Powerful donors managed to push out Harvard’s Claudine Gay. But at what cost? Robert Reich
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Not until now have major donors so brazenly used their financial influence to hound presidents out of office- Get Robert Reich’s latest columns delivered straight to your inboxAmid accusations of plagiarism and continuing outrage among Harvard’s major donors at her alleged failure to condemn Hamas and defend Israel, Harvard’s president, Claudine Gay, has announced her resignation.Harvard’s secretive board of overseers, known as “the Corporation”, apparently insisted on it. Continue reading...