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Rutgers Pres. Holloway on the Chauvin Verdict — and Vaccine Mandates
Jonathan Holloway, president of Rutgers University and the author of The Cause of Freedom: A Concise History of African Americans (Oxford University Press, 2021), puts the guilty verdict for Derek Chauvin in historical context, plus talks about the news that Rutgers will require COVID-19 vaccinations for students returning to campus in the fall.