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Toni Airaksinen
Editor, Liberty Affair

About Toni

Toni Airaksinen is an Editor at Liberty Affair. She holds a BA from Barnard College of Columbia University and has written over 3,400 exclusive news articles over the past 10 years. Her work has been featured in outlets like the New York Daily News, Quillette, USA Today, The Daily Caller, and others. Her reporting has been cited in thousands of articles, academic books, and public policy discussions, including by think tanks like PEN America, SpeechFirst, AEI, and FIRE. Her investigations have sparked debates on FOX News and OANN. She was a New Jersey Correspondent for Campus Reform during her time at Barnard College.

Stories by Toni

Ivy League school has little to show for $185 million spent on 'faculty diversity'

A newly released report reveals that Columbia University spent more than $185 million to increase “faculty…

Sep 25, 2018

College clarifies free speech zone policy amid mounting pressure

A community college in Texas clarified its policy on free speech zones after more than three months of questioni…

Sep 23, 2018

Tulane mandates new students take “Race and Inclusion” course

Tulane University now requires all incoming students to enroll in a “Race and Inclusion” course, a n…

Sep 21, 2018

Ivy League class uses racial quota for enrollment

Cornell University offers a social justice education class that stipulates that each section will contain an equ…

Sep 19, 2018

STUDY: STEM diversity efforts have 'unintended consequences'

An Indiana University study finds that efforts to raise awareness of the lack of women in STEM are actually maki…

Sep 13, 2018

New York students will read Marx in 'Capitalism Versus Nature' course

The New School for Social Research, a graduate school in Lower Manhattan, will offer a course next semester to e…

Sep 10, 2018

STUDY: Conservative women are not identity politics fans

A new study finds that conservative women in college are less likely to support the use of identity politics in …

Sep 7, 2018

Harvard Prof: Merit-based admissions 'reproduce inequality'

A Harvard University professor claims in a new academic study that merit-based admission processes at elite univ…

Sep 7, 2018

UPenn Women's Center targeted in federal Title IX complaint

The nation’s oldest men’s nonprofit has filed a Title IX complaint against the University of Pennsyl…

Aug 28, 2018

Title IX complaint filed against ‘hate men’ professor

The nation’s oldest men’s group has filed a Title IX complaint against Northeastern University, prom…

Aug 24, 2018

Profs get $248k grant to study ‘gender microaggressions’

The NSF has awarded three Iowa State University professors more than $248,000 to study “gender microaggres…

Aug 23, 2018

CU-Boulder offers class on ‘Whiteness Studies’

The University of Colorado-Boulder offers a course for students who wish to explore the “consequences&rdqu…

Aug 22, 2018

At UCLA, 20 paid diversity advocates isn’t enough

The University of California, Los Angeles hopes to pay more students to fight “toxic masculinity” an…

Aug 20, 2018

Engineers refute allegations of gender bias in licensing exam

Professional engineers are expressing befuddlement over unsubstantiated scholarly accusations that the field&rsq…

Aug 17, 2018

Journal suspiciously quiet since 'dog rape culture' article

The journal that published the viral article on “rape culture” in Portland dog parks has been unusua…

Aug 15, 2018

Profs fear engineering exam may be ‘biased’ against women

Two Kansas State University professors have discovered that women in engineering are 11.6 percent less likely to…

Aug 14, 2018

Researchers identify 31 types of anti-atheist microaggressions

Three researchers recently created a psychological survey to help therapists gauge how often atheist clients may…

Aug 14, 2018

Quinnipiac removes ‘Punch Nazis’ professor from website

Quinnipiac University has scrubbed all references to Matthew Fantastic Loter from its website after the professo…

Aug 13, 2018

SURVEY: Sociologists embrace Marx's dictum to change the world

A recent survey of sociology professors discovered that more than half agree with “Marx’s dictum to …

Aug 13, 2018

Journal still selling 'dog rape culture' article despite doubts

The journal that published the viral academic article on “rape culture” and “queer performativ…

Aug 13, 2018

Oberlin scraps 'social justice' program

Oberlin College appears to have axed a program that initially sought to recruit students to fight “microag…

Aug 10, 2018

Prof allegedly sucker-punches critic of social justice gaming

A popular critic of identity politics in gaming was physically assaulted last Thursday, allegedly by a Quinnipia…

Aug 8, 2018

Prof predicts Trump voters will riot when Trump leaves office

A women’s studies professor at the University of Albany recently published a lengthy essay warning that Tr…

Aug 8, 2018

Publisher questions credibility of 'dog rape culture' author

The publishers and editors of the viral academic article on “rape culture” in Portland dog parks adm…

Aug 7, 2018

STUDY: Conservative students feel pressure to self-censor

A new study reveals that conservative college students cope with left-leaning professors by self-censoring durin…

Aug 7, 2018

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