Brooklyn College Revers...

At 6:00pm this evening, Brooklyn College will officially announce that it has decided to reverse its earlier decision to fire Kristofer Petersen-Overton from his class on Middle East Politics and rehire him immediately and unconditionally. The Advocate thanks everyone who contributed...

Academic Freedom at CUN...

Wel­come to the Aca­d­e­mic Free­dom at CUNY blog. We’ve been cov­er­ing the recent sit­u­a­tion of polit­i­cal purg­ing at Brook­lyn Col­lege and any related news since Fri­day, Jan­u­ary 28. Most recent updates will appear at the top with a EST stamp. Day...

Letter to the Chair of ...

The Advo­cate has drafted a let­ter that can be sent to the chair of the English depart­ment at Brook­lyn Col­lege in defense of Kristofer Petersen-Overton. Please take a moment and email Pro­fes­sor Ellen Tremper, demand­ing that she sup­port Petersen-Overton and...

Academic Freedom at CUN...

Wel­come to the Aca­d­e­mic Free­dom at CUNY blog. We’ve been cov­er­ing the recent sit­u­a­tion of polit­i­cal purg­ing at Brook­lyn Col­lege and related news since Fri­day, Jan­u­ary 28. Most recent updates will appear at the top with a EST stamp. We are now...

Letter to the Chair of ...

The Advo­cate has drafted a let­ter that can be sent to the chair of the soci­ol­ogy depart­ment at Brook­lyn Col­lege in defense of Kristofer Petersen-Overton. Please take a moment and email Pro­fes­sor David Troyansky, demand­ing that he sup­port Petersen-Overton and...