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Pearl-Clutching Over New COVID Variant Begins

Posted by Leslie Eastman on August 23, 2023 53 Comments

As media pushes concerns over "highly mutated virus," a major movie studio and a college return to mask mandates.

Racially Discriminatory Youth Programs At Six Private NY Medical Schools Challenged by Equal Protection Project

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 22, 2023 7 Comments

"'Erecting additional barriers for some races and ethnic groups in and of itself is unlawful discrimination,' Jacobson told DailyMail.com. 'Imagine if the roles were reversed, and these programs explicitly favored Asians and whites — there would be universal outrage and these medical schools would never accept such funding.'"

Brazil: BDS Mob Attacks Students, Faculty Over Pro-Israel Event on University Campus

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on August 20, 2023 8 Comments

The Times of Israel: "Pro-Palestinian protesters injured a university employee while demonstrating against a lecture speaker who heads the Brazilian chapter of a pro-Israel advocacy group."

Massachusetts to Fund Tuition Assistance for Illegal Immigrants

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 20, 2023 1 Comment

"Eligible recipients must be 25 or older, a resident of Massachusetts for at least a year"

Flashback 2016: Democrats Pressured Trump Electors to Flip to Hillary

Posted by Stacey Matthews on August 19, 2023 48 Comments

"They aggressively targeted & harassed me with the goal of me committing to being 1 of the 37 'Faithless Electors'... [...] My personal info was posted and I received tens of thousands of letters to my mailbox, emails, and calls/texts at all hours of the night for weeks."

Cornell Free Speech Alliance Launches Campaign With Massive Reach

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 19, 2023 1 Comment

“valiant attempt to correct the direction Cornell is heading with regard to free expression”

Harvard’s End-Run Around Affirmative Action Could Backfire

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 19, 2023 5 Comments

"none of this has stopped Harvard and other elite schools from giving post-SFFA racial discrimination the old college try"

Taking on the Establishment Week in Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 19, 2023 0 Comments

Your weekly report on education news.

Kansas State U Racially-Discriminatory “Multicultural” Scholarship Challenged By Equal Protection Project

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 18, 2023 11 Comments

Applicants for Joey Lee Garmon Multicultural Scholarship “must be of an ethnic group that has been historically and traditionally oppressed in the achievement of academic and leadership endeavors,” with special preference given to “applicants of African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Latinx American heritage”

Boston University Hires ‘Disinformation Expert’ Who Was Fired by Harvard

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 16, 2023 13 Comments

“I’m very excited to be working on producing events, colloquia and series that are about informing the public about technology being used to harm society”

Former Football Player Matt Araiza Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Woman Who Accused Him of Sexual Assault

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 14, 2023 35 Comments

"These allegations, the complaint added, 'have lowered [Araiza] in the eyes of the community, deterred third persons from associating with him, and permanently damaged him in his profession and occupation.'"

Lawsuits All Around Week in Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 12, 2023 1 Comment

Your weekly report on education news.

Harvard Loses $15 Million Insurance Claim For Legal Fees In Famous Race Discrimination Case, Appeals Ct Calls Arguments “Gaslighting”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 11, 2023 48 Comments

What is happening here? First it was Oberlin College, now Harvard, where I'm rooting for insurance companies. First Circuit Court of Appeals finds Harvard failed to comply with claims notice requirement of insurance policy, and its main argument was "little more than gaslighting."

Appeals Court: No First Amendment Right to Religious Exemption From Vaccine Mandate

Posted by Terrance Kible on August 11, 2023 64 Comments

The appeals court also rejected the plaintiffs' privacy and medical freedom, equal protection, and childrearing arguments.

“The days when universities could get away with racial discrimination to advance diversity are over”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 10, 2023 17 Comments

Our Civil Rights Complaint against the University of Nebraska-Lincoln over its "Black Public Media Residency" program continues to reverberate: "There is no 'Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion' exception to the anti-discrimination laws and the Equal Protection guarantee in the 14th Amendment."

California Supreme Court: No Right to In-Person Cross-Examination of Accuser During Campus Sexual Assault Proceedings

Posted by Terrance Kible on August 10, 2023 92 Comments

The court highlighted the need to keep the accuser from 'being retraumatized by the disciplinary process.' Critics challenged this reasoning, arguing a Title IX proceeding exists to determine whether trauma occurred in the first place.

U. Nebraska-Lincoln ‘Black Public Media Residency’ Challenged By Equal Protection Project

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 07, 2023 11 Comments

Artist in Residence must be black, but once selected, can bring another person (black or not) at the other person's own expense.

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