The College Educators Behind The Push To Speak Freely On Campus - a podcast by WBUR & NPR

Steven Salaita was a rising star in the field of American Indian studies.

In the fall of 2012, he applied for a job at the University of Illinois. Then, he lost everything.

“I had taken to Twitter and other forms of social media to condemn Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Palestine," Salaita remembers.

"And suddenly, I got an email out of the blue informing me that the job offer had been pulled."

Today, On Point: Academic freedom on American campuses. Keith Whittington joins Meghna Chakrabarti.

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