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School choice, vouchers and the future of Texas education

Vouchers would let parents use public funds to pay for their kids’ private education. Learn about how they could work and the political battle around them.

The Texas Tribune

He’s anti-democracy and pro-Trump: the obscure ‘dark enlightenment’ blogger influencing the next US administration

Key figures in the incoming administration follow Curtis Yarvin, who’s pushing for an autocratic takeover of the US

The Guardian - US

Florida liberal arts college reinstates ‘wokeness’ course amid furore

Course set to be taught by controversial British ‘anti-woke’ media commentator Andrew Doyle

The Guardian - US

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Revealed: Florida liberal arts college in rightwing hiring spree after takeover

With Trump returning to power, rightwingers may seek to replicate New College of Florida’s experience across US

The Guardian - US

The Media Shouldn't Overlook Kamala Harris' Plagiarism

The pouncing isn't the point.

Reason

Harris campaign calls plagiarism claims a partisan attack. Expert says it was 'sloppy writing'

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris’ campaign is dismissing accusations that she and a co-author plagiarized parts of a 2009 book on the U.S. criminal justice system as a desperate attempt by “rightwing operatives” to distract voters ahead of next month’s election

The Independent UK

Vice President Kamala Harris Accused Of Plagiarism In Co-Authored Book

Conservative activist accuses VP Kamala Harris of plagiarism in her 2009 book 'Smart on Crime,' sparking debate over academic integrity.

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Florida university to host extremist after DeSantis-led lurch to right

Next month, New College of Florida will welcome activist and writer Steve Sailer, a ‘proponent of scientific racism’

The Guardian - US

Activist with far-right ties fronts Marco Rubio-linked anti-immigration effort

Nate Hochman recorded several videos for America 2100, a thinktank linked to the Republican Florida senator

The Guardian - US

Poilievre’s Dangerous Dance with MAGA-Style Politics

By being responsive to die-hard conservatives, he puts himself at their mercy

The Walrus

The dark history of GOP's "DEI" attacks

Experts link the right's "DEI hire" attacks to a dark history of racist political violence

Salon

5 growing threats to academic freedom

The ability to teach and conduct research free from political interference is the cornerstone of higher education and its contribution to the public good. Academic freedom, however, has become increasingly threatened.

The Conversation

State laws threaten to erode academic freedom in US higher education

Over the past few years, Republican state lawmakers have introduced more than 150 bills in 35 states that seek to curb academic freedom on campus. Twenty-one of these bills have been signed into law.

The Conversation

Revealed: US university lecturer behind far-right Twitter account and publishing house

Guardian investigation identifies Jonathan Keeperman, a former lecturer at the University of California, Irvine, as ‘Lomez’

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Racist dog whistle: the right wing has weaponized ‘DEI’

The decades-old term is about egalitarianism – but conservatives have turned it into a three-letter profanity

The Guardian - US

NPR needs a serious critique not a politically charged parting shot

How Uri Berliner went about his complaint made it clear he was not interested in constructive criticism, but a viral moment

WEKU

NPR editor Uri Berliner resigns with blast at new CEO

The senior editor says CEO Katherine Maher has "divisive views" that confirm the issues he wrote about in an essay accusing NPR of losing the public's trust.

The Guardian - US

Ron DeSantis ally Chris Rufo has close ties with ‘dissident right’ magazine

Relationship with IM-1776, which praises dictators and attacks liberal democracy, is collaborative and supportive

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Activist who led ouster of Harvard president linked to ‘scientific racism’ journal

Christopher Rufo recommends a newsletter to his readers that has published several supporters of discredited genetics theory

The Independent UK

As legal challenges mount, some companies retool diversity and inclusion programs

Conservative advocates have filed a growing number of legal challenges, encouraged by the Supreme Court’s June ruling ending affirmative action in college admissions

The Guardian - US

Scientist cited in push to oust Harvard’s Claudine Gay has links to eugenicists

Christopher Rufo, credited with helping oust school’s first Black president, touted critic associated with ‘scientific racists’

The Hindu

Claudine Gay | Forced exit

Right-wingers' witch-hunt of Harvard's first Black president, Claudine Gay, ended with her resignation after plagiarism allegations.

The Guardian - US

Harvard’s Claudine Gay was ousted for ‘plagiarism’. How serious was it really?

Gay resigned amid claims of plagiarism, but was it the person being accused rather than the violation itself that brought about her downfall?

The Guardian - US

‘Racist, vicious’: academics decry rightwing attacks on Claudine Gay

As the right celebrates the resignation of the Harvard president as ‘victory’, concerns rise over equality initiatives in universities

Reason

If You Ignore Claudine Gay's Plagiarism, Shame on You

Academic malfeasance by Harvard's president deserves media coverage and condemnation, not excuses.

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