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Leah M. Baldacci, Esq., joins Legal Insurrection Foundation as Investigations Counsel

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 10, 2020 38 Comments

We are thrilled to announce that Leah M. Baldacci, Esq., has joined the Legal Insurrection Foundation as Investigations Counsel.

Duquesne University Terminates Prof for Using N-Word in Class Discussion About Why It’s Inappropriate

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 10, 2020 48 Comments

Duquesne University Education Professor Gary Shank has been on leave since mid-September for using the N-word in a class discussion about why the word is inappropriate. Shank gave students permission to use the word for the sake of their discussion, and this set off a firestorm. Now the school has terminated his employment.

Publisher Backs Away From Prof’s Book After Pressure From Cancel Culture Agitators

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 09, 2020 4 Comments

"The cancellations began Sept. 26 with a petition that snowballed on social media."...

UVA President Says School Will Not Remove Thomas Jefferson Statue

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 04, 2020 3 Comments

“as long as I am president, the University of Virginia will not walk away from Thomas Jefferson”...

Staff of Student Newspaper Quits After Advisor Says Breonna Taylor Wasn’t Murdered

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 30, 2020 4 Comments

"also demanded a reader and staff boycott of the News until Griffin is removed"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8KLnvgk6Mw

Cornell ranks low in campus free speech survey, abysmal on student free expression

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 29, 2020 11 Comments

It's not like I told you so, but I told you so. For years I have been documenting the increasingly oppressive atmosphere for free speech at Cornell University, including shout-downs and disruptions of conservative and/or pro-Israel speakers and events. That atmosphere now is in overdrive with a push from the top-down of the admninistration to turn the campus into an exercise is activism, Cornell University takes a major step towards compulsory racial activism for faculty, students, and staff.

Legal Insurrection and Judicial Watch investigate attacks on UCF Prof. Charles Negy

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 16, 2020 44 Comments

Charles Negy is the University of Central Florida professor who found himself in the crosshairs of online and street mobs demanding his termination after early June 2020 tweets disputing the concept of "systemic racism" and asserting that "black privilege is real."

Student Senator at Florida State U. Says He Was Removed for Holding Traditional Catholic Views

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 15, 2020 6 Comments

"The content of my messages was leaked and mischaracterized all over social media."...

ACLU Official Attacks Transylvania University for Admitting Nick Sandmann as a Student

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 09, 2020 58 Comments

Nicholas Sandmann, the young man who was smeared by the media for the sin of wearing a MAGA hat, and ended up speaking at the 2020 Republican National Convention, has been accepted as a student at Transylvania University in Kentucky. As a result, an official at the ACLU is now attacking the school. This is unreal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OD3e3xitM8

Charles Darwin May Get Canceled At London Museum After Black Lives Matter Complaints

Posted by Mary Chastain on September 07, 2020 29 Comments

The Black Lives Matters protests triggered a review of items and exhibits at London's Natural History Museum, which includes one about Charles Darwin. It turns out one curator labeled Darwin's visit to the Galapagos Island "as one of Britain's many 'colonialist scientific expeditions.'"

URI Removing Murals Commemorating WWII Veterans for Lacking Diversity

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 06, 2020 12 Comments

“These murals were a snapshot in time, but the images no longer represent who we are today and where we are going in the future” ...

https://twitter.com/cabot_phillips/status/1301516424276578305

USC Prof Placed on Temporary Leave for Using Chinese Word That Sounds Like Racial Slur in English

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 04, 2020 46 Comments

Professor Greg Patton teaches at University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business. During a recent online lesson, he spoke about how different words can sound in different languages. Without any apparent harmful intent, he pointed out how something sounds in Chinese, and some people heard a racist word. He has since been placed on temporary leave.

Academic Death Spiral: VIDEO Highlights From “Saving Higher Ed From Cancel Culture”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 03, 2020 14 Comments

On Sunday evening, August 30, 2020, the Legal Insurrection Foundation held an online discussion on Saving Higher Ed From Cancel Culture, attended by 300 people via Zoom.

Washburn U. Returns Jefferson, Franklin Statues ‘to Get Ahead of Possible Disapproval’ From Students

Posted by Mary Chastain on September 01, 2020 3 Comments

“They didn’t want the statues to become a source of embarrassment so they asked that they be returned.”...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta0V-2GnOkQ

Can Higher Ed Be Saved From ‘Cancel Culture’?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 30, 2020 11 Comments

Tonight, Sunday, August 30, 2020, at 8 p.m. Eastern, we will have our panel on Saving Higher Ed From Cancel Culture. Registration is required, sign up here. We will close registration, which now exceeds 500 people, no later than 5 p.m. today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TPuobpS_us

JK Rowling Returns Kennedy Group Award After Its President Attacks Her Supposedly Transphobic Feminist Views

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on August 29, 2020 40 Comments

Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling has returned a Kennedy family award following criticism for her alleged 'transphobic' views. The author, who received the 2019 Ripple of Hope award by the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFKHR) organisation for her work with a UK children's charity, was attacked by the media and activists for her 'anti-trans' comments where she dared to make a distinction between biological women and transgender.

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