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April 15, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Former US President Barack Obama has taken to social media to praise Harvard’s decision to stand up for academic freedom by rebuffing the Trump administration’s demands. “Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions — rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking concrete steps to make ... <a title="Obama praises Harvard for ‘setting example’ to universities resisting Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/15/obama-praises-harvard-for-setting-example-to-universities-resisting-trump/" aria-label="Read more about Obama praises Harvard for ‘setting example’ to universities resisting Trump">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2025
Democracy Now! Jewish students at Columbia University chained themselves to a campus gate across from the graduate School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) this week, braving rain and cold to demand the school release information related to the targeting and ICE arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a former SIPA student. Democracy Now! was at the ... <a title="Jewish students chain themselves to Columbia gates to protest over ICE jailing of Mahmoud Khalil" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/04/jewish-students-chain-themselves-to-columbia-gates-to-protest-over-ice-jailing-of-mahmoud-khalil/" aria-label="Read more about Jewish students chain themselves to Columbia gates to protest over ICE jailing of Mahmoud Khalil">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2025
Columbia Journalism School Freedom of the press — a bedrock principle of American democracy — is under threat in the United States. Here at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism we are witnessing and experiencing an alarming chill. We write to affirm our commitment to supporting and exercising First Amendment rights for students, faculty, and ... <a title="Free press under threat in US – Columbia J-School speaks out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/free-press-under-threat-in-us-columbia-j-school-speaks-out/" aria-label="Read more about Free press under threat in US – Columbia J-School speaks out">Read more</a>
