Author

Lauren Lassabe Shepherd

Lauren Lassabe Shepherd

Instructor, School of Education, University of New Orleans

Commentary

College administrators are falling into a tried and true trap laid by the right

By: - May 7, 2024

Interrogations of university leaders spearheaded by conservative congressional representatives. Calls from right-wing senators for troops to intervene in campus demonstrations. Hundreds of student and faculty arrests, with nonviolent dissenters thrown to the ground, tear-gassed and tased. We’ve been here before. In my book “Resistance from the Right: Conservatives and the Campus Wars in Modern America,” […]