Harvard’s Strength and How Far We’ve Fallen So Quickly NYT | Opinion By: M. Gessen 15 April 2025 at 10:50 The thrill over its response to the Trump administration is a measure of how low, and how fast, our expectations have fallen.
This Is How Universities Can Escape Trump’s Trap, if They Dare NYT | Opinion By: M. Gessen 15 April 2025 at 06:51 It’s been tried in other countries facing authoritarian crackdowns. It works.
Trump Is Turning America Into Something Else. Four Columnists Zero In On What. NYT | Opinion By: David French, M. Gessen, Lydia Polgreen and Zeynep Tufekci 4 April 2025 at 17:03 America is in a period of profound national regression. Where will the country end up?
Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. America’s Police State Has Arrived. NYT | Opinion By: M. Gessen 2 April 2025 at 17:04 Those of us who’ve seen secret police in action can’t shake a feeling of dreadful familiarity.