Arday tragedy the latest example of how white supremacy kills

Jason Arday was used by dishonest academics and racist right-wing mainstream news media in the United Kingdom to rewrite his story.

In a matter of weeks, Cambridge professor Jason Arday resigned from his job and was found dead after weeks of harassment regarding plagiarism accusations, writes Erica Ifill. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY ERICA IFILL

August 19, 2026

CALGARY—There will be a reckoning for elite western universities and media in their complicity with the rise in fascism and coddling of white supremacy. In the meantime, however, their direct involvement in that ideology comes at the expense of the life of an autistic Blac...

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