Free Speech in the Trump 2.0 Era

With Donald Trump back in the White House, the First Amendment is under pressure, and his efforts are up for interpretation.  In just six months, his administration has moved aggressively: threatening state and university funding, restricting press access, defunding public media, including NPR and PBS, and targeting campus speech.  Across the country, schools face mounting demands to dismantle DEI programs. In a recent escalation, Harvard’s $100 million in federal contracts, $2.6 billion in research grants, and international student enrollment are in jeopardy after allegations of antisemitism. Some say that some of his actions can be viewed as a break from political…