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The Fight Over Academic Freedom
Amid spiraling campus speech debates, many professors are rallying in defense of a bedrock principle. But can they agree on just what it means?
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US
The Fall of Penn’s President Brings Campus Free Speech to a Crossroads
Before the Israel-Hamas war, universities were already engulfed in debates over what kinds of speech are acceptable.
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Newyork
Turmoil Over Student Support for Hamas
More from our inbox: A Harder Slap on the Wrist for Sidney Powell?A billboard truck displayed the names and faces of Harvard students who were linked to an anti-Israel letter.Credit...Sophie Park for The New York TimesTo the Editor: Re “Student ...
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World
Tuesday Briefing: Biden Weighs a Visit to Israel
Plus the future of salmon farming.
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Newyork
Charles Feeney, Who Made a Fortune and Then Gave It Away, Dies at 92
After piling up billions in business, he pledged to donate almost all of his money to causes before he died. He succeeded, and then lived a more modest life.
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US
How to Make the Audio in Your Projects Sound Better
The right hardware and software — combined with time to learn — can improve the soundtrack in your videos, podcasts and other creative endeavors.
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Books
For Some Culture Executives, a Housing Perk Is Rolled Back
For years the Metropolitan Museum of Art housed its directors in a $5 million apartment on Fifth Avenue, where they lived for free and paid no taxes on that benefit. The American Museum of Natural History’s president also lived for decades in a rent ...
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US
Robert J. Zimmer, Who Promoted Free Speech on Campus, Dies at 75
A mathematician, he was for many years the president of the University of Chicago, where he argued that civility was not a reason to silence discussion.
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Newyork
Ron DeSantis Has a Secret Theory of Trump
Ron DeSantis has an enemies list, and you can probably guess who’s on it. There’s the “woke dumpster fire” of the Democratic Party and the “swamp Republicans” who neglect their own voters. There’s the news media, with modifiers like “legacy” or ...
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Newyork
‘Hip Hip Hooray!’ Cheering News for Free Speech on Campus
The following is a celebration of the cancellation of the Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative, an attempt by a committee of IT leaders at Stanford University to ban 161 common words and phrases. Of those 161 phrases, I have taken pains to use ...