Americans find it easier to mourn the death of free speech than the death of 60,000 Palestinians – Mondoweiss

A day after the kidnapping and imprisonment of Mahmoud Khalil, I found myself chatting with an American peer. It had been a little over five months since both of us had left America to pursue postgraduate education in the United Kingdom. In this time, both of us had been spectators to America’s right-wing spiral–the re-election of Donald Trump, the rise of big tech moguls moonlighting as policymakers, the ritual dismantling of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives in…