In an Attempt to Cause Fear and Demobilize, Trump Regime Increases Threats on Higher Education

Source: In These Times
by Maximillian Alvarez

“TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez speaks with Todd Wolfson, President of the American Association of University Professors, Associate Professor of Journalism and Media Studies at Rutgers University, and co-director of the Media, Inequality and Change Center; and Chenjerai Kumanyika, Assistant Professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University, AAUP Council Member, and Peabody-award winning host of ‘Empire City: The Untold Origin Story of the NYPD’.” (12/16/25)

https://inthesetimes.com/article/higher-education-faces-threats-by-trump-administation-aaup

Reason Vs. Breaking Points: Does Big Tech Do More Good Than Harm?

Source: Reason

Reason‘s Robby Soave and Elizabeth Nolan Brown go head to head with Emily Jashinsky and Ryan Grim from Breaking Points in a thought-provoking debate about Big Tech.” (12/17/25)

https://reason.com/podcast/2025/12/17/reason-vs-breaking-points-does-big-tech-do-more-good-than-harm/

Cato Daily Podcast, 12/16/25

Source: Cato Institute

“Cato’s Ian Vásquez and the Fraser Institute’s Matt Mitchell walk through the 2025 edition of the Human Freedom Index, documenting a worldwide decline in economic, civil, and personal freedoms that began before the pandemic and sharply accelerated after it. They explain how populism, authoritarian emergency powers, trade restrictions, and speech controls have left nine in ten people living in less free societies, and why the recovery remains uneven and fragile.” (12/16/25)

https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-podcast/global-freedom-slump