Betsy DeVos visited with Howard University President A.I. Frederick, and what was the response? Someone spray painted an anti-Trump message, “Trump plantation. Overseer: Wayne A.I. Frederick.” That sounds intolerant, doesn’t it? Especially because this happened at a historical black college like Howard University. Graffiti at Howard University called its president an “overseer” at “Trump plantation.” […]
Read the articleThe food justice course, entitled, “The Social Life of Food”, discuss the global capitalist takeover of the food industry and how it harms social justice-minded people. Also, the final assignment focused on an anti-Trump website: The final assignment asks students either to choose and analyze a “build strategy” from an apparently anti-Donald Trump website or […]
Read the articleIs it smart to criticize a donor and alumna from your university or college in public, especially an influential female figure in the current presidential administration? Not so sure about that, Trinity College: According to Inside Higher Ed, President Patricia McGuire blasted Trump and Conway in a blog post on the college’s website concerning Lies and the […]
Read the articleFrom The College Fix: President Donald Trump has fascist tendencies, is a misogynist, and his election victory has brought changes “not for the better,” several Cal State Long Beach professors told students Wednesday during a lunchtime teach-in on the campus quad. The remarks came during “Fascism: Past and Present,” the second of four “Reclaiming Democracy” teach-ins organized by College […]
Read the articleGeorge Washington Students want President Trump to Talk about Liberal Talking Points before Congress
In GW Today (an e-mail newsletter to George Washington University students), a handful of George Washington University students were interviewed and they were asked the question of what they would want President Donald Trump to say when he addresses a joint session of Congress. What were some of the topics that the students brought up? […]
Read the articleAccording to the Orange County Register, Orange Coast College student Caleb O’Neil had his suspension and other sanctions lifted by the college administration. He was supposed to be suspended for two college terms (i.e. semesters) and the suspension included sanctions such as apologizing to his professor and writing a three-page essay on the incident. O’Neil had […]
Read the articleFrom Campus Reform: A feminist organization at a Minnesota college recently invited students to batter a Donald Trump effigy during a school-wide recruitment fair. The Gustavus Adolphus College “Womyn’s Awareness Center” (the misspelling is intentional) erected an effigy of President Trump alongside its recruitment table Wednesday, encouraging passers-by to unleash their political anger on a […]
Read the articleFrom Campus Reform: The University of Nebraska at Omaha will soon host a workshop for “anti-racist allies” to develop “action plans” that confront America’s “foundation of systemic oppression” in the context of “the current political climate.” The upcoming “Anti-Racist Allies” workshop was inspired by a recent book titled Rhetorics of Whiteness by UNO professor Tammie Kennedy, who […]
Read the articleFrom Campus Reform: The “March Against Silence,” a collaboration among three Clemson professors who recently completed a week-long hunger strike, began at Clemson’s Cooper Library and ended at Sikes Hall, the site of numerous protest rallies, including a nine-day Sit-In last April, and Clemson’s de facto epicenter of controversy. …At another point, Clemson professor Todd […]
Read the articleFrom The College Fix: A quintet of Palm Beach, Florida middle schoolers tossed a piece of a 2×4 at President Trump’s motorcade on Friday morning as the chief exec was on his way to his Mar-a-Lago estate. We have ID’d Juveniles who threw a 2 x 4 at Presidential Motorcade. A juvenile from a local […]
Read the articleQuite a strong allegation from panel of political science professors at Northern Arizona University: The Northern Arizona University Political Science department recently hosted a “Specter of Fascism” event at which professors repeatedly compared Donald Trump to Hitler and the Nazis. “The Specter of Fascism” was a panel discussion featuring six NAU professors with specialties covering […]
Read the articleFrom Campus Reform: The Gettysburg College Anti-Capitalist Collective (GACC) assembled a “Trump wall” made of paper boxes in the school’s library labeled, “THIS IS THE WALL THAT TRUMP IS BUILDING.” Seven individual signs plastered on the boxes raised criticisms of Trump’s executive order on immigration, laws pertaining to violence against police officers, the U.S. military […]
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