The New McCarthyism: Free Speech Under Attack at Columbia U. & Capitol Hill

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The New McCarthyism: Free Speech Under Attack at Columbia U. & Capitol Hill

In nearly four hours of grueling congressional testimony before the Republican-led Committee on Education and the Workforce, the president of Columbia University, Nemat “Minouche” Shafik, said she had taken serious action against accusations of antisemitism on campus in recent months amid Israel’s assault on Gaza, including dismissing or removing five faculty members from the classroom, suspending 15 students and suspending two student groups — S