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Boston Globe
07-07-2025
- Politics
- Boston Globe
Harvard students sign open letter urging university to hold line in negotiations with Trump administration
Harvard didn't immediately respond Monday to a request for comment on the letter, which was The letter came less than two weeks after President Trump Advertisement In its letter, the student group said that if 'a deal is indeed close to being reached, we sincerely hope that it is because the Trump administration has backed down, not because Harvard has caved.' The implications go well beyond Harvard, the students said. 'As the leading university in this country and worldwide, and as a robust cornerstone of American civil society, the responsibility of standing up to tyranny is ours,' the letter said. The students said they want Harvard and institutions facing similar threats to 'reject any unreasonable or unlawful demands' from the Trump administration. 'The law is on our side,' the letter concluded. 'The truth is on our side. Even the ever-elusive court of public opinion is on our side. And so long as we maintain our moral clarity, history will be on our side too.' Advertisement Jordan Schwartz, a spokesperson for the group, said by email Monday that 286 people had signed the letter, including 37 who had 'chosen to remain anonymous due to the political climate.' While Harvard Harvard says it has arrived at these changes — which range from new disciplinary procedures and reckonings over campus antisemitism to rhetorical shifts away from diversity, equity, and inclusion — on its own terms. A Harvard spokesperson pointed out that some of its actions predate Trump's pressure campaign against the university. Harvard came to the negotiating table after months of impasse, the Globe In doing so, Harvard will have to navigate a difficult landscape. Its unwillingness to submit to Trump has been popular among many of its students and supporters, and Harvard's leadership has been reluctant to cede control to Trump on issues it sees as core to academic freedom: admissions, hiring, and viewpoint diversity. Trump administration officials have said they are eager to talk with Harvard, hoping to make a legacy-defining deal with the nearly 400-year-old university it claims has become a bastion of leftist ideology. Harvard has sued the administration over cuts to federal funding and efforts to prevent it from hosting international students, which a judge blocked last month. Advertisement In April, the Trump administration's antisemitism task force Harvard's The administration's task force has said its demands came in response to The task force called for Harvard to review programs it claimed had 'egregious records of antisemitism or other bias' by commissioning someone outside the university to, for instance, find faculty members who 'discriminated against Jewish or Israeli students' or 'incited students to violate Harvard's rules' by August 2025. The panel also told Harvard to change its student discipline procedures, including by retroactively punishing protest leaders over the past two years and banning masks that can conceal protesters' identities. But some of the task force's asks also appeared to go beyond the scope of tackling antisemitism. The group, for instance, called for extensive reforms to admissions and hiring practices, including to make admissions 'merit-based,' scrutinize prospective international students more intensely, and expand 'viewpoint diversity.' It also demanded Harvard's 'full cooperation' with the Department of Homeland Security as the Trump administration seeks to detain and deport immigrants in large numbers, and it called for the university to shutter programs and remove policies related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Advertisement As the conflict has escalated in recent months, some Trump administration officials Harvard has made several changes relevant to Trump's demands, but has said it has done so in line with Garber's On Monday, Schwartz said his group hasn't heard back from the university since sending the letter last week. 'Nor do we necessarily expect to,' he said by email. 'Especially during the legal fight (and potential negotiations), they would not want to publicly take a stance on this letter, which we completely understand. The goal of this letter is primarily to show our admin what students want them to do and to let them know that we have their back. The best response they could send us wouldn't be a letter of reply, but to keep standing up for us in the courts and at the negotiating table.' Material from prior Globe stories and Globe wire services was used in this report. Travis Andersen can be reached at
Cision Canada
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Cision Canada
GLOBAL'S THE MORNING SHOW CONTINUES TO REIGN AS THE #1 CANADIAN NEWS/LIFESTYLE MORNING SHOW
TORONTO, May 8, 2025 /CNW/ - Corus Entertainment is proud to announce that The Morning Show is the country's most-watched Canadian news/lifestyle morning show, celebrating a 17% audience increase year-over-year, and reaching almost 1.2 million Adults 18+ every week on Global TV. The Morning Show continues to capture viewers across the country, claiming the top spot in key demos like A18+ from coast-to-coast, delivering audiences that are nearly two times higher than CTV's Your Morning, and over two times higher than Citytv's Breakfast Television. The Morning Show also outperforms other daytime series including The Social and The Good Stuff with Mary Berg. "With a perfect blend of news of the day, the biggest names in entertainment and Canada's best lifestyle experts, Canadians continue to choose The Morning Show as their first choice for news and lifestyle content when they wake up." said Corus' Head of Morning Programming, Jordan Schwartz. "We are extremely proud of how audiences have responded to the trusted and compelling voices of Carolyn, Jeff and Morgan in the morning," said Morley Nirenberg, Executive Producer, The Morning Show & Global Entertainment. "With their engaging delivery, unscripted humour and genuine connection to viewers, they arm Canadians with everything they need to start their day." Hosts Carolyn Mackenzie, Jeff McArthur and Morgan Hoffman are nominated for a Canadian Screen Award (CSA) for Best Host, Talk Show, or Entertainment News program. Tune into The Morning Show every weekday on Global TV from 9-10 a.m. ET/PT/10-11 a.m. AT. Source: Numeris PPM Data, Broadcast Year-to-date (Aug 26/24 – Apr 13/25) – confirmed data, Total Canada, Mo-Fri 6a-12p, Based on Canadian news/lifestyle morning show genre, CDN CONV COM ENG, CTV based on "Com", all other networks based on "Total", 3+ airings, excludes specials, A18+ AMA(000), growth based on same weeks YoY; reach based on Global Total, A18+ AvWkRch(000) About Corus Entertainment Inc. Corus Entertainment Inc. (TSX: CJR.B) is a leading media and content company that develops, delivers and distributes high quality brands and content across platforms for audiences around the world. Engaging audiences since 1999, the company's portfolio of multimedia offerings encompass 30 specialty television services, 36 radio stations, 15 conventional television stations, digital and streaming platforms, and social digital agency and media services. Corus' roster of premium brands includes Global Television, W Network, Flavour Network, Home Network, The HISTORY® Channel, Showcase, Slice, Adult Swim, National Geographic and Global News, along with streaming platforms STACKTV, TELETOON+, the Global TV App and Curiouscast. For more information visit
