Sexual abuse is a free-speech issue—and that's the real free-speech crisis on college campuses. A brilliant new essay from our advisory board member @maryannefranks.bsky.social msmagazine.com/2026/10/19/c...

The Campus Free Speech Crisis We Don’t Talk About

It’s not often that an article in a college newspaper becomes national news, but an explosive oped titled "Cornell Won’t, We Will,” has sparked front-page headlines, protests and demands for accountab...

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The not-so-invisible hand guiding the marketplace of ideas

Christopher McKnight Nichols@cmcknichols.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Facing low enrollment, Ohio may mandate university civics center courses www.axios.com/local/columb...

I beg of you: please read @uncivilcollective.bsky.social's new report on the "civility industrial complex" that is pushing a right-wing version of the humanities into public higher ed while defunding actual humanistic teaching & research. www.uncivilcollective.org

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We tracked the right-wing funding networks behind the civility-industrial complex. At @theguardian.com, @alicesperi.bsky.social uses our research to explore the explosive growth of "civility" and "dialogue" programs on campuses across the U.S.: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

‘Dialogue is all the rage’: why is the right pouring millions into ‘civil discourse’ initiatives on US campuses?

Universities looking for a fix to relentless controversy are flocking to ‘civility’ initiatives. Critics say these efforts mask a darker project

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