Opinion
By Lee C. Bollinger and Geoffrey R. Stone, The Atlantic, October 31, 2022
The discrimination experienced by Black Americans over centuries has simply not been undone.
By Lee C. Bollinger and Donald E. Graham, The Washington Post, September 29, 2020
President Trump’s ongoing assault against Twitter may represent the most egregious violation of the First Amendment by a president since Richard M. Nixon went to war against this newspaper almost half a century ago.
By Lee C. Bollinger and Michael A. McRobbie, The Boston Globe, February 24, 2020
Nevada may have so far escaped controversy. But voting should not be a roll of the dice. Our nation has the capacity to build a better elections system for the future.
By Lee C. Bollinger and Michael A. McRobbie, The Hill, September 3, 2019
Public confidence in the integrity and security of our elections is essential for democracy to be a trusted means of governing, and that very confidence is now under unprecedented attack by foreign adversaries.
By Lee C. Bollinger, The Washington Post, August 30, 2019
Law enforcement and intelligence agencies determined to thwart the illegal transfer of intellectual property to foreign rivals are encouraging U.S. academics and administrators to develop more robust protocols for monitoring foreign-born students and visiting scholars — particularly if they are ethnically Chinese.
By Lee C. Bollinger, The Atlantic, June 12, 2019
Americans should not confuse a First Amendment that is codified with a First Amendment that is calcified. In landmark case after case, the First Amendment has continued to evolve as new threats to the exercise of free expression have emerged.
By Lee C. Bollinger, The Washington Post, March 31, 2019
The deadly assault on Khashoggi — a legal resident of the United States, with children who are U.S. citizens — was also a brazen and an egregious assault against American values and against the First Amendment rights he exercised in this country.