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Harvard Fired Its Honesty Professor — and Trump Is Trying to Break the University

Friday, May 30, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Harvard just fired Professor Francesca Gino for dishonesty, but Trump is trying to break the entire university for disobedience.

iPINIONS puts this Gino firing in context — not just of Harvard’s leadership scandals, but of Trump’s autocratic war on academic freedom.

Harvard banners with image of Trump folding arms and professor Gino inset

Read my take on Substack:
Harvard Fired Its Honesty Professor — and Trump Is Trying to Break the University

Anthony L. Hall

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