For several months we have been covering the story of Jodi Shaw, a now-resigned Smith College staff member who blew the whistle on racist “anti-racist” training which singled out and demonized “whites”.

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Earlier this month, the Legal Insurrection Foundation unveiled criticalrace.org, a site which catalogues the infiltration of Critical Race Training in higher education. But Critical Race Training has expanded its reach beyond higher education and is now pervasive in primary education, too.
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Over the years, Legal Insurrection has covered Tufts University and its many controversies time and time again. This time, Tufts’ radical anti-Israel student group, Students for Justice in Palestine, may have outdone them all— with its jaw-dropping, months-long campaign to rid Tufts student government of an elected officer for the simple...

The arrogance of college students who believe they’re superior to America’s founders never fails to amaze.

Campus Reform reports:

Cancel Culture comes for Thomas Jefferson…and fails miserably

The Bo...

Do facts even matter anymore? The left just runs with this narrative, even when the truth proves them completely wrong.

The Washington Free Beacon reports:

Yale Law Students Said a Top Journal Was Racist. Admissions Data Suggest Otherwise.

The Yale Law Journal on Friday released admissions data in the face of a week-long pressure...

This is being done by the Department of Psychiatry. What could possibly go wrong?

The New York Post reports:

NYU launching $10M Center for...

There is only one reason a college student would feel comfortable saying something like this. Democrats, the media and cultural institutions are telling them it’s OK. It’s not OK.

The College Fix reports:

Student columnist calls white peers returning...

Schools that are failing students in basic and necessary subjects like reading and math really have no business wasting time on social justice.

City Journal reports:

Failure Factory

The story of Buffalo Public Schools is a sad and familiar one: a dying industrial town, underperforming inner-city schools, and high rates of failure among racial...

This is an excellent question.

Mark Pulliam asks at his blog, Misrule of Law:

Trouble in Paradise? (Part 8)

Or, Why Do Red States Like Tennessee Allow Radicals to Hijack Their Taxpayer-Funded Universities?*

A recently-arrived Volunteer warns his fellow Tennesseans about the scourge of wokeness in higher education.

I am not a native Tennessean, but I...

As the spring 2021 college semester unfolds, universities around the country have organized events to commemorate Black History Month (rightly so). But at Northeastern University, a new “intersectional” student group took the opportunity to host radical anti-Israel activist Angela Davis, known for her frequent calls for the destruction of the...

On Sunday night, February 21, 2021, we called attention to an emerging cancel culture case involving the targeting of Math Professor Greg Manco, of St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, PA.

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This professor told a story in class and a student was offended. The student accused the teacher of being transphobic.

The professor alleges that he was then forced to resign over supposed sexual misconduct.

Inside Higher Ed reports:

When Title IX Is a Threat

The newest federal guidance for colleges and universities investigating sexual misconduct...

Frank Gunter is an economics professor and was asked to do this. Unfortunately, student activists didn’t like his conclusions.

The American Enterprise Institute reports:

Lehigh University gives faculty a lesson in the price of wrongthink

Professor Frank Gunter has learned that, the next time Lehigh University asks him to talk about poverty, he should...

Walker is a perfect fit to lead this organization for young conservatives. He also has extensive experience fighting the left and winning.

The Daily Signal reports:

Scott Walker Takes Helm of Young America’s Foundation

Left-wing ideologues who attempt to suppress conservative ideas on college campuses and in legislative chambers don’t genuinely believe in either...

Jodi Shaw is the former Smith College staff member who blew the whistle on horrific mandatory white-shaming training programs at the college. We have covered Shaw’s situation for several months:

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The student in question is Hispanic and a Democrat, but that doesn’t matter. Anyone who deviates from the left’s position becomes a target.

Campus Reform reports:

UConn student body president accused of white supremacy after opposing effort to defund the police

Mike Hernandez, president...

Many Ivy League schools are seeing a rise in applicants after dropping requirements like the SAT. Meanwhile, smaller name schools are seeing a drop in enrollment.

The New York Times reports:

Interest Surges in Top Colleges, While Struggling Ones Scrape for Applicants

Prestigious universities like Cornell never have a hard time attracting students. But...