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by Brett Ortler, Minnesota Reformer April 21, 2025 If you’re a reader, a student of history, or a writer, it’s…

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Who is Alan Garber, the Jewish Harvard president who stood up to Trump over antisemitism?

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By Benyamin Cohen April 15, 2025 This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's…

Mohsen Mahdawi’s Abduction “Should Terrify” Us, Says VT Rep. Balint, Whose Grandfather Was Killed in Holocaust

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The following appeared on Democracy Now! on April 16, 2025 The Trump administration is now seeking to deport Columbia University…

Universities in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union thought giving in to government demands would save their independence

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Columbia University has been in the crosshairs of the Trump administration. Rudi Von Briel/Photodisc via Getty Images Iveta Silova, Arizona…

When Fascism Comes to America

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The list of common characteristics in the study of 20th-century fascist dictators and their regimes includes 14 categories in all,…

“American Empire Is in Decline”: Economist Richard Wolff on Trump’s Trade War & Tariffs

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The following appeared on Democracy Now! on April 3, 2025 As President Trump finally unveils his global tariff plan —…

Nikita Redkar is ‘yassifying’ the news so you’ll pay attention

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The popular TikTok comic explains how world leaders are like ‘mean girls’ and why laughing at them creates solidarity. BY FRANKIE…

This class uses museums to show law students the high art of curating ideas

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Louis Maurice Boutet de Monvel’s ‘The Trial of Joan of Arc,’ circa 1910. Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images Patrick…

“Parasite” Director’s New Sci-Fi Film Holds Up a Mirror to Life Under Trump

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Bong Joon-ho’s “Mickey 17” is both a critique of gangster capitalism and an argument in favor of proletarian revolution. By Tim…