ANALYSIS: Viral Anti-Semitism Testimony Exposes Duplicity Over Campus Free Speech

While the heads of elite schools equivocate about anti-Semitic hate speech, professors nationwide suffer persecution for constitutionally protected expression.

Claudine Gay, president of Harvard University, testifies before the House Education and Workforce Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington on Dec. 5, 2023. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

News Analysis

The national controversy that flared up in the aftermath of the congressional testimony on anti-Semitism by three elite university presidents earlier this month has helped expose severe and chronic double standards for free speech and intellectual inquiry on American campuses.