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Contributing opinion writer

Randall L. Kennedy

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Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning
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Mandatory DEI Statements Are Ideological Pledges of Allegiance. Time to Abandon Them.

By requiring academics to profess — and flaunt — faith in DEI, the proliferation of diversity statements poses a profound challenge to academic freedom.

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Everything Wrong with the Legal Complaint Calling Harvard Antisemitic

The lawsuit against Harvard seeks to make censorship of ideas by the University into a policy required by federal law.

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It’s Alright to Demand the Disinvitation of Speakers

Speaker disinvitations may often be objectionable. But students have every right to pursue them.

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Free Speech Aids Racial Justice. Activists Must Defend It.

This alienation between supporters of civil rights and civil liberties is harmful and avoidable. Reconciliation is essential and urgently needed.

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The Constitution Need Not Decide How Harvard Regulates Speech

The Harvard community ought not be doctrinaire in its reliance on the First Amendment.

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