Legal residents of the United States sent to foreign prisons without due process. Students detained after voicing their opinions. Federal judges threatened with impeachment for ruling against the administration’s priorities.…
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Harvard University Adds to Its Legal Complaint Against Trump
Harvard University expanded its lawsuit against the Trump administration on Tuesday, hours after the government said it was ending about $450 million in research funding to the school. The battle…
In Battle With Trump, Harvard Leaders See Bad Outcomes Ahead
Harvard University became the leader of academia’s resistance to the Trump administration — and soaked in acclaim from the White House’s critics — when it refused a roster of intrusive…
Harvard Letter Points to ‘Common Ground’ With Trump Administration
Harvard University struck a respectful but firm tone in a letter to the Trump administration on Monday, arguing that the university and the administration shared the same goals, though they…
Tufts Student Returns to Massachusetts After 6 Weeks in Immigration Detention
Rumeysa Ozturk returned to Massachusetts on Saturday evening, eyes welling with joy and gratitude at the end of her six-week odyssey in federal custody, a case that stirred outrage over…
How Dartmouth Has Avoided Trump’s Retribution So Far
Some 600 college leaders recently signed a letter opposing the Trump administration’s interference in higher education. The only Ivy League president who did not sign the letter was Sian Beilock,…
Has America Given Up on Children’s Learning?
What happened to learning as a national priority? For decades, both Republicans and Democrats strove to be seen as champions of student achievement. Politicians believed pushing for stronger reading and…
Judge Orders Release of Rumeysa Ozturk, Tufts Student Detained by ICE
Ms. Ozturk testified that she had been confined with 23 other women in a space intended for 14 people. Stress and the smells of cleaning supplies had exacerbated her asthma,…
‘The Only Person in the World Claiming to Be the Pope Right Now’
Of all the contenders to be the next pope, Danny Kind might not be an obvious choice. His shaggy hair is tinted green, and the other day he was wearing…
Hochul, Looking to 2026, Pushed to Weaken Oversight of Religious Schools
As Gov. Kathy Hochul prepares for what is likely to be a tough re-election fight next year, she is promoting a state budget deal stuffed with politically popular initiatives aimed…