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by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack

SDNY COURTHOUSE, March 26 – As Columbia University and other face Federal funding cuts and requests for information and more, on March 25 a lawsuit was filed:

"Plaintiffs American Association of University Professors, American Federation of Teachers (AFT), and their members can attest to the pervasive climate of fear and self-censorship that has arisen in the wake of the government’s sweeping funding cuts and threats to impose even more. This chilling effect extends beyond Columbia to faculty at other institutions of higher education—60 of which have already been identified by the Trump administration as the next targets. Self-censorship is not an unintended side-effect of canceled funding; it is by design."

On March 26 it was assigned to U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil. Inner City Press will be covering the case.

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