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CNN
3 days ago
- General
- CNN
Unpacking Trump's Targeting of Universities & Foreign Students - Amanpour - Podcast on CNN Audio
Unpacking Trump's Targeting of Universities & Foreign Students Amanpour 42 mins As President Trump and his allies escalate the administration's battle on colleges, and on Harvard specifically, Steven Levitsky, Harvard professor and author of 'How Democracies Die,' joins Christiane to discuss the reshaping of knowledge in America. Then, best-selling German author Daniel Kehlmann speaks with Christiane about his new book 'The Director," exploring what it was like for artists like G.W. Pabst who made films for Joseph Goebbels and the Nazis. Marking 600 days of war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, Christiane highlights both Jeremy Diamond's report on Israel's fight to get back the 58 remaining hostages in Hamas captivity and Oren Lieberman's story on the chaotic aid delivery to starving Palestinians this week. Christiane also talks to Wilfred Frost, son of the legendary TV host David Frost, about his father's iconic interviews with the likes of Richard Nixon, Yasser Arafat and Elton John, and a new documentary series following his storied career. From her archive, Christiane pays tribute to award-winning Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado. Finally, marking 45 years since CNN's founding, Christiane revisits her conversation with company founder Ted Turner about how he changed the news business forever.
CNN
5 days ago
- General
- CNN
‘Autocrats go after universities,' Harvard professor says
Steven Levitsky, a professor at Harvard, talks to Christiane Amanpour about the Trump administration's actions against the university.
CNN
5 days ago
- General
- CNN
‘Autocrats go after universities,' Harvard professor says
Steven Levitsky, a professor at Harvard, talks to Christiane Amanpour about the Trump administration's actions against the university.
New York Times
12-05-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
Seeking to Stop a Slide Into Autocracy
To the Editor: 'No One Has Ever Defeated Autocracy From the Sidelines,' by Steven Levitsky, Lucan Way and Daniel Ziblatt (Opinion guest essay, May 11), is alarming — or should be — to all Americans. As the authors point out in detail, the U.S. is already into competitive authoritarianism because of the Trump administration's myriad actions. These actions against law firms, universities, the media, political action groups and others are quite simply un-American. Even a Republican senator, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, admits to being frightened given the administration's desire to retaliate against those who disagree with it. All Americans who recognize this threat must speak up and take action to preserve the country. I believe that this era is more dangerous than those that preceded it, such as the Red Scare and the McCarthy eras, since this assault is being undertaken by the current president.
Los Angeles Times
24-04-2025
- Politics
- Los Angeles Times
LA Times Today: This professor studies dictatorships. He helped convince Harvard to stand up to Trump
Harvard University is at war with the Trump administration over a list of demands that could radically alter the school's policies and its far, Harvard is pushing back with the help of political science professor Steven Levitsky, who wrote a book called 'How Democracies Die.' And now, he has a dire warning for America: He says we're witnessing the collapse of our democracy. Professor Levitsky joined Lisa McRee.
