Speeches at graduation used to be nonpartisan, uplifting, generalized addresses to encourage optimism within graduates, whether it was at the high school or college level. But a northern Virginia school board member chose to politicize…
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Biden’s Justice Department withers under LGBTQ activist criticism
The Department of Justice, under the leadership of Biden’s attorney general, Merrick Garland, backtracked in its strong language in defending Title IX’s religious exemption in a court filing. Last week, the department said it intended…
Purdue University counters critical race theory
Purdue University’s Board of Trustees was scheduled to vote on a civic literacy requirement, which opponents called a suppression of academic free speech, in order to counter critical race theory propaganda. The proposal was not…
Virginia teacher reinstated after transgender pronoun policy criticism
A teacher in the northern Virginia suburbs was reinstated by a judge, after the school district suspended him for criticizing the systems’ preferred pronoun policy. Byron “Tanner” Cross went viral when he went before the…
North Carolina fights back against Critical Race Theory
In the summer of 2020, Google searches for police brutality and systematic racism skyrocketed. Captivated by the media attention devoted to the murder of George Floyd and other African Americans by police officers, the public…
Princeton University drops Greek, Latin requirements for Classic majors
In a stunning move, Princeton University dropped a language requirement for students enrolling in its Classics major. No longer will Classics majors be required to learn Greek or Latin, which is confusing because none of…
Colleges conflicted about requiring vaccines
With students preparing to return to college campuses and in-person classes this fall, there is widespread confusion over the idea of requiring vaccines for students. Both public and private universities have seen a precipitous drop…
Caught red-handed: critical race theory supporters compiled list of opponents
In an increasingly disturbing trend, the Left and its critical race theory adherents have adopted a no-holds-barred approach to publicly shame and silence their opponents. In the northern Virginia suburbs of Loudoun County, left-wing activists…
Graduate researchers petition to form union in California
While union membership is on the decline nationwide, and in particularly in the private sector, student workers are clamoring for union dues and representation in higher education. At least 10,000 graduate student researchers in the…
UCLA museum promotes Black Lives Matter co-founder’s “F*ck White Supremacy” Concert
In April, the Hammer Museum at the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) promoted an online concert that featured Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors, but it curiously omitted Cullors’s Black Lives Matter connection. Cullors, whose…