The Best Protection For Students Is a Mass Movement

The Best Protection For Students Is a Mass Movement

A conversation with Momodou Taal, the Cornell student suing the Trump Administration for repression against students.

What they’re aiming for

One of my peeves is the use in public discourse of absurd logic. It’s made worse by confident, forceful presentation, as if that can cover it up. Recently, I watched Christopher Rufo, a “conservative activist,” on PBS NewsHour. He is, as was described, a key actor in the Trump administration’s attack on major universities. No matter that he was corrected multiple times by Amna Navaz, he persistently wrenched and tortured both history and the int…