KC Johnson
Brooklyn College/@GC_CUNY history professor.
Former Fulbright professor at @telavivuni
Former track announcer at @ScarboroDowns & VT State Fair.
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Faculty voice concerns as fall semester approaches - The Pitt News
Faculty have raised flags about a lack of shared governance in parts of the process and a lack of information provided by the administration.
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Pitt (pittnews.com/article/158772…) announces it's reworking TIX procedures to meet new regs. Univ. of Arizona (wildcat.arizona.edu/article/2020/0…) indicates likewise.
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UA to quietly reform Title IX procedures in face of new federal regulations
The University of Arizona faces an August 14 deadline to draft and implement new Title IX policies and procedures on campus. Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 is a federal law that addresses gender discrimination and sexual assault on...
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Pitt (pittnews.com/article/158772…) announces it's reworking TIX procedures to meet new regs. Univ. of Arizona (wildcat.arizona.edu/article/2020/0…) indicates likewise.
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End the Jewish State? Let’s try some honesty, first
To read Peter Beinart’s piece is to slog through an array of misrepresentations and omissions, and to feel dismissed because we know he hopes we don’t know enough to catch him
Stephen Jackson after DeSean Jackson cited fake Hitler quote: "He's speaking the truth."
Former NBA player and current Showtime Basketball podcast host Stephen Jackson defended DeSean Jackson's sharing of a fake Hitler quote.
NYU Condemns Grad Student Union for Call to Boycott Tel Aviv Program
The university said the boycott was 'at odds with the tenets of academic freedom and the free exchange of ideas.'
Evers gives UW System go-ahead for sex assault rules
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers has given the University of Wisconsin System the go-ahead to begin complying with new federal rules that bolster the rights of sexual misconduct
Yavne: A Jewish Case for Equality in Israel-Palestine
The two-state solution is dead. It’s time for liberal Zionists to abandon Jewish–Palestinian separation and embrace equality.
DeSean Jackson shares anti-semitic quotes attributed to Hitler on Instagram
DeSean Jackson shared anti-semitic quotes attributed to Adolf Hitler on his Instagram story over the July 4th holiday, and continued to use the quotes as a conversation piece during several posts on the social media network on Monday afternoon.
Here’s a List of Colleges’ Plans for Reopening in the Fall
We’re tracking whether institutions expect to have in-person or online-only classes or some mix of the two. Tell us what your campus is doing.
Faculty Letter
July 4, 2020
Dear President Eisgruber, Provost Prentice, Deans Kulkarni and Dolan, Vice President for Campus Life Calhoun, and members of the Princeton Cabinet,
Anti-Blackness is foundational to America. It plays a role in where we live and where...
Hong Kong, Changed Overnight, Navigates Its New Reality
In a city where China has made some ideas suddenly dangerous, people are trying to figure out where the boundaries lie, and how their lives have changed.
The Willful Blindness of Reactionary Liberalism
The critics of progressive identity politics have got it all wrong: They’re the illiberal ones.
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This @OsitaNwanevu neglects to mention that while private univs aren't bound by the 1A, most (& nearly all elite ones) voluntarily have adopted speech policies that mirror 1A protections.
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Persuasion by Yascha Mounk
The community for those who believe that a free society is worth fighting for.
CEC D2 Working Business Meeting June 29, 2020
NYC Community Education Council for Manhattan District 2 working business meeting on June 29, 2020.
Kamala Harris's Wikipedia Page Is Being Edited
In recent presidential cycles, the velocity of edits made to a Wikipedia page have correlated with the choice of vice presidential running mate.
Sixth Circuit: Hearing panel’s decision may itself be evidence of sex bias in campus Title IX case
A decision earlier this week reversed a district court’s decision to dismiss a sex discrimination case brought by a student expelled for sexual misconduct.
AOC Touts Support from Anti-Semitic Groups for Israel Letter
A congressional letter organized by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) and a delegation of progressive Democrats in Congress was endorsed by organizations that call for Israel’s destruction, promote boycotts of the Jewish state, endorse...
Why these House Dems refused to add their names to letter against annexation
‘It's in America's national security interests to maintain our commitment to security assistance to Israel without conditions,’ Rep. Anthony Brindisi (D-NY) tells JI
Harvard to Student Club: Lie About Your Policies and You’ll Be OK - FIRE
Harvard University’s ill-conceived decision to blacklist students who join off-campus, single-sex social organizations continues to backfire, forcing administrators to make exceptions to the overbroad policy. The latest one would permit an...
Bye-bye blacklist: Harvard ends attack on single-sex groups
BOSTON, June 30, 2020 — Four years ago, Harvard University announced a stunning attack on freedom of association when it blacklisted members of independent, single-sex, off-campus organizations from certain scholarships and campus leadership...