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Helping student activists move past 'us vs. them'

  • Written by Steven Fesmire, Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies, Green Mountain College
High school and college students protested Trump's inauguration at Seattle Central College in January.AP Photo/Elaine Thompson

Protest turned violent on the Berkeley and Middlebury campuses; students shouted down speakers at MacMaster University and UCLA and blocked entry to a talk at Claremont McKenna: These are among the many recent incidents...

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