MAGA is wooing Platner's male fans now Manosphere figures are using anger over the Maine race to coax young voters back to Trump Salon · Jul 15
Florida’s Plan to Overhaul New College Was Supposed to Be a National Blueprint, but Internal Records Show a Much Darker Result A movement that claims to champion fiscal responsibility has turned a liberal arts college into a financial black hole. The Mary Sue · Jun 9
John Oliver on New College’s Maga takeover: ‘More about political posturing than students’ lives’ The late-night host detailed how the Florida liberal arts college became a testing ground for a rightwing agenda The Guardian - US · Jun 8
'I am an immigrant': Trump aide Harmeet K Dhillon explains why she is against H-1B Indian-American lawyer and the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the US. Department of Justice Harmeet K Dhillon said she is an immigrant and came to the US on a visa but the idea that the government is funding institutions that disproportionately hire H-1B visa and other legal immigrant… The Times of India · Feb 25
Trump's Somali Insults Are a Disgrace A welfare fraud scandal in Minnesota is the Trump administration's latest excuse for demonizing immigrants and refugees. Reason · Dec 19, 2025
The Real Villain in Minnesota's $1.5 Billion Fraud Scandal Isn't Somalis—It's the Feds In America, we judge people according to the content of their character, not the behavior of a narrow minority of their coethnics. Reason · Dec 12, 2025
America's Free Speech Culture Is Under Attack From Within The First Amendment still stands, but the culture that supports it is eroding. Reason · Sep 22, 2025
Trump says Kash Patel ‘has done a great job’ amid criticism over Charlie Kirk shooter investigation FBI stumbled in early moments of manhunt for assassin, inaccurately claiming person of interest was in custody The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2025
What the Cracker Barrel backlash shows about Maga’s influence on US culture What likely started as a routine refresh spiraled into a political storm that went all the way to the US president The Guardian - US · Aug 30, 2025
The Cracker Barrel mess exposes the cynicism of the rightwing culture war The restaurant means little to activists – it’s simply a tool to bludgeon perceived enemies and flex conservative power The Guardian - US · Aug 29, 2025
MAGA really wants it to be legal to burn a Pride flag, while Trump wants jail for American flag burners Right-wing commentators claim those defacing LGBT+ emblems held to different standard than those burning American flags The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2025
Anti-woke activist applauds his ‘friends’ at the New York Times for Zohran Mamdani college application ‘scoop’ The New York Times has faced intense backlash in recent days for its story on Zohran Mamdani, who was born in Uganda, identifying himself as ‘African American’ and ‘Asian’ on a college application form. The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2025
Trump’s war on Harvard was decades in the making. This letter proves it A message tucked into an old book serves as a reminder that the assault on the institution is part of a long-planned effort The Guardian - US · Jun 11, 2025
As DEI rollbacks take hold, students of color say they're losing campus support systems As U.S. colleges are pulling back on diversity, equity and inclusion practices, students of color say they are starting to lose campus mentors, move-in events, scholarships and diversity offices where they always have felt welcome on predominately white campuses The Independent UK · Apr 19, 2025
The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2025 Trump administration takes aim at Harvard's international students and tax-exempt status President Donald Trump's administration has escalated its ongoing battle with Harvard, threatening to revoke the university’s ability to host international students, who make up 27% of the campus
The Guardian - US · Mar 27, 2025 The US right is coming for disabled people. Here’s why that threatens everyone Trump’s administration is dismantling disability rights and education. History has shown this can be a warning sign for all civil liberties
The Guardian - US · Mar 26, 2025 NPR and PBS testify in heated hearing of Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Doge panel Heads of both NPR and PBS testify amid renewed Republican effort to defund US public media
Salon · Mar 21, 2025 What the fight against DEI is all about The Trump administration wants to pretend that the world is a meritocracy where white men happen to be the best
The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2025 Facing anti-DEI investigations, colleges cut ties with nonprofit targeted by conservatives The U.S. Education Department says it has investigated dozens of universities for alleged racial discrimination, citing ties to a nonprofit organization that has helped Black and Latino students pursue business degrees
The Guardian - US · Mar 15, 2025 A graduate’s arrest and Trump’s ‘pincer attack’ on higher education The administration is cutting funds and threatening what it sees as liberal bastions, such as Columbia University, where it detained Mahmoud Khalil for his pro-Palestinian activism
The Texas Tribune · Mar 14, 2025 University of North Texas and Rice University under federal investigation for “race-exclusionary practices” The Texas universities are among dozens accused of violating the law by partnering with a group that had sought to increase diversity in graduate programs.
The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2025 More than 100 US spies are fired for sexually explicit chats, Tulsi Gabbard says Agents involved in the ‘disgusting’ chats were from the NSA, CIA, and DIA, according to a report
International Business Times · Feb 26, 2025 Tulsi Gabbard Fires Over 100 Intelligence Officers Over Sexually Explicit Chats On NSA Tool DNI Tulsi Gabbard ordered the termination and revocation of security clearances for the employees, condemning their actions as a breach of trust and professionalism.
The Guardian - US · Feb 14, 2025 ‘We’re like sitting ducks’: the right’s ‘war on woke’ has a well-tested playbook to take down academics The campaign against Claudine Gay, Harvard’s first Black president, has become a blueprint increasingly wielded against women and scholars of color
The Guardian - US · Feb 10, 2025 We are witnessing the rise of a new Republican ‘Southern Strategy’ How to make sense of the Trump administration’s attacks on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion