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Discussing issues around free speech, protests, and antisemitism; with focus moving from law-breaking to racism, and the stance of Harvard's president.

Jewish parents are reconsidering their children's college choices due to rising anti-Semitism on elite campuses, prioritizing safety over Ivy League status.

Without good career pathways besides the bachelor's degree, Americans will continue to struggle for economic security.

This weekend, Chileans will again vote on whether or not to replace the country's constitution. The current one dates back to 1980 and the Pinochet dictatorship. The December 17 referendum is the second attempt to change the text. But for campaigners hoping for a more liberal document, with equal rights…

It may seem nonsensical to say that calls for genocide are protected speech but colleges are in a tough spot

America's prestigious Ivy League universities have found themselves embroiled in controversy since the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and Israel’s ensuing bombardment of Gaza. While some students are protesting loudly against the war, others are denouncing a rise in anti-Semitism. This tense situation is putting the institutions' leaders in…

Arif Ahmed will face a balancing act when his position – that legal speech gets protected – runs into messy reality

Since the start of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, prestigious US universities have come under fire, accused of not doing enough to combat anti-Semitism.

A weeklong sit-in at Haverford College has ended under threat of disciplinary action as U.S. college campuses continue to be roiled by tensions over the Israel-Hamas war

A former professor at Harvard Medical School and founder of one of the nation's largest fertility clinics is being accused in a lawsuit of secretly impregnating a patient in 1980 after promising the sperm would come from an anonymous donor

Comment comes after the Harvard board announced that university president Claudine Gay would keep her job