Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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It’s been an especially thorny season for commencement speeches. This year, at least half a dozen speakers were criticized for comments they made during the events, or disinvited or forced to back out over their political stances or social-media posts.
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Story by Sonel Cutler
Video by Michael Theis