The Trump administration has delivered an extraordinary ultimatum to Columbia University, threatening to permanently end federal funding to the school unless it cedes control of an international studies department and implements sweeping changes to other policies.

The Trump administration brushed aside decades of precedent when it ordered Columbia University to oust the leadership of an academic department, a demand seen as a direct attack on academic freedom and a warning of what’s to come for other colleges facing federal scrutiny.

    • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
      61·
      10 hours ago

      Now there’s no possibility of a bullet. Wait too long however and you’ll have to contend with that possibility before you protest anything.

    • Asfalttikyntajasuomi
      2·
      10 hours ago

      Enough people and they can’t shoot you all. Revolutions are never easy and it requires some victims. Your fascist government doesn’t give up peacefully. If you just decide to sit on your hands, things will never change.