At nearly every crisis point over the last year - and there have been so so many 🫠 - totally ordinary people have been exponentially braver than the billionaires and elite. Turns out, you can’t buy courage!
@MBTA The sidewalks along Banks Place leading into Oak Grove are completely unshoveled and an icy mess. Everyone was walking to the station in the middle of the street, dodging cars.
NEW: @RIBloodCenter says Type O blood donors are needed, if you can help.
They have provided more than 120 units of blood, platelets and plasma already as RI Hospital took in 9 victims from the deadly shooting at Brown University last night.
https://t.co/rBqFt9XfwF @wpri12
Trump officials said that the letter of demands sent to Harvard last week, which set of the White House's confrontation with the university, was "unauthorized," two people familiar with the matter told the New York Times. https://t.co/eMiAn1twD3
NEW: When Harvard said no to the White House, donors said yes — with their wallets.
Within 24 hours of Garber’s Monday message, Harvard pulled in over $1 million from 3,800+ online donations, per a source.
in @thecrimson w/ @graceunkyoon
https://t.co/uCainqkaku
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions – rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking concrete steps to make sure all students at Harvard can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope other institutions follow suit.