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Interviewer: David Greene *This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Marjorie Heins is a writer, former civil rights/civil liberties attorney, and past director of the Free Expression Policy Project (FEPP) and the American Civil Liberties Union’s Arts Censorship Project. She is the author of “Priests of Our Democracy: The Supreme Court, Academic Freedom,…
I agree with Jay Jacobs, state and Nassau County Democratic chairman, that the Democrats must recalibrate their way of thinking “We Democrats have lessons to learn,” Opinion, Nov. 13]. But I believe he underplayed an important factor that caused the red wave and Trumpism. And that was a backlash to the envelope of social correctness…
Flyer for the election discussion event.@MU_JASPERSVOTE/INSTAGRAM By Mary Haley, Marketing Chair & Asst. Features Editor Manhattan University’s Jasper Vote committee held an event to discuss various opinions of how both President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaigns contributed to the results of the 2024 presidential election. After Jaspers Vote, the Manhattan University’s voter…
For three hot days, from July 1 to July 3, 1863, more than 150,000 soldiers from the armies of the United States of America and the Confederate States of America slashed at each other in the hills and through the fields around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. When the battered armies limped out of town after the brutal…
The future may lie with a carbon tax, private sector innovation, economic inclusion of communities left behind and muscular corporate governance. Businesses will continue to treat ESG problems as business problems. The scale of the defeat of the Democratic party in the 2024 election is staggering. They have lost the House, the Senate, the Presidency…
CNN Chairman and CEO Mark Thompson has made it clear that the network must pivot from its Trump-centric coverage, issuing a stark warning to staff in a recent all-hands meeting. “We cannot become consumed by Trump drama for the next four years. There are other important stories to tell, and we owe it to our…
A post made on X claims actor Robert De Niro is leaving the U.S. because of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory. Robert De Niro is leaving the U.S. following Trump’s victory. I can’t imagine why… pic.twitter.com/E1hipE4o7E — Rach 🇺🇸 (@rachisawake) November 16, 2024 Verdict: False There is no evidence to support this claim. The claim originated as satire. Fact…
In a general election that was by-and-large disastrous for the Democratic Party, voters across the political spectrum united to oppose efforts by Republicans to privatize and politicize public schools. The wins mostly occurred in red states that voted for President-elect Donald Trump, who has called for shuttering the U.S. Department of Education, accused schools of indoctrinating students,…
On Nov. 12, professor James Long hosted a discussion analyzing the results of the 2024 presidential election, featuring political science experts Victor Menaldo, Jessica Beyer, and Scott Lemieux. The UW department of political science has been hosting round-table discussions surrounding the 2024 political climate, in the “Democracy Discussions” series. Held in Kane Hall one week…