1,500 Past and Current Fulbright Scholarship Recipients: “The consequence [of Trump becoming president] could be dire for both international cooperation and peace” The Fulbright Program, funded by the U.S. government and private sources, gives prestigious scholarships to about 8,000 recipients yearly—for students, academics, artists and others in the U.S. to study and do research abroad… Read More
Law Students Speak Out Against Trump’s Attorney General Nominee
Law Students Speak Out Against Trump’s Attorney General Nominee: “Sessions stated that he believed the Ku Klux Klan was okay” After Trump nominated Alabama white supremacist and Senator Jeff Sessions as Attorney General, the American Constitution Society (ACS) at Harvard Law School—one of the most prestigious law schools in the world—wrote a letter to Trump… Read More
George Takei Speaks Out Against Trump on Nuclear Weapons and Registry for Muslims
Responding to Trump saying he wants to “strengthen and expand” the nuclear capabilities of the U.S., actor George Takei tweeted on Thursday, December 22: “Trump wants to expand our nuclear arsenal. I think of my aunt and baby cousin, found burnt in a ditch in Hiroshima. These weapons must go.” Takei and his family spent… Read More