Harvard antisemitism has become less overt, more ‘insidious,’ faculty claim in open letter

Ivy League Majors in Anti-Americanism

Ivy League Majors in Anti-Americanism

FFRF denounces final approval of bible-infused Texas reading list

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is appalled at the Texas State Board of Education’s decision to move forward with a state-mandated reading list that privileges Christian Scripture. The board has ... More » from FFRF denounces final approval of bible-infused Texas reading list The post FFRF denounces final approval of bible-infused Texas reading list appeared first on Freedom From Religion Foundation.

‘They hate America’: Disappointing left-wing take US freedoms for granted

Heritage Senior Advisor and Research Fellow Allen Mendenhall has accused the left of “hating” America and for taking the nation’s freedoms for granted. “I think it’s a divided America, and I think the red state-blue state divide has become even more bifurcated in the last decade,” Mr Mendenhall told Sky News host Danica De Giorgio. “It’s not something that I see easing up anytime soon, but I also see a lot more pride – it’s different because, in my view, I feel as if the left has begun to despise America’s traditions and despise America’s culture and to treat it as a long train of abuses. “They really dislike America and a lot of them even hate America. “They’re not going to be expected to celebrate America, and that’s disappointing because the very governing institutions and traditions that we have are what allow them to freely express themselves in that public way and they enjoy all these freedoms to hate America and it’s because these freedoms exist, and I believe they take them for granted.”

DeSantis's 'Stop WOKE' Law Struck Down — By A Judge Trump Appointed Himself

A federal appeals panel took a red pen to Ron DeSantis's Stop WOKE Act on Tuesday, handing the governor yet another lesson in constitutional law he apparently didn't attend. The 11th Circuit ruled 2-1 that the law's higher-ed provisions — which tried to muzzle professors from so much as discussing race and gender in class — violate the First Amendment, because it turns out the government doesn't get to script what college professors say. Bold concept, we know. The judges didn't mince words either, accusing Florida of puppeteering educators — turning them into state-approved mouthpieces rather than, you know, teachers. Judge Britt Grant — a Trump appointee who wrote the majority opinion — rejected Florida's argument that professors' speech belongs to the state simply because taxpayers fund their salaries, calling the theory Emphatically no, The Guardian reports. read more

Colleges and Universities Should Take Their Civic and Social Purposes Seriously

Austin Sarat On July 6, the New York Times published an editorial entitled “A Great University Undermines Its Mission.” I turned to it eagerly, expecting to see a stirring defense of what I call the civic and purposes of higher education. Instead, the editorial highlighted the uproar among faculty at the University of California over []