From the St. Lawrence River to the Beaufort Sea

Not in Heaven · Dec 15, 2023 · 40m

Last week, the U.S. Congress grilled several top university professors about antisemitism on their campuses—and the scrutiny on these institutions has never been more intense. The hearings were, in some ways, the culmination of years of backlash against so-called "elitist" institutions, attacks and assumptions by right-wing critics who have long complained that universities coddle their student bodies, over-emphasize safe spaces and no longer teach young people to think critically—let alone welcome dissenting opinions.

These subjects are familiar territory to Jeffrey Sachs, who teaches about…