How a GOP Campaign Ousted Harvard s Claudine Gay

Support our work: We look at the resignation of Harvard University President Claudine Gay, the first African American and second woman to lead the Ivy League school, after conservativeled allegations of plagiarism and backlash over her testimony at a congressional hearing on antisemitism that is part of a broader effort to censor proPalestinian speech on college campuses. This is a terrible moment for higher education, says Khalil Gibran Muhammad, professor of history, race and public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. He says plagiarism became a pretext to oust Gay, and discusses the larger rightwing war on education aimed at undoing progress on race, gender and addressing inequality. Transcript: Democracy Now is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1, 500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at Mondays to Fridays 89 a. m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: