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Rhiannon12866

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Tue Apr 1, 2025, 12:56 AM Yesterday

'The atmosphere is defined by paranoia': Columbia students on Trump's attacks on academic freedom - Alex Wagner MSNBC



Alex Wagner travels to Columbia University to speak to students about how the college has responded to its academic freedom being attacked by the Trump administration. Columbia University recently acceded to a list of demands from the Trump administration, in an attempt to restore $400 million in withdrawn federal funding and research grants. Students Adam Kinder, Eliana Goldin and Ishaan Barrett spoke about how life on campus has changed since the university capitulated. - Aired on 03/31/2025.
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'The atmosphere is defined by paranoia': Columbia students on Trump's attacks on academic freedom - Alex Wagner MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Yesterday OP
1968 Again rickyhall Yesterday #1
That was my thought, too. Rhiannon12866 Yesterday #2

Rhiannon12866

(231,179 posts)
2. That was my thought, too.
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 01:50 AM
Yesterday

One of my college classmates did an independent study on Kent State and it's terrifying that it could happen again. TFG has no respect for higher education - or any education at all.

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