US scholars form Academic Freedom Alliance to defend free expression
by Associated Press in New York from US news | The Guardian on (#5F2NB)
Cornel West and Laura Kipnis join alliance designed to help educators speak and publish without fear of sanction'
Cornel West, Laura Kipnis and Stephen Pinker are among about 200 scholars from across the US who on Monday launched the Academic Freedom Alliance, a group with a mission to help college educators speak, instruct and publish without fear of sanction, bullying, punishment, or persecution".
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