ACTIVISM

Cornell hosts 'The Stripping Activist' event with a leftist activist striptease dancer

'Bella Sin will delve into the union of burlesque and activism, exploring how an immigrant performer navigates thei…

By Jacob Beckwith '26
Apr 17, 2024

Disgraced Olympian likens athlete contracts to 'slave chains' in Ibram Kendi's ESPN series premiere

On Sept. 20, Boston University Professor Ibram X. Kendi debuted a new ESPN+ series, Skin in the Game, which 'challe…

By Mason Scioneaux '25
Oct 6, 2023

European prof gets heat for mixing climate activism with academia, but doing so is encouraged in the US

European prof says his activism comes with 'penalties' such as being shunned from academic circles and could even a…

By Jared Gould
Sep 26, 2023

Expelled 'Tennessee Three' leader hired by university though he led capitol protest

Rep. Justin Jones announced on Aug. 16 that he will teach a political science course called 'Good Trouble' at Fisk …

By Clarise Tujardon '26 and Melanie Wilcox
Sep 7, 2023

UPenn joins other law schools across country teaching activist 'movement lawyering'

UPenn's Carey Law School now runs an Advocacy for Racial and Civil Justice Clinic, teaching students an activist ap…

By Alexia Bianchi '22
Mar 23, 2023

Students' climate justice rally calls for banning cars on iconic street

The car-free Telegraph Avenue rally, hosted by a student organization, belongs to an ongoing effort to help Berkele…

By Elaine Gunthorpe '24
Feb 15, 2023

Campus Pride awarding LGBTQ social justice grants for ‘activism,’ ‘advocacy,’ ‘organizing’

Campus Pride is awarding ‘Social Justice Mini-Grants for Activism,’ a funding opportunity for ‘direct grassroots ac…

By Alexia Bianchi '22
Jan 27, 2023

University employee says she will chuck 'dodge balls at cis men's heads'

University of Oklahoma employee Cait Davanzo took aim at “cis men” in response to an event on campus comparing men …

By Logan Dubil '23
Nov 23, 2022

Academic calls out colleges of education for prioritizing 'woke' activism

Dr. Lindsey Burke argued in a Wall Street Journal opinion article that education programs do not prepare teachers t…

By William Biagini '24
Sep 13, 2022

'Race and Resistance Studies' major trains future 'racial social justice' activists with 'Radicalism and Revolution' course

San Francisco State University stresses that the curriculum is not theoretical because it focuses on practical mean…

By Wyatt Eichholz '24
Mar 25, 2022

University lifts pepper spray ban

Regent University has reversed its long-held pepper spray ban on campus following pressure from students in the sch…

By Avery Selby
Feb 1, 2022

College hires 'faculty activist' as its new president

Crystal Williams has a history of being an activist at Reed College and Boston University.

By Alexa Schwerha
Jan 6, 2022

Berkeley instructor says 'Jews have been overwhelmingly abandoned by progressive activists'

A human rights scholar recently wrote that progressives' indifference to hate against Jews has 'normalized' anti-Se…

By Addison Pummill '23
Aug 3, 2021

University students will learn about ‘Queer Feelings’ & ‘activist skills’ this fall

Courses like 'Queer Desires' and 'Queer Feelings' will be offered this coming academic year at America's public uni…

By Angela Morabito
Aug 3, 2021

'Womanist spiritual activism' training costs TX students over $700

Texas Woman's University, a public institution, is offering 'Womanist Spiritual Activism: Social Justice Theories f…

By Amelia Scarponi '23
Jul 29, 2021

Here are the colleges offering 'social justice' degrees

Universities are now offering degrees in social justice for undergraduate and graduate students alike.

By Ophelie Jacobson
Jul 24, 2021

Leftist profs co-chair UVA commission on segregation

The University of Virginia has selected two professors known for social justice activism and anti-Trump comments to…

By Abigail Marone
May 30, 2018

Historians look to help activists 'resist' immigration control

At the American Historical Association's annual meeting last week, one session addressed "resistance" to "immigrati…

By Neetu Arnold
Jan 9, 2018

Yale honors students who mobbed prof over costume controversy

Both students were prominently involved in a mob that accosted a professor after his wife sent an email suggesting …

By Justin Caruso
May 30, 2017

Students appeal suspension, defend 'bigot list' as 'activism'

The students maintain their innocence, but also defended the list accusing 22 students and faculty members of being…

By Amber Athey
Jan 5, 2017

Reagan, Thatcher busts defaced at Chapman University

The defaced busts included Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, Milton Friedman, Ayn Rand, and Albert Schweitzer.

By Cabot Phillips
Apr 9, 2015