Jacob Kornbluh is the Forward’s senior political reporter. Follow him on Twitter @jacobkornbluh or email [email protected].
Jacob KornbluhSenior Political Reporter
By Jacob Kornbluh
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The longtime Columbia professor said that students feel targeted and ‘terrorized’
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