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100 days of chaos

By William H. Freivogel >> In 100 days of chaos, President Donald J. Trump has violated laws, ignored time-tested norms, damaged the world’s most respected system of higher education, undermined the world’s leading network of medical and health research facilities, surrendered America’s important instruments of “soft power,” endangered the health of tens of thousands of

Foreign aid cuts hurt me — and all of us

By Anya Levy Guyer >> As has happened to thousands of Americans in the past two months, my job recently disappeared with a stroke of the White House autopen. I had been working on a USAID-funded contract to a U.S. university; our project was to develop online training courses for the staff of humanitarian and

Iowa at center of book ban movement

By Elizabeth Tharakan >> Iowa is one of the leading states for book bans in America, second only to Florida, according to PEN America.  Earlier this year, Iowa’s state Board of Education adopted the rules for a sweeping 2023 education law. The law — and the rules that enforce it — ban “sexual content” in

Wash U law professors say Trump government imperils the rule of law

Publisher’s note: GJR is sharing an open letter from law school faculty members at Washington University Law School stating that “rule of law is facing grave peril” from the government of President Donald J. Trump A LETTER FROM WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL FACULTY TO THE LAW SCHOOL COMMUNITY — APRIL 7, 2025 We are faculty