In this episode of Scheer Intelligence, Robert Scheer speaks with Professor Steve Macek about what he calls an unprecedented assault on academic freedom in the United States. From federal investigations…
By Joshua Scheer I started the morning reading about the case of Professor Sang Hea Kil in an interview with her on Mondoweiss. I strongly encourage everyone to read that…
By Omar Zahzah for Mondoweiss Over the last two years, Maura Finkelstein and Katherine Franke, among others, lost their positions as part of the explosion of academic repression in the…
Trumpism has been aided by divestment that hollowed higher ed out from the core, AAUP President Todd Wolfson says.
By Steve Macek for Project Censored Contemporary liberal democracies such as the United States depend on more than free elections andstable, functioning economies. They also rely on what are sometimes…
Positioned and disguised as a bill to protect Jewish students from anti-Semitism expressions, it is really an attack on academic freedom, teachers’ freedom to teach, and freedom to criticize a…
Scheer Intelligence Podcast In this episode of Scheer Intelligence, Robert Scheer speaks with Dr. Daniel Braaten, Associate Professor of Criminology and Political Science at Texas A&M–San Antonio, from what may…
Trump’s DOJ threatened UCLA with discrimination lawsuits, demanded more than $1 billion in fines and pressed for changes that had nothing to do with antisemitism.
By Marianne Dhenin Truthout This article was originally published by Truthout Awave of bills introduced this year in state legislatures across the country sought to censor Palestine-related education in public…
Join Robert Scheer in this thought-provoking episode of Scheer Intelligence as he engages with David Baker, author of “Global Megascience: Universities, Research Collaborations, and Knowledge Production.” Together, they explore the…
By: James Libresco for Project Censored And then came the universities. After waging war on public broadcasting and the arts, the Trump administration threatened last month to cut federal funding…
By Mikhail Zinshteyn / CalMatters A California federal judge ruled today that Donald Trump cannot demand that UCLA pay a $1.2 billion settlement that would have imposed severe limits on…
Photo Courtesy of Guest Welcome to the Scheer Intelligence podcast, where we probe the forces reshaping academia and the growing struggle to protect intellectual freedom. In this episode, renowned scholar…
Fear and Loathing Under the New Rules.
The new law conflates criticism of Zionism with antisemitism and punishes educators for teaching truthful information.