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Young Americans ‘continue to lose faith in government institutions'
Young people's trust in government institutions is declining, with Gen Z broadly voicing skepticism of all three branches of government to act in its best interests in a new poll from the Harvard Kennedy School. The spring 2025 Harvard Youth Poll reflects a deepening lack of trust in government institutions from a generation that came of age during the Covid-19 pandemic and now faces heightened economic uncertainty. Only 19 percent of respondents expressed trust in the federal government 'to do the right thing most or all the time,' according to the poll. Congress won the lowest vote of confidence from the young respondents, of whom only 18 percent said they trusted the legislative body. The office of the president wasn't far behind, clinching only 23 percent trust. Twenty-nine percent said they trusted the Supreme Court. "Amid financial hardship and a devastating crisis of community, young Americans are increasingly disillusioned with the world as they struggle to find their place in it," Jordan Schwartz, the student chair of the Harvard Public Opinion Project, said in a press release. "This generation doesn't expect politics to solve their problems, but as young Americans continue to lose faith in government institutions, the need for politicians to listen to and learn from young people has never been greater." Democrats, in particular, are facing a significant reckoning from young Americans. Support for the party is declining sharply, with approval of congressional Democrats plummeting from 42 percent in spring 2017 to only 23 percent in the March poll. By contrast, approval of congressional Republicans held fairly steady, at 29 percent this year from 28 percent at the beginning of the first Trump administration. But young Americans aren't big fans of the Republican Party either. President Donald Trump's job approval remained underwater at 31 percent, essentially unchanged since his 32 percent approval in spring 2017 and 29 percent in fall 2020 — which tracks well below his approval rating in most polls of the general electorate. Trump's tariff policy was also widely unpopular among young voters, with only 19 percent of respondents saying they supported new tariffs on foreign goods, while 50 percent said they opposed the duties. According to the poll, support for the policy also fell along sharply divided partisan lines. While 46 percent of young Republicans said they backed tariffs, only 5 percent of Democrats reported the same support. Young Democrats overwhelmingly opposed the policy, with 82 percent saying they were against tariff implementation. But Trump is also making inroads in a community where he has long struggled to gain traction. The president's approval among young Black Americans more than doubled from only 6 percent in 2017 to 16 percent in the recent poll. By contrast, his approval with young white Americans declined from 44 percent to 39 percent. The Harvard Youth Poll surveyed 2,096 Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 years old from March 14-25, and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.21 percentage points.
Politico
23-04-2025
- Politics
- Politico
Young Americans ‘continue to lose faith in government institutions'
Young people's trust in government institutions is declining, with Gen Z broadly voicing skepticism of all three branches of government to act in its best interests in a new poll from the Harvard Kennedy School. The spring 2025 Harvard Youth Poll reflects a deepening lack of trust in government institutions from a generation that came of age during the Covid-19 pandemic and now faces heightened economic uncertainty. Only 19 percent of respondents expressed trust in the federal government 'to do the right thing most or all the time,' according to the poll. Congress won the lowest vote of confidence from the young respondents, of whom only 18 percent said they trusted the legislative body. The office of the president wasn't far behind, clinching only 23 percent trust. Twenty-nine percent said they trusted the Supreme Court. 'Amid financial hardship and a devastating crisis of community, young Americans are increasingly disillusioned with the world as they struggle to find their place in it,' Jordan Schwartz, the student chair of the Harvard Public Opinion Project, said in a press release. 'This generation doesn't expect politics to solve their problems, but as young Americans continue to lose faith in government institutions, the need for politicians to listen to and learn from young people has never been greater.' Democrats, in particular, are facing a significant reckoning from young Americans. Support for the party is declining sharply, with approval of congressional Democrats plummeting from 42 percent in spring 2017 to only 23 percent in the March poll. By contrast, approval of congressional Republicans held fairly steady, at 29 percent this year from 28 percent at the beginning of the first Trump administration. But young Americans aren't big fans of the Republican Party either. President Donald Trump's job approval remained underwater at 31 percent, essentially unchanged since his 32 percent approval in spring 2017 and 29 percent in fall 2020 — which tracks well below his approval rating in most polls of the general electorate. Trump's tariff policy was also widely unpopular among young voters, with only 19 percent of respondents saying they supported new tariffs on foreign goods, while 50 percent said they opposed the duties. According to the poll, support for the policy also fell along sharply divided partisan lines. While 46 percent of young Republicans said they backed tariffs, only 5 percent of Democrats reported the same support. Young Democrats overwhelmingly opposed the policy, with 82 percent saying they were against tariff implementation. But Trump is also making inroads in a community where he has long struggled to gain traction. The president's approval among young Black Americans more than doubled from only 6 percent in 2017 to 16 percent in the recent poll. By contrast, his approval with young white Americans declined from 44 percent to 39 percent. The Harvard Youth Poll surveyed 2,096 Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 years old from March 14-25, and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.21 percentage points.
