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fromThe Atlantic
1 week ago

Trump's War With Iran and a New Danger at Home

Recent mass shooting in Austin demonstrates how security threats could enable authoritarian crackdowns on American freedoms, while a potential U.S.-Iran war risks repeating Iraq's costly mistakes without clear strategic objectives.
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
6 months ago

Chancellors Playing Footsie With Authoritarianism

Arguments about how we should consider some measure of accommodation (to fascism, to AI) abound, and some are even reasonable-sounding. These are powerful forces with their hands around the throat of our futures. Certainly no one can be blamed for doing what it takes to nudge those hands back a few millimeters so you can get enough air to breathe.
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