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Scholars for Peace in the Middle East Open Letter re Allegations of Antisemitic Bias by GW Prof Lara Sheehi

I have been following from a distance a controversy over the alleged conduct of Prof. Lara Sheehi, who teaches a mandatory DEI class to psychology grad students at George Washington University. The key allegations amount to her denigrating, bullying, and otherwise mistreating students who are Israeli, Jewish, and/or pro-Israel. Professors…

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Scant obesity training in medical school leaves docs ill-prepared to help patients

Most doctors get little training in the science of obesity or how to counsel people with the disease. As a result, many patients experience stigma in the exam room.

WEKU

George Washington University installs emergency contraception vending machine

Students led effort over concern for reproductive rights after supreme court struck down constitutional right to abortion

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StandWithUs Files Complaint Against George Washington U, Alleging Antisemitism

The Israel education organization StandWithUs filed a complaint against George Washington University with the Dept of Education.

Zenger

Zoom Conference Friday: The Future of Rights

Click here to register. The concept of rights has informed our understanding of the freedom of persons in the context of the power of the state. But our understanding of the content of rights has changed over time. How were rights understood in the past, and how do we understand…

Reason

'A Pretty Scary Moment': Dissident Chinese Students Say George Washington University Is Failing Them

The CCP’s tyranny extends even to U.S. college campuses, where Chinese and Taiwanese students fear censorship.

Reason

Anti-Semitic Activity At George Washington University Troubles Jewish Community

George Washington University has seen several anti-Semitic incidents over the past two weeks, says the Jewish community.

Zenger

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Why is the British pound tanking as the US dollar soars?

Sharp fluctuations of major currencies inject new uncertainty into fraught global economic outlook.

Al Jazeera

FBI's Mar-a-Lago search energizes the right

Downloads of Trump's social media app Truth Social have spiked.

Axios

Protests keep Thomas from teaching gig

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has canceled plans to teach a seminar at George Washington University

Salon

Justice Thomas cancels plans to teach at DC law school

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has backed out of teaching a seminar at George Washington University’s law school in the nation’s capital, following student protests and the university’s statement of support for the conservative justice’s role on campus

The Independent UK

George Washington University Officials Defend Clarence Thomas' Free Expression Rights

The university's own students are often not so lucky.

Reason

George Washington U. Rejects Requests to Stop Justice Thomas's Co-Teaching of Law School Class

Prof. Glenn Reynolds (InstaPundit) passes along this e-mail from the GWU Provost and Law School Dean, which I applaud: Dear Members of the George Washington University Community, Since the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade, we have heard from members of our community who have expressed…

Reason

Reptile longevity is even more complex than we imagined

In the largest study to date, a paper examines four hypotheses behind why and how reptiles can achieve such long life spans.

Inverse

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George Washington University to change ‘Colonials’ team name after campus outcry

The school will choose a new athletic team name for its 2023-2024 academic year

Sports Illustrated

George Washington University to Stop Using ‘Colonials’ Moniker

The nickname has been criticized for glorifying colonialism.

Los Angeles Times

Why we need a national day of remembrance for COVID victims

In New York City, a woman opens her laptop to a bar graph showing the number of COVID-19 deaths nationwide each month in 2021 and fixes her gaze on April. She tells a researcher: “My mother is one of them.” The graph helps her see that her mother is “part…

Axios

Conservative bench's new war on federal regulatory agencies

The right is getting ready to rein in regulators' powers just as the Biden administration is starting to flex them.

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The Hindu

CAG does not come up to standard of CAs in matter of assurance, says retired CAG Rajiv Mehrishi

Former CAG says the institution’s officials see only accounts that govt. departments want them to see

Axios

Russian media drives online hate

Extremist groups spread Russian propaganda organically.

The Conversation

How Ukraine war could boost tensions between US and China over future of Taiwan

China is becoming “more repressive at home and more aggressive abroad”, according to the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken. Blinken made a major statement on US foreign policy on May 26 at George Washington University. It received a great deal of attention, internationally – not least because reporters and…

ABC News

Intergenerational inequality to rise as tax and welfare perks target older voters, experts warn

Benefits available to older, wealthier people are outweighing the support given to younger people, with election policies from both major parties set to worsen the situation, according to experts.

Los Angeles Times

A Russian empire 'from Dublin to Vladivostok'? The roots of Putin's ultranationalism

LONDON — Russian President Vladimir Putin's ambitions and his ruthless style of achieving them in his invasion of Ukraine can be traced at least in part to a handful of conservative Russian thinkers who, like him, came to prominence in a post-Soviet nation struggling to find its identity, and who…

Reason

George Washington University Backpedals After Agreeing To Investigate Critics of China

"Upon full understanding, I do not view these posters as racist; they are political statements," said university president Mark Wrighton.

Reason

A Free Speech Win at George Washington University

Over the weekend, the Foundation of Individual Rights in Education jumped on a story out of George Washington University. Someone had posted on campus an Olympic themed poster highlighting the Chinese government's human rights abuses. Some students denounced the poster as offensive and beyond the bounds of tolerable free speech.…

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