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Opinion: Canary Mission and the new McCarthyism: How a digital blacklist is attempting to silence a generation

Canary Mission, a secretive online blacklist, targets predominantly marginalized students who advocate for Palestinian rights or otherwise criticize Israeli and U.S. government policies, leading to real-world consequences like job loss, immigration issues and online harassment. Critics argue it mirrors historical repression tactics, threatening free speech and democratic dissent on U.S. campuses under the guise of combating hate.

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The war on birthright citizenship is a war on all of us

On May 15, 2025, the Supreme Court will hear a case challenging Oval Office Executive Order 14160, which seeks to revoke birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants—threatening a core protection enshrined in the 14th Amendment. If upheld, the order could dismantle over a century of settled law, redefine citizenship as a privilege, and grant future presidents dangerous new power to unilaterally rewrite constitutional rights.

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