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How a Professor Turned His Firing Into a Nationwide Fight for Academic Freedom
How a Professor Turned His Firing Into a Nationwide Fight for Academic Freedom
Emma Whitford
Tom Alter was fired from his tenured job at Texas State last fall in what free speech advocates call an egregious violation of First Amendment rights. He took his case on tour, advancing faculty organizing and solidarity at each stop.
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