Molly Hennessy-Fiske

Houston

National Reporter at The Washington Post

Washington Post reporter, TX-based. I cover red states. Tips: 202-890-9669; 213-265-8572(Signal) Mollyjhf Instagram/Threads [email protected]

Featured in: Favicon

washingtonpost.com Favicon

msn.com

estadao.com.br Favicon

huffpost.com Favicon

yahoo.com (+5) Favicon

latimes.com Favicon

nydailynews.com Favicon

sfgate.com Favicon

smh.com.au Favicon

chicagotribune.com + 97 more

Articles

Texas lawmakers moving to greatly increase control of state universities

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Molly Hennessy-Fiske

Texas lawmakers moving to greatly increase control of state universities (washingtonpost.com) Texas lawmakers moving to greatly increase control of state universities By Molly Hennessy-Fiske 2025050511000000 A bruising battle over academic freedom is being waged in Texas, where the legislature is poised to give the state power to screen faculty, programs and courses in one of the country's largest public university systems, and experts say the outcome could reverberate for higher education...
Texas lawmakers moving to greatly increase control of state universities

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Molly Hennessy-Fiske

4 hours agoMADISON, S.D. (AP) — Dakota State University hasn’t experienced the student protests taking place at other U.S. colleges. Nestled in rural South Dakota, most of the nearly 4,000 students have been focused on their studies or job hunts, avoiding politics and partisan groups. Until now. The university …
DHS reinstates foreign students after court losses pile up

2 weeks ago | newsindiatimes.com | Ela Dutt |Ben Brasch |Molly Hennessy-Fiske
Once an abortion clinic, it now offers midwives, formula and housing help

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Molly Hennessy-Fiske

Once an abortion clinic, it now offers midwives, formula and housing help (washingtonpost.com) Once an abortion clinic, it now offers midwives, formula and housing help By Molly Hennessy-Fiske 2025042711000000 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Once, it was the sole abortion clinic in this half of the state. Then Roe v. Wade fell, the legislature's near-total ban on the procedure took effect, and the protesters who would mass in the parking lot vanished.
DHS reinstates foreign students after court losses pile up

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Ben Brasch |Molly Hennessy-Fiske

DHS reinstates foreign students after court losses pile up (washingtonpost.com) DHS reinstates foreign students after court losses pile up By Ben Brasch; Molly Hennessy-Fiske 2025042522232500 For three weeks, the federal government upended the lives of many international students by simply terminating their immigration statuses in a database. Some lost jobs. Some decided to self-deport rather than face deportation. Others fought back.
Big Ten universities propose teaming up to counter government’s attacks on higher ed

2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Ben Brasch |Molly Hennessy-Fiske

A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. The faculty and university senates at six schools have signed resolutions asking their administrators to join the effort, including Indiana University, University of Nebraska, University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Rutgers University and University of Washington. A special senate meeting Thursday at the University of Minnesota will consider the “mutual academic defense compact” resolution.
Big Ten University Faculties Push For Defense Compact Against Trump

2 weeks ago | southfloridareporter.com | Ben Brasch |Molly Hennessy-Fiske

A burgeoning movement among Big Ten universities would create an alliance to counter government attacks on higher education, which the White House says aim to end "woke" policies on campuses it views as fostering antisemitism and harboring foreign students engaged in "known illegal" activity.
Big Ten university faculties push for a defense compact against Trump administration

2 weeks ago | adn.com | Ben Brasch |Molly Hennessy-Fiske

A burgeoning movement among Big Ten universities would create an alliance to counter government attacks on higher education, which the White House says aim to end “woke” policies on campuses it views as fostering antisemitism and harboring foreign students engaged in “known illegal” activity.
Big Ten university faculties push for defense compact against Trump

2 weeks ago | dailyherald.com | Ben Brasch |Molly Hennessy-Fiske

Signs are displayed outside a tent encampment during a 2024 protest at Northwestern University in Evanston. AP/April 26, 2024 A burgeoning movement among Big Ten universities would create an alliance to counter government attacks on higher education, which the White House says aim to end “woke” policies on campuses it views as fostering antisemitism and harboring foreign students engaged in “known illegal” activity.
Big Ten university faculties push for defense compact against Trump

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Ben Brasch |Molly Hennessy-Fiske

Big Ten university faculties push for defense compact against Trump (washingtonpost.com) Big Ten university faculties push for defense compact against Trump By Ben Brasch; Molly Hennessy-Fiske 2025042411000000 A burgeoning movement among Big Ten universities would create an alliance to counter government attacks on higher education, which the White House says aim to end "woke" policies on campuses it views as fostering antisemitism and harboring foreign students engaged in "known illegal"...