Trump Era Repression Trickles Down to Student Press Censorship
The censorious attitude of the Trump administration has increasingly filtered down to the student media in the country’s universities and high schools.
Corporate Pundits Defend Academic Freedom From Protesters, Not Government
As US government and its allies are cracking down on speech in ways they haven’t in decades, where has corporate media’s concern for vanishing freedoms gone?
‘Education Is Dangerous Because It Encourages Students to Challenge What Those With Power Take for Granted’:
CounterSpin interview with Karma Chávez on academic freedom
“Conservative politicians and their ultra-rich donors are infusing money into universities to create, essentially, conservative think tanks.”
Karma Chávez on Academic Freedom, Alex Main on War on Cuba?
While students and teachers think higher education means engagement with a range of perspectives, right-wing politicians say “not so fast.”
Corporate Media Mock Chicago Teachers for Trying to Help Their Community
Billionaire-owned media outlets have framed teachers’ advocacy for their students and communities as self-serving.
Nonprofits Purge Websites of Diversity Language in Futile Attempt to Appease MAGA Inquisitors
Threats of funding cuts don’t just endanger nonprofits, they warp them—which is why putting political strings on funding violates the First Amendment.
Barnard Prez’s NYT Op-Ed Is Height of Hypocrisy
The New York Times had Laura Rosenbury write as a free speech expert, despite her record of repressing protests, policing thought and censoring ideas.
Elite Media Paved Way for Trump’s Targeting of Columbia
The response to Columbia’s protests from establishment media laid the groundwork for this fascistic nightmare.
‘Anti-Disability Rhetoric and Policy Lies at the Heart of the Second Trump Administration’:
CounterSpin interview with David Perry on MAGA and disability
“When you start to dig into the most harmful things the Trump administration is doing, I find disability there, again and again and again.”
Why the Right Calls Mangione the ‘Ivy League’ Killer
Coding Luigi Mangione as an Ivy Leaguer paints him as an out-of-touch rich kid rather than an anti-establishment renegade.
For NYT’s ‘Free Speech’ Maven, Racism Needs Protection, Gaza Protests Don’t
The speech of white supremacists must be defended, but criticism of Israel and support for Palestinian human rights are going too far.
‘They’re Trying to Pass Laws to Make Dark Money Even Darker’:
CounterSpin interview with Steve Macek on dark money
“Outside forces who, in some cases, do not have to disclose the source of their funding can spend more on a race than the candidates themselves.”
Censorship at a Jewish School Part of a Crisis for Free Expression
The Boiling Point affair is indicative of a larger problem with a censorship that exploits the term “antisemitism” to silence anything remotely critical of Israel’s far-right government.
NYT Misses What’s True and Important About an Anti-Trans School Resolution
Like most New York Times articles about trans politics that FAIR has analyzed, the piece marginalized the voices of those most impacted.
‘We’re Seeing Universities Following a Corporate Agenda to Get Favor With Donors’:
CounterSpin interview with Ellen Schrecker on the attack on academic freedom
“Universities have also ignored their faculty members, and this is why they have put up, I think, such a pathetically weak and collaborationist response to the current repression.”
Ellen Schrecker on the Attack on Academic Freedom
The violent attacks on college students and faculty across the country showcase the abandonment by many educational institutions of their responsibility to protect not only students, but the space in which they can speak and learn freely.
On Campus Gaza Protests, Media Let Police Tell the Story—Even When They’re Wrong
There are plenty of ways to report on the arrests of protestors without relying on the word of police officials.
Media Scorn Gaza Protesters for Recognizing Corporate Reporters Aren’t Their Friends
An emerging complaint corporate media have against the nationwide peace encampments is that many student protesters won’t speak to them.
As Peace Protests Are Violently Suppressed, CNN Paints Them as Hate Rallies
CNN offered some of the most striking characterizations of student protesters as violent, hateful and/or stupid.
‘This Weaponization Is Meant to Shift Focus Away From Gaza’:
CounterSpin interview with Sam on Students for Justice in Palestine
“The point is to distract from the fact that there is no moral case to defend what Israel was doing.”
