Trump cuts endanger media, academic freedomsEditor: As a 52-year veteran science educator, I am appalled by President Donald Trump’s barrage of executive orders to manipulate a far-right, radical takeover of educational, informational, and government institutions, making America unrecognizable. Maliciously, Trump has illegally ordered the dismantling/abolishment of the Department of Education by the end of 2026 to subsidize tax cuts for billionaires. Crucial federally funded research at American universities has led to countless breakthroughs in medicine and science, including polio/COVID-19 vaccines, statins, cancer treatments. Calling public media outlets NPR and PBS “radical left monsters,” Trump’s recent unlawful directive would halt federal funding to Northeastern Pennsylvania’s award-winning WVIA-TV (PBS) and WVIA-FM 89.9 (NPR). Demand complicit Congressional Republicans stop President Trump’s out-of-control, dangerous demagoguery, attempting to silence all critics, control all information, defy our Constitution.

Source: The Times May 08, 2025 21:51 UTC