Jim Mamer ScheerPost History is not old, especially with people still living with its consequences. Delicia Turner Sonnenberg Comments on Directing August Wilson’s Fences 2026 Part One Available Here Part…
Jim Mamer ScheerPost The purpose of education, finally, is to create in a person the ability to look at the world for himself, to make his own decisions, to say…
Austin Sarat ScheerPost As the school year winds down on college campuses across the country, it seems clear that 2025-26 was not a great time for free speech in the…
Shamai Leibowitz Informed Comment I am a Jewish American-Israeli, and a veteran of the IDF. But according to the University of Michigan administration, I am someone who needs to be…
In recent years, diversity has become both a touchstone for judging colleges and universities and a lightning rod for critics. Colleges seek to attract students by advertising the demographic diversity…
Megan Russell for Codepink On Friday night, CODEPINK and the local University of Michigan community gathered to hold a vigil in honor of UM researcher Dr. Danhao Wan on the…
From campus arrests to banking shutdowns, dissent is no longer debated—it’s punished. Joshua Scheer The crackdown on dissent in the United States is no longer abstract—it’s operational. What was once…
Iranian academic and media commentator faces deportation as supporters warn of political retaliation against anti-war voices Joshua Scheer Inspired by the growing campaign to free Yousof Azizi, I looked deeper…
How Corporatism Paved the Way for the Hostile Takeover of Higher Ed Nolan Higdon Note: The following is an excerpt from the book MAGAcademy. By purchasing the book through Project…
Austin Sarat ScheerPost In late January, Professor Ian Bogost published a very flattering account of four premier liberal arts colleges: Amherst (where I teach), Davidson, Smith, and Vassar. As he…
A tenured professor can spend decades building a career, win awards, earn lifetime recognition, and still be discarded the moment political speech crosses an invisible line. That is what happened…
Jim Rodenbush for Project Censored I faced a decision last October that would dramatically change my professional and personal life. I could enforce a directive from Indiana University administrators to…
Posted by Joshua Scheer A few weeks ago we had a chance to speak with Hannah Epstein. Sadly, as the American empire descends into its last gasps, we have fallen…
By Austin Sarat for ScheerPost It is hardly news that America’s colleges and universities are in serious trouble. Declining public confidence, politically motivated attacks, and the withdrawal of government funding…
For ScheerPost’s Academic Freedom Project, we are looking to speak with both professors and student journalists covering what’s happening on their campuses and the attacks on the freedoms we hold…
Autocracy, Confusion and Teaching History Part Two
Jim Mamer ScheerPost History is not old, especially with people still living with its consequences. Delicia Turner Sonnenberg Comments on Directing August Wilson’s Fences 2026 Part One Available Here Part…
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Autocracy, Confusion and Teaching History, Part One
Jim Mamer ScheerPost The purpose of education, finally, is to create in a person the ability to look at the world for himself, to make his own decisions, to say…
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It’s Time to Revive the Free Speech Movement on College Campuses, and This Time College Presidents Must Lead It
Austin Sarat ScheerPost As the school year winds down on college campuses across the country, it seems clear that 2025-26 was not a great time for free speech in the…
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Michigan Prof’s Only Offense: Humanizing Palestinians
Shamai Leibowitz Informed Comment I am a Jewish American-Israeli, and a veteran of the IDF. But according to the University of Michigan administration, I am someone who needs to be…
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Williams College Case Is a Test of How Far Colleges Are Willing to Go in the Name of Diversity
In recent years, diversity has become both a touchstone for judging colleges and universities and a lightning rod for critics. Colleges seek to attract students by advertising the demographic diversity…
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Exposing the University of Michigan’s Violence Against Chinese Scholars
Megan Russell for Codepink On Friday night, CODEPINK and the local University of Michigan community gathered to hold a vigil in honor of UM researcher Dr. Danhao Wan on the…
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From Campus To Bank Account: The Expanding War On Free Speech
From campus arrests to banking shutdowns, dissent is no longer debated—it’s punished. Joshua Scheer The crackdown on dissent in the United States is no longer abstract—it’s operational. What was once…
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From BBC to ICE Detention: The Arrest of Yousof Azizi and the Collapse of “Free Speech”
Iranian academic and media commentator faces deportation as supporters warn of political retaliation against anti-war voices Joshua Scheer Inspired by the growing campaign to free Yousof Azizi, I looked deeper…
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How Corporatism Paved the Way For The MAGAcademy Takeover of Higher Education
How Corporatism Paved the Way for the Hostile Takeover of Higher Ed Nolan Higdon Note: The following is an excerpt from the book MAGAcademy. By purchasing the book through Project…
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Academic Freedom May Be Flourishing at America’s Best Liberal Arts Colleges, But They Are Still in Danger of Losing Their Distinctiveness
Austin Sarat ScheerPost In late January, Professor Ian Bogost published a very flattering account of four premier liberal arts colleges: Amherst (where I teach), Davidson, Smith, and Vassar. As he…
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The Palestine Exception: Why Academic Freedom Stops Here
A tenured professor can spend decades building a career, win awards, earn lifetime recognition, and still be discarded the moment political speech crosses an invisible line. That is what happened…
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Silencing Student Reporters Threatens Public’s Right to Know
Jim Rodenbush for Project Censored I faced a decision last October that would dramatically change my professional and personal life. I could enforce a directive from Indiana University administrators to…
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Private Eyes on Campus: The New Era of Student Monitoring and Suppression
Posted by Joshua Scheer A few weeks ago we had a chance to speak with Hannah Epstein. Sadly, as the American empire descends into its last gasps, we have fallen…
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America Faces a New “Sputnik” Moment, and Our Future Depends on Our Colleges and Universities
By Austin Sarat for ScheerPost It is hardly news that America’s colleges and universities are in serious trouble. Declining public confidence, politically motivated attacks, and the withdrawal of government funding…
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Fired for Doing Journalism? Inside the Crackdown on Student Press at UT Dallas
For ScheerPost’s Academic Freedom Project, we are looking to speak with both professors and student journalists covering what’s happening on their campuses and the attacks on the freedoms we hold…
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