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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Schlissel updates University community on sexual misconduct prevention and procedures
Wednesday morning, University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel released an update to all members of the University community via email on the University’s efforts to address sexual misconduct on campus. Schlissel said now is an apt time to...
KC Johnson
Given repeated court defeats, would think the @UMichiganNews president would choose his language more carefully. If respondents are presumed innocent, why are they, too, not supported? & how does Schlissel distinguish b/w "complainants" and "survivors"?
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New Super Tuesday Presidential Primary Bill Introduced in Maine
New legislation introduced on April 23 would reestablish a presidential primary in Maine and schedule the election for the first Tuesday a...
In a Crowded Field, Pete Buttigieg and Beto O’Rourke Stake Out Similar Turf
As the presidential nominating contest narrows next year, there may not be room for two white men under 50 who present themselves as mainstream progressives.
Nabbing Robert Kraft Helped Florida Prosecutors Get Headlines. Now Kraft and Other Orchids of Asia Customers Are Fighting Back
They're joined by an arrested spa owner and manager in fighting the release of surveillance video, with an array of big media companies on the other side.
Williams College to rework free speech policies after controversies
Williams plans to revise its policies after a faculty petition to adopt free speech guidelines enraged student activists.
KC Johnson
Having taught at @WilliamsCollege for 4yrs & returned several times thereafter for invited talks, this article makes for a particularly dispiriting read.
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Daily Kos Elections post-Nov. 6 2018 D-vs.-R special elections vs. presidential results
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Special Election, 2016 Presidential, 2012 Presidential
Date, State, District, Held By, Winner, D% age, R% age, Margin, Clinton, Trump, Margin, Margin Dif., Obama,...
Buttigieg to appear on Fox News town hall in May
Fox News announced Tuesday that it will host a town hall with 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg on May 19.
Donald Trump, the A.C.L.U., and the Ongoing Battle Over the Legitimacy of Free Speech
With liberal and left politics dominant on most campuses, the President can feel confident that his recent executive order serves as a partisan attack.
KC Johnson
Thought-provoking, as always, @JeannieSuk on the Trump campus speech exec order: "question of whether our President’s constant undermining of free expression....has merely found a mirror in many students’ rebuke of free speech" from opposite point of view.
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How Not to Have a Constructive Debate
The left is often criticized for shutting down debate. But is productive debate even possible when we can't agree on the terms?
The End of Being a Duke Professor and What It Means for the Future of Higher Education
The end of the spring semester marks the 20th anniversary of my professorship at Duke, first as an assistant professor and then as an associate professor of the practice at the Sanford School of Public Policy. During this time, I regularly taught...
Op-Ed: The ASSU tries to chill free speech
This past week, the ASSU debated a bill authored by the Director of Academic Freedom, Zintis Inde, that would force every student club to include a mandatory 120-word statement on all advertisements for their event. A paragraph-long statement may...
As a Black Child in Los Angeles, I Couldn’t Understand Why Jesus Had Blue Eyes
As Christians prepare to celebrate Easter, a Times journalist wonders how others first visualized Jesus as a child — and what those images mean now. Share your experience in the comments.
Bill seeks ‘cooling-off’ period for Maine lawmakers-turned-lobbyists
At least 22 former Maine lawmakers registered as lobbyists within months of leaving office in the past three decades.
With 6 months to go, Justin Trudeau is up against history | CBC News
Federal governments that trail in the polls this far out from an election struggle to stay in power.
Benjamin Netanyahu and the Death of the Zionist Dream
Israel’s founding fathers are turning in their graves.
Inside Maine’s disastrous roll out of proficiency-based learning
How well-intentioned education and business leaders in Maine sold state lawmakers on proficiency based learning, a largely untested theory of change
10 Years of 30 for 30 | 2019 Tribeca Film Festival
Since the launch of <em>30 for 30</em> ten years ago, the series has become one of the premiere brands in all of documentary film. With now over 90 documentaries under its belt, including the 2017 Academy Award winner for Best Documentary, ESPN has...
Watchdog has the evidence to act on ‘antisemitic’ Labour
Britain’s equalities watchdog is expected to launch a full investigation into Labour after its failure to stamp out antisemitism in the party. Insiders at the Equalities and Human Rights Commission...
Making Middlebury safe for speakers: A modest proposal
There’s no problem keeping a campus safe for speakers. There’s only a problem with campus administrators who have renounced the telos of the university or who lack the courage to defend it.
Man Arrested With Gas Cans and Lighters at St. Patrick’s Cathedral Is a Philosophy Teacher
Marc Lamparello, 37, was also arrested on Monday at a cathedral in New Jersey and had just bought a one-way ticket to Rome.
KC Johnson
No mention yet on @PSC_CUNY social media feeds of legal travails of CUNY adjunct; does Leader Bowen think that CUNY handled this properly? (Adjunct was apparently fires by Lehman.)
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