What Do Students Think about President Donald Trump’s First Action? Educators and Members of the Parents’ Club Concerned About Student Discrimination in the Classroom
NPR talked to a variety of people over the past several weeks to understand why.
That may be why soon after President Trump was sworn back into office, one of the first actions he took was to sign an executive order aimed at “restoring freedom of speech and ending federal censorship.”
The scientists scrubbed reports and grant applications that were banned by the Trump administration. Some student activists are afraid of being deported because they participate in protests. The new online portal that students and their parents can file complaints about diversity, equity and inclusion in class is a worry to teachers.
E, a high school history teacher, asked NPR to only use her first initial for fear she could be reported for speaking out on behalf of her students, because they make connections in history that don’t frame current administration in a positive light. “I’ve had to hold back, sometimes changing the subject abruptly, telling them that I can’t comment.”
The leader of the far-right group Moms for Liberty says they’re free to speak their mind now that President Trump is back in office.
“We now have more members who are willing to help us publicize the club, attach their faces to the club, and be outwardly and openly conservative than we did before the election,” says Miguel Muniz, president of the College Republicans at the University of California, Berkeley.
The First Amendment and Freedom of Speech: Reflections from the Foundation for Individual Rights, Enlightenment and the Upcoming 2024 Presidential Election
According to a survey by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Enlightenment, free speech was the second most important issue for voters heading into the president’s election in 2024. Republicans were more likely to rate it “very important” and nearly half of Republican respondents said they spoke less freely under President Joe Biden than they did under President Trump.
You will hear from scientists, activists, college Republicans, immigration attorneys and more. We want to hear how you’re feeling in this moment, so we asked you to let us know.
In one interview after the next, people asked us to obscure their full names or not record at all. Their reasons came down to fear: fear of retribution, fear at the border and fear of government retribution.
In order to understand what’s happening today, we start this morning by turning to two of the foremost scholars on the First Amendment and free speech.
You will hear that Lee Bollinger and Jonathan Turley have different views. But what we understood from our conversations is that when it comes to this basic American right, those across the ideological spectrum find much more common ground than differences.
Global markets plunge due to trade war. And, second child dies in Texas from measles, part 1 of the Up First newsletter
Thousands of people participated in the Hands Off! demonstrations across the U.S. on Saturday to protest President Trump and Elon Musk’s actions. Marchers talked about cuts and layoffs in federal departments. More than 150 groups organized protests around the country. The images from the rallies were captured byNPR photographers.
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The world’s markets are down since President Trump started a trade war. Asian and European markets plunged overnight, and in the U.S., economists say the odds of a recession have increased. The investment bank Goldman Sachs says the U.S. recession is close to 50-50 odds, assuming Trump won’t go through with his plan for the biggest tariffs to go into effect on Wednesday. If those tariffs hit, the bank predicts a recession.
Second Child in Texas to die of a Measles-Violating State in the First Five Years of the Trump-Born-Infeld War
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to bring back a man who was deported last month. The administration has a day to make the return happen. The Justice Department is appealing the judge’s order, arguing the court no longer has jurisdiction over the case because Abrego Garcia is in El Salvador.
A second child in Texas has died of a disease. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attended the 8-year-old child’s funeral on Sunday. Daisy is the name she has been identified as. The outbreak in Texas had 481 confirmed cases before her death. Until this year, the U.S. had not reported a measles death for nearly a decade.