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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Palestinian Authority bans LGBT activities in West Bank
The Palestinian Authority is banning all LGBT members from activities in the West Bank.
‘Consent’ Review: Campus Confidential
A professor becomes a wonderful mentor, encouraging a graduate student’s intellectual curiosity and ambition. Then things take a turn.
KC Johnson
Perceptive review by Christine Rosen. Book also highlights the dangers of conflating appropriate policy in grad student/faculty cases (where power differentials can exist) w/student-student TIX cases.
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In Tlaib’s Ancestral Village, Grandmother Weathers a Global Political Storm
Suddenly pulled into an international uproar, the 90-year-old grandmother of Representative Rashida Tlaib has barely kept up with the dizzying drama.
Why Chellie Pingree broke with her Maine colleagues on Israel and Palestine
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree said her recent decision to join a small group of fellow progressives to oppose a symbolic resolution condemning a Palestinian-led boycott movement of Israel was based on free speech concerns
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.@chelliepingree responded to @bangordailynews to explain her vote on the anti-BDS resolution. Her explanation (that she favors free speech) is utterly disingenuous given the resolution's wording.
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The Other Oberlin College Case - Expelled "John Doe" Appeal Involving 100 Percent Conviction Rate
Appellant John Doe: "And in that same time period, from August 2015 through February 2016, Oberlin convicted 100% of the respondents it sent through its formal resolution process, the vast majority of whom, if not all, were men"
'A rock and a hard place': UW-Madison weighs whether to readmit Quintez Cephus
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank must consider the ramifications for two groups who often face skepticism: African-Americans who are disproportionately impacted by the criminal justice system and women who believe they
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Madison newspaper reviews the current state of affairs in the @UWMadison-Cephus case. Striking that professor interviewed for piece uses "victim" to describe an accusation in which Cephus was acquitted.
madison.com/wsj/news/local… pic.twitter.com/i4dHiCza7l
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Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib Partnered with Vicious Anti-Semites to Plan Their Trip to Israel
This should be a national scandal.
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Napier's player donation rule at UL raises questions
A new Louisiana football rule that encourages players to donate at least $50 to the athletic foundation brings up some interesting queries around amateurism.
Officials condemn judge's decision to release suspect accused of attacking woman
Judge Christine Van Aken released Austin James Vincent into a pretrial diversion program Monday rather than keep him in jail while he awaits his next court appearance on Sept. 12. He’s pleaded not guilty to charges of false imprisonment, two counts...
The Omar-Tlaib Entry Ban: 10 Comments on the Aftermath
1 Israel was right to reverse course and prevent representatives Omar and Tlaib from visiting. The following tweet by former Israeli MK Dr. Einat Wilf
The Congressman Who Hated Israel
Before Ilhan Omar, there was Paul FindleyView Post
Uncertain Outcome in Critical Occidental Case
In the early stages of the campus due process crisis, three cases in particular generated national attention—due to a combination of outrageous facts and a member of the national media choosing to …
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One of the highest-profile campus TIX cases (https://t.co/Jhdgp5e7MQ)--from @Occidental--has finally reached the California Court of Appeal. Analysis & audio excerpts from an uncertain oral argument.
academicwonderland.com/2019/08/16/unc…
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Corbyn outlines plans to defeat no-deal Brexit
The Labour leader plans to become caretaker PM after winning a no-confidence vote in the government.
Brexplaining the UK's Future
Brexit is blowing up Parliament where Guy Fawkes failed.
Labour Against Antisemitism
*LAAS Statement: Our Concern at MP Support for a Jeremy Corbyn Government*
Fiona Sharpe, spokesman for Labour Against Antisemitism, said:
“We are concerned that many MPs, some who have previously...
The death of Michael Brown, legal facts and messaging
Two Democratic presidential candidates recently observed the fifth anniversary of Michael Brown’s death by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Mo. — a case that sparked the Black Lives Matter movement as well as days of unrest locally. Sen....
Black Leadership Council backs Cephus in letter to UW-Madison chancellor
MADISON (WKOW) -- The Black Leadership Council wrote to University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank on Wednesday, in support of re-admitting
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Fascinating: Dane Co. Black Leadership Council writes to @UWMadison, expressing concerns about Cephus treatment: "It seems the university may be considering exacting additional punishment for something he did not do," in effect a "double jeopardy."
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Federal Judge Rules That Harvard May Be Discriminating Against Single Sex Organizations
In 2016 Harvard adopted rule punishing students who join single-sex organizations. A judge has ruled that a Title IX lawsuit against them will go to trial.
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Evan Gerstmann, in @Forbes, on the ruling in the Harvard single-gender org ban: "Harvard should have known better." BTW: five days after the judge released his opinion, @thecrimson still hasn't mentioned it.
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“Affirmative Consent” as a Legal Standard?
An effort to bring campus procedures rigged against defendants into criminal law has stalled—but advocates will try again.
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My @CityJournal piece on the aftermath of the ABA’s rejecting the affirmative consent resolution. Would be good if universities similarly rethought their policies after debate.
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