michael Roth, of Wesleyan, argues that colleges don’t have to roll over.

Parrhesia or paranoia? From Aristotle to Hitchens, history sides with openness. Will America?

Both parties are responsible for the mess facing Columbia and other institutions. It’s time for their leaders to take a stand

My name is Obada from Gaza. I used to work as a lawyer before the war on Gaza. … Fatima Ayub needs your support for Hope in Gaza: Help Obada's family rebuild

Voluntary affinity groups are an American tradition, not a form of segregation.

President Michael S. Roth on The Beat on MSNBC on February 28, 2025.

Plus: Matthew Finkin on the AAUP.

The sector is at war. It’s time to fight harder.

Four experts talk about Trump’s first month — and what’s to come.