MSNBC Morning Joe October 6, 2021 11:40:00
Independent universities unnerve authoritarians. everything these institutions strive to achieve is to the demotion and arbitrary exercise of coercive public power. the fates of democracy and universities are intertwined. universities cannot truly thrive under the threat of authoritarian censorship or attack. >> and the president of johns hopkins university, ron daniels, joins us now. author of the book, "what universities owe democracy." thanks so much for being with us, ron. i want to talk about your piece in the "atlantic" regarding teaching civics, something that it used to be people on th...