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“The professors are the enemy,” says J.D. Vance. Are they, really?
This week on What Rough Beast, Stephen Metcalf and Virginia Heffernan speak with Wesleyan President Michael Roth about Trump’s authoritarian coup and what universities must do.
As the coup gains speed, and rightwing campaigns to destabilize universities notch victories, Roth has taken a pu…
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