How the University Replaced the Church as the Home of Liberal Morality
The New Yorker
by Jay Caspian KangFebruary 17, 2026
As progressive Americans have become more secular, the academy has become their primary moral training ground. The results have not been good. Jay Caspian Kang writes.
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Originally published on The New Yorker on 2/17/2026