This will grab your attention. At the bottom of the front page of Thursday’s USA Today was this headline: Shooter Rittenhouse’s tour draws outrage College gun-rights events raise questions about free speech and its impact USA Today thinks pro-gun-rights speech “raises questions”? The online headline was even stronger: Kyle Rittenhouse, deadly shooter, college speaker? A campus gun-rights tour sparks outrage As in: Who’s approving this speech on campus? A video in the online story shows...
This will grab your attention. At the bottom of the front page of Thursday’s USA Today was this headline: Shooter Rittenhouse’s tour draws outrage College gun-rights events raise questions about free speech and its impact USA Today thinks pro-gun-rights speech “raises questions”? The online headline was even stronger: Kyle Rittenhouse, deadly shooter, college speaker? A campus gun-rights tour sparks outrage As in: Who’s approving this speech on campus? A video in the online story shows...
It didn’t take Jonathan Haidt’s bestselling book The Anxious Generation to alert us to social media’s pernicious effects on children and teenagers. And it turns out that TikTok, a digital application owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, goes viral in the minds of young people significantly more than Instagram, Facebook, X, and Snapchat — and Chinese divestment from TikTok would enhance free speech.
In case you didn't know, May 3 is World Press Freedom Day. To that end, the Pew Research Center has released the
USC cancelled its pro-Palestinian valedictorian’s commencement speech, raising questions about the university’s limits on free speech. So, where’s the outrage from the cancel culture crowd? MSNBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin calls out the double standard.
Methodist universities should not be forced to hire Roman Catholic priests to teach theology. Lutheran colleges should not be forced to hire Oneness Pentecostal ministers to teach religion classes. This is common sense, but a federal court is having trouble seeing it. Moody Bible Institute, a Calvinist college in Chicago, wants to hire faculty who share its views. At […]
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has stated in a report that Afghanistan continues to face a complex humanitarian crisis, including the long-term effects of war, poverty, food insecurity, natural disasters, and climate change. This organization published a report on its website on Monday, April 29th, stating that Afghanistan’s humanitarian […]
Demonstrations at Columbia University and other campuses require a response that neither ignores the worst excesses nor infringes on students’ right to speak.
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A wave of pro-Palestinian unrest is challenging lawmakers who cemented campus free speech protections in recent years.
The University Ad Hoc Committee proposed new free speech policies. Senators shared thoughts and proposed new legislation for On Call Café services, and a debate between senators before the ASSU election.
The US House of Representatives voted on Saturday to ban the app if TikTok's owner does not cut China ties.