And the news feed of alternative facts makes it impossible to move forward.
Jonathan Zimmerman
Jonathan Zimmerman teaches education and history at the University of Pennsylvania and serves on the advisory board of the Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest.
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The New York Times and Modern Blasphemy
The Donald McNeil controversy has long roots. A historian of free speech explains.
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Impeach Trump But Not for What He Said on January 6th
It’s chilling when my fellow liberals like Nancy Pelosi start talking about “incitement of insurrection,” a charge that’s been used against the Left and doesn’t apply here.
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What Donald Trump Can Learn From Grover Cleveland
The only president to lose and then come back, the 24th president has lessons for the 45th.
Posted inEducation, Featured, Higher Education
The PhD Glut and What to Do About It
A new book cheerfully argues that we can find jobs for all those doctoral candidates outside the academy. Don’t be too sure.
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Biden’s Education Secretary? The Case for Amy Gutmann, President of the University of Pennsylvania
The scholar specializes in bridging differences in a democracy, which is just what the riven education world needs.
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The Chaos Is The Point
What motivates Trump followers? Racism? Conservatism? Cruelty? Part of it may be simple disruption. A historian explains.
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Princeton, Betsy DeVos, And The Need For a Real Debate About Race
I don’t want Betsy DeVos telling Princeton what to say about racism. But I also don’t want our universities to squelch discussion.
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Trumpism Is the Real Cancel Culture
Why the president threatens free speech more than any of the Republican convention’s bogeymen.
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Riots Will Not Solve America’s Racism Problem
Protests are an important way to initiate change—but not at the expense of creating more victims of injustice.
