I think @joshtpm.bsky.social has written the best account of why universities have to stand up to Trump. If you've been given great privilege, the implicit bargain is that when the chips are down you'll behave with honor and courage
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/power-obligation-and-the-universities
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/power-obligation-and-the-universities
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Columbia University, would you have stayed silent as Jews were being taken away in Germany in 1938? What do you stand for if not the truth?