The chilling effects on university campuses are real, as I've noted too: tinyurl.com/2s36b3f7.
However, student mobilizations have been strong this year against ICE, for sanctuary campuses, and for mutual aid to assist vulnerable populations. The work might not be as mediagenic, but it's vibrant.
The night before the start of the Fall 2025 semester, facilities workers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill quietly boarded up a pro-Palestine mural. The mural, created by art students...