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LA Times Today: This professor studies dictatorships. He helped convince Harvard to stand up to Trump

LA Times Today: This professor studies dictatorships. He helped convince Harvard to stand up to Trump

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Harvard University is at war with the Trump administration over a list of demands that could radically alter the school’s policies and its funding.

So far, Harvard is pushing back with the help of political science professor Steven Levitsky, who wrote a book called “How Democracies Die.” And now, he has a dire warning for America: He says we’re witnessing the collapse of our democracy.

Professor Levitsky joined Lisa McRee.

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