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Opinion·Jul 21·all news from July 21, 2026

‘It’s a Modern-Day Draft’: Why Stanford Students Walked Out on Sundar Pichai’s Commencement Speech

Over one hundred Stanford graduates walked out of their commencement ceremony during a speech by Google CEO Sundar Pichai. The protest targeted the company’s military contracts and data agreements with federal immigration authorities.

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