Free Mahmoud Khalil: protests against the arrest of the Columbia graduate and green card holder outside New York court, Foley Square, NYC, 12 March 2025 • Michael M Santiago · Getty

Speech crimes in Trump’s America

The cost of speaking out on Palestine ■ The Trump administration’s campaign to silence pro-Palestinian voices has targeted Harvard and Columbia, and US universities more broadly, under the banner of fighting antisemitism.

By Eric Alterman • May 2025