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GOP launches another unconscionable attack on UNC
Published 9:51 a.m. today
Well, the cure is worse than the disease. Ever aggrieved at their supposed exclusion, right-wing conservatives launched another attack on academic freedom at UNC. Under pressure from Art Pope’s henchmen the politically appointed UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees declined to offer tenure to acclaimed journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, a Pulitzer Prize winner and Chapel Hill grad. The fallout will almost certainly chill intellectual debate on campus and have repercussions for the school’s image.
Hannah-Jones is a giant in the world of public intellectual debate. Her 1619 Project engendered a lively discussion about the nature of U.S. history and the American nation, bringing writers and thinkers into a needed discourse on our country’s legacy of racism. She won the Pulitzer Prize for her work and her writing has an enormous following. She also has roots in North Carolina, having attended UNC and started h