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“It Starts with Censorship”: An Interview with Science Defender Lisa Schiff
Almost the moment President Trump took the oath of office, the attacks on science, data, and science-based policies began. The new administration halted public health communication, upended science advisory boards and deleted environmental justice data. Fortunately, as quickly as these attacks emerged, leading minds in the science community came together to challenge them. One way that researchers are pushing back against the Trump administration’s abuses is the Declaration to Defend Research Against U.S. Government Censorship. Co-authored by Lisa Schiff, Alice Meadows, Catherine Mitchell, Sara Rouhi and Peter Suber in their capacity as private citizens, the Declaration has now been signed