Academic Freedom
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From “Fringe” to Mainstream November 29, 2024
Four years ago, Jay Bhattacharya was ostracized by his colleagues at Stanford and censored on social media platforms thanks to a campaign against him by the public-health establishment. The director of the National Institutes of Health, Francis Colli...
Don’t Burn Down the Ivory Towers November 21, 2023
When you qualify a noun with an adjective, you often change its meaning significantly. All of us believe in justice, I’m sure, but social justice is another matter.Then there’s freedom. I’m confident that everyone here values freedom deeply. But is t...
Harvard Debates Itself November 03, 2023
Harvard, which FIRE recently ranked near the bottom for academic freedom among leading US universities, took a few baby steps this week to re-establish a semblance of open debate. Unsurprisingly, the initiative came from the undergraduates, not the f...
