As I have repeatedly suggested, we are reaching a point where left wing ideology in academia is eclipsing and in some cases, replacing, real scholarship.
Campus Reform reports:
Hamline Univ. offers social justice major complete with ‘Gender Politics’ course
A Minnesota university is offering a social justice degree with courses ranging from “Gender Politics”...
On Tuesday, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) spoke at the Muslim Caucus Education Collective 2019 Conference in Washington, D.C. about a wide variety of issues relevant to the Muslim community.
During the question and answer part of the conference, Ani Zonneveld, who is the founder of Muslims for Progressive Values, asked Omar about...
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) told students at a high school in Minneapolis a tragic story of an African-American woman sentenced to jail time for stealing a loaf of bread to feed her starving granddaughter.
Now she is admitting she may have fabricated some details.
Another one bites the dust. It’s becoming clear that no small school is safe.
The Star Tribune reports:
After 145 years, Minneapolis Business College to close in December
Minneapolis Business College, a for-profit institution in Roseville focused on career preparation, will close its doors in December due to declining enrollment, the school announced Monday.
Current...
There was opposition to this, but the school ultimately gave in to the people demanding it.
The Washington Examiner reports:
Major public university to offer classes highlighting the school’s troubled history with racism
Following a failed campaign...
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) reportedly violated federal tax law by jointly filing her tax returns in both 2014 and 2015 with a man to whom she was not legally married; indeed, at that time, she was legally married to another man.
Shouldn’t American citizens come first? This is a public school, after all.
Campus Reform reports:
Not here legally? UMN has a scholarship for that
The University of Minnesota is offering scholarships to illegal immigrants.
On its website,...
This Case of the Week covers Somali refugee Mohamed Noor, who while a Minneapolis police officer shot and killed Justine Damond.
Yesterday a jury convicted Noor of third-degree murder and
This is good news, but let’s not dismiss the fact that this almost happened.
The College Fix reports:
University of Minnesota Senate agrees to back off plan to punish those who misgender others
The University of Minnesota is poised to codify sweeping protection rights for transgender individuals — but the campus community appears OK...
Minnesota authorities have investigated Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) for allegedly using $6,000 in campaign funds to pay her divorce attorney and travel to Boston and Estonia when she served in the state legislature.
Minnesota state Rep. Steve Drazkowski (R) filed the complaints last year.
It’s amazing that they thought this would fly in the first place. That’s how far we’ve drifted.
The College Fix reports:
University of Minnesota backs off proposal to punish people for not using preferred gender pronouns
The University of Minnesota recently unveiled the latest draft of a proposed administrative policy on gender identity that...
As we all know, in her short time in Congress, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has engulfed herself in anti-Semitic controversies.
It turns out that Minnesota Jewish leaders attempted an intervention last year when it became known that she’d be the Democrat nominee for her seat. They felt they needed to do something...
Ilhan Omar, the new Democrat Congresswoman from Minnesota, asked a judge to go easy on nine men on trial in 2016 for allegedly trying to join the ISIS terrorist group. She was a state representative at that time.
Fox News has reported that freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) received a book deal worth $250,000 that will detail her move to America to Congress.
However, the book deal announcement comes at a time when Omar has come under fire from numerous people over her controversial comments about Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC),...
Minnesota state lawmakers want teachers to pass “cultural competency training” before the state re-certifies them. This includes training on topics like “gender identity” and “implicit bias.” From The Minnesota Sun:
According to Senate File (SF) 289, the training program would promote “self-reflection, effective interaction with people of different cultures, and discussion on...
In October, it looked like Keith Ellison might lose his race for Minnesota Attorney General, even though he was the favorite.
I discussed Ellison’s troubling and continued relationship with Louis Farrakhan, and the accusations by a former girlfriend of domestic abuse, in my post, Is political end finally here for former Farrakhan activist...
