The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education approved spending an additional $1.3 million on the controversial R. J. Reynolds High School stadium project on Tuesday. The growing budget raised concerns for some members of the board and the community.
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Harvard constitutional law professor Laurence Tribe about Claudine Gay's controversial congressional hearing and the decision to retain her as Harvard's president.
Gay faced growing criticism from lawmakers, alumni and donors for not denouncing violence and hateful rhetoric against Jewish students more clearly or forcefully enough during congressional testimony.
The presidents of three universities have faced criticism following a controversial hearing last week on antisemitism on college campuses. But Harvard's president still has significant public support.
Calls for Harvard and MIT presidents to step down remain firm while a growing number of students and faculty are coming out in support of their school leaders.
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Miles Herszenhorn, a junior at Harvard's student newspaper covering the fallout of university president Claudine Gay's testimony before congress.