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The right’s 60-year war on higher education

The right’s 60-year war on higher education

Trump's attacks on elite universities echo the right-wing playbook Ronald Reagan created nearly six decades ago

06.04.2025 30

Salon

James Thornton Harris

Imagine deportation: When Nixon tried to pull a Trump on John Lennon

Imagine deportation: When Nixon tried to pull a Trump on John Lennon

Mahmoud Khalil was targeted for anti-war activism. More than 50 years ago, former Beatle faced the same predicament

22.03.2025 3

Salon

James Thornton Harris

Will Kash Patel turn out to be the next J. Edgar Hoover?

Trump's FBI pick could be a throwback to America's legendary secret policeman, who ran the FBI for nearly 50 years

16.02.2025 10

Salon

James Thornton Harris

Perilous landscape: California's 250-year struggle to prepare for natural disasters

While earthquakes have caused disasters since early California, destruction from wildfires is a modern phenomenon

26.01.2025 10

Salon

James Thornton Harris