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Harvard is the oldest and.
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Richest university in America. But when a social media fueled fight.
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Over Harvard and its new president broke.
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Out last fall, that was no protection.
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Claudine Gay is now gone. We've exposed the DEI regime and there's much more to come.
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This is the Harvard Plan, a special series from the Boston Globe and WNYC's on the Media To Listen subscribe to to on the Media wherever you get your podcasts.
Glenn Washington (0:37)
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