Maya Sulkin

New York

Reporter and Assistant Editor at The Free Press

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EXCLUSIVE: Student Visa Applicants with ‘Hostile Attitudes’ Will Be Told They Can’t Come to the U.S.

1 week ago | thefp.com | Maya Sulkin

EXCLUSIVE: Student Visa Applicants with ‘Hostile Attitudes’ Will Be Told They Can’t Come to the U.S. The State Department will start reviewing social media ‘to make America and its universities safer.’ State Department employees who review applications from foreign citizens for student and exchange visas will be told to review their social media posts and search for signs that they “bear hostile attitudes toward our citizens, culture, government, institutions, or founding principles,”...
The Middle East on the Brink with Haviv Rettig Gur

1 month ago | thefp.com | Maya Sulkin

Haviv Rettig Gur is one of the most insightful Middle East analysts in the world. He has a gift for making a complicated, complex region not only accessible, but unforgettable. We never miss his columns or his podcasts. That’s especially true of late, as Iran inches ever closer to a nuclear weapon, as Trump visits the region, and as Israel reenters Gaza. Which is why on Friday we asked him to join us for a livestream to answer any and all subscriber questions about the Middle East.
Is Florida Really Where ‘Woke Goes to Die’?

1 month ago | thefp.com | Maya Sulkin

Just a few years ago, Dr. Santa Ono, the sole finalist for president of the University of Florida, sounded a lot more like New York’s Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez than Florida’s Ron DeSantis. “Systemic racism is embedded in every corner of any institution, and so the only way to solve it is to have everyone doing their part . .
Why My Generation Is Giving Up on City Life

1 month ago | thefp.com | Maya Sulkin

Why My Generation Is Giving Up on City LifeMeet the Zoomers who are quitting the rat race, skipping the $8 lattes, and buying homes in towns you’ve never heard of. Zosha Lyons is not an impulsive person. But just over a year ago, in April 2024, the 25-year-old made an offer on a house just 20 minutes after seeing it for the first time—even though it was 2,000 miles away from the city where she’d planned to spend her twenties.
Who Is the Real Mohsen Mahdawi?

1 month ago | thefp.com | Maya Sulkin

“I am saying it clear and loud to President Trump and his cabinet: I am not afraid of you,” said a defiant Mohsen Mahdawi after the pro-Palestinian student organizer at Columbia University was freed last week from federal custody while he fights the administration’s push to deport him. In his public statements since his release, Mohsen Mahdawi has portrayed himself as a blameless victim of a heavy-handed effort by the Trump administration to punish foreign students for their political opinions.
Denounced, Cursed, and Ghosted: What Harvard’s Antisemitism Report Found

1 month ago | thefp.com | Maya Sulkin

Denounced, Cursed, and Ghosted: What Harvard’s Antisemitism Report Found‘I’m a Jew and I’ve learned that that is enough to make me no longer worthy of their friendship or even basic kindness at school.’Harvard University released its long-overdue report on campus antisemitism exactly 10 days after Trump officials demanded to see it. The findings are disturbing.
The Explosion in Foreign Funding for U.S. Universities

2 months ago | thefp.com | Frannie Block |Maya Sulkin

Revealed: The Explosion in Foreign Funding for U.S. UniversitiesForeign countries such as China and Qatar have poured $29 billion into campuses over the past few years. ‘Hostile powers are buying influence on American campuses at an industrial scale.’Foreign donors have given as much to U.S. universities in the last four years as they did in the previous 40, according to a new report by the Network Contagion Research Institute shared exclusively with The Free Press.
Harvard’s Antisemitism Task Force Hasn’t Published Its Report. Now Trump Wants to See a Draft.

2 months ago | thefp.com | Maya Sulkin

Harvard’s Antisemitism Task Force Hasn’t Published Its Report. Now Trump Wants to See a Draft. Harvard’s antisemitism task force promised to publish its findings last fall. Months after the deadline, it still hasn’t appeared—and now the federal government wants to see a draft. Trump officials have demanded that Harvard University provide them with a copy of a long-awaited report on antisemitism on its campus.
‘Fauci’s Pardon Is a Good Thing’

2 months ago | thefp.com | Maya Sulkin

Jay Bhattacharya: ‘Fauci’s Pardon Is a Good Thing’The new National Institutes of Health director tells The Free Press that he forgives the very people who nearly destroyed his career. In 2020, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya was condemned as a quack and considered a pariah by the medical field for co-authoring a public declaration questioning the efficacy of Covid lockdowns.
Columbia President Says One Thing to Trump Admin-And Another in Private

Mar 25, 2025 | thefp.com | Maya Sulkin

Columbia President Says One Thing to Trump Admin—And Another in PrivateIn a call with faculty, Katrina Armstrong says the school plans not to stick to some of its agreements with the Trump administration.