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Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell trolled House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan Thursday while discussing a “creepy” piece of anti-trans legislation titled the “Protection of Women in Olympic and Amateur Sports Act.” Swalwell began by taking a jab at...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Fri Mar 22, 2024 at 08:00 AM PDT
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Democracy and the rule of law are on the ballot in 2024 By dopper0189, Black Kos Managing Editor Black people more than any other group in American history (with the exception of Native Peoples)
by Black Kos
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on Tue Jan 16, 2024 at 02:00 PM PST
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That search for the next YSU basketball game led to a real shocker. The first article was Youngstown State University alum Ed O’Neill (Married with Children, Modern Family) announcing that he will be returning his honorary doctorate and requesting that...
by Arbutis
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on Mon Dec 04, 2023 at 10:15 AM PST
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I’m so excited, as a child I used to take refugee on writing due to a speech impediment , I stuttered. Then, at age 15 I emigrated with my family undocumented to the United States and found myself not only unable to speak my native language Spanish,...
by The Boss Gomez
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on Thu Aug 31, 2023 at 05:57 AM PDT
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If you haven't watched Katie Phang's television show on MSNBC, I highly recommend it. She is an extremely intelligent attorney and does a great job of getting to the heart of issues. Her guest was Dr. Wayne A I Frederick who is the president of Howard...
by Dem
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on Sat Jul 01, 2023 at 12:45 PM PDT
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Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis loves to be a hater. If he can stomp down on a historically marginalized and oppressed community in order to garner more votes (or sweeten his position to run for president) he’s pretty clearly going to dig his heels into...
by Marissa Higgins
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on Thu Jan 19, 2023 at 11:40 AM PST
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Data shows that a majority of Asian Americans support affirmative action, but misinformation fuels the loud minority that doesn’t. by Maryam Noor This article was originally published at Prism. ...
by Prism Staff
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on Sat Jan 21, 2023 at 08:15 AM PST
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As one of the first few U.S. colleges to commit to offering abortion pills to students, Barnard College’s new policy emphasizes the important role campuses can play in providing accessible ...
by Alexandra Martinez
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on Fri Dec 02, 2022 at 08:15 AM PST
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After a year of fruitless negotiation sessions for fair wages and labor practices, university employees march in what could be the largest higher education academic strike in U.S. history.
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by Prism Guest Writer
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on Tue Nov 29, 2022 at 08:15 AM PST
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Writer Sarah Fawn Montgomery talks ableism, COVID-19, and the reality of teaching at a state college Years into the COVID-19 pandemic, people are understandably eager to try and get back into “normal” life again. But the hard reality is that the public health crisis is far from over, and we are still learning how COVID-19 impacts us in both the short...
by Marissa Higgins
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on Fri Nov 25, 2022 at 06:00 PM PST
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In support of the state’s near-total ban on abortion, which took effect in August, the University of Idaho sent a memo to staff last week warning employees not to provide birth control pills or reproductive health services. According to the memo,...
by Aysha Qamar
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on Tue Sep 27, 2022 at 09:54 AM PDT
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University of North Dakota professor accidentally discovers hundreds of Indigenous remains on campus While on a search for Indigenous artifacts, a University of North Dakota (UND) English professor discovered human remains instead. According to NBC News, last winter Crystal Alberts, her assistant, and a colleague found unmarked cardboard boxes while...
by Aysha Qamar
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on Wed Sep 07, 2022 at 12:35 PM PDT
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LGBTQ+ people and allies are absolutely everywhere—and that includes religious spaces and higher education. One example of this comes to us out of Brigham Young University (BYU), a school operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,...
by Marissa Higgins
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on Wed Sep 07, 2022 at 08:52 AM PDT
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by Kio Herrera
This story was originally published at Prism .
Wednesdays were usually Justin Alamo’s favorite day of the week.
As a third-grader at Conte West Hills Magnet School in New Haven,
by Prism Guest Writer
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on Thu Jul 28, 2022 at 08:15 AM PDT
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Though conservatives love to accuse academia at large—and especially professors—of using college as an opportunity to push “woke” agendas onto students, the sad reality is that there are plenty of people in higher education who actually espouse...
by Marissa Higgins
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on Thu Jul 21, 2022 at 01:06 PM PDT
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A computer science professor at the University of Texas at Dallas has caused a firestorm. On Saturday, Timothy Farage has tweeted about curing homosexuality in response to a Daily Mail article stating that 95 per cent of people affected by monkeypox in...
by OK Dodo
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on Thu Jul 21, 2022 at 09:57 AM PDT
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Republican wants guy who ridiculed public school teachers to set up 100 charter schools in his state Local outlet NewsChannel 5 has obtained pretty damning hidden camera video from a private reception with Tennessee’s Republican Gov. Bill Lee. Per this video, Dr. Larry Arnn, who serves as president of the super conservative Hillsdale College in TK,...
by Marissa Higgins
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on Fri Jul 01, 2022 at 12:53 PM PDT
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Seattle Pacific University students give pride flags instead of shaking hands with interim president As summer welcomes us, students across the country are celebrating graduation. Some students are even taking this opportunity on stage to protest and advocate for what they stand for. A video of students graduating from Seattle Pacific University (SPU)...
by Aysha Qamar
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on Thu Jun 16, 2022 at 08:15 AM PDT
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I started off as a Political Science major for my first semester, changed it ti psychology and kept it until graduating many years later with a Ph.D. in psychology H0wever for a little change ½ way thru my Ph.D. program I started taking classes in what...
by CameronProf
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on Sat May 21, 2022 at 12:45 PM PDT
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Democracy-loving Americans need offense and nothing would be more offensive to the GOP that to threaten the only unique advantage they have. Students at and communities around the 87 universities listed below can protest Republican patriarchy and...
by certainot
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on Tue May 03, 2022 at 02:36 PM PDT
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