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Why I Cut Ties with Science’s Top Publisher
After years reviewing and publishing with Nature Portfolio’s journals, I can no longer support its shift from scientific rigor to ideological activism.
Anna Krylov
Inside Harmeet Dhillon’s Civil Rights Revolution
From fighting DEI to suing blue states, Harmeet Dhillon is remaking civil-rights law in the age of MAGA.
Eli Lake
Is the ADL Inadvertently Making Antisemitism Worse?
Researchers conclude that its anti-hate curriculum provokes defensiveness, but the group says it has overhauled what it teaches.
Tanner Nau and Frannie Block
How Zohran Mamdani Could Kill New York’s Schools
I ran New York City’s school system under Mayor Bloomberg. And I’m alarmed by the socialist’s plans.
Joel Klein
How “Sensitivity Readers” Made Publishing More Racist
Adam Szetela talks about what happens when the internet mob meets the editor’s desk.
Coleman Hughes
1HR 2M
The White Man Who Pretended to Be Black to Get Published
A young poet pretended to be ‘a gender-fluid member of the Nigerian diaspora,’ and wrote intentionally bad poems. He says he got 47 of them published.
River Page
This Scientist Says MIT Ruined His Life. Now He’s Fighting for Redemption.
David Sabatani is battling sexual harassment accusations that he says were part of a ‘DEI-inspired purification.’ Can he win?
Suzy Weiss
Joe Biden Made More Than 600 Grants to Stop ‘Disinformation.’ Donald Trump Now Has a Plan for Them.
Top federal officials are ‘just getting started’ on a cancelling spree, they tell The Free Press.
Gabe Kaminsky and Madeleine Rowley
Exclusive: Trump Administration Freezes $2.7 Billion in ‘Digital Equity’ Grants
Biden-era funding is under investigation for possible race-based discrimination by the federal government.
Gabe Kaminsky
Mom Who Sued School for DEI Records Told They’re ‘a Trade Secret’
A Pennsylvania school refused to divulge its curriculum on the grounds of confidentiality. Then a mother fought the district in a state appellate court.
Frannie Block
JB Pritzker Wants to Lead the Trump Resistance. But Is He Turning His Back on DEI?
Mentions of diversity and equity have vanished from the Pritzker Family Foundation’s website amid Trump’s attack on DEI.
Gabe Kaminsky
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