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Jonas Du
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Conservatives Took Over a Progressive College. What Happened Next?
New College has lots of new professors and students, but campus life feels less like an ideological battlefield than, well, a normal college.
Jonas Du
Democrats Can’t Decide Whether the Problem Is Fraud or the People Exposing It
While Republicans hunt for misspending, many Democrats denounce them before quietly launching their own investigations.
Jonas Du
Can Dartmouth Save the Ivy League?
College president Sian Beilock had protesters arrested, defied faculty, and has said American universities lost their way. They can fix themselves, or…
Jonas Du
Democrats Are Ready to Reclaim Georgia. Is a Former Republican the Man for the Job?
Geoff Duncan was a solid conservative, from abortion to gun rights. Now running for governor as a Democrat, he is betting that voters are also ready for…
Jonas Du
Columbia Faculty Recommend Anti-Israel Professor for Middle Eastern Studies Position
The move comes months after the university pledged to ensure ‘balanced’ offerings in its Middle Eastern Studies department as part of a $221 million…
Jonas Du
EXCLUSIVE: Groypers Are Not Welcome, California GOP Says
The nation’s largest state Republican party is the first to formally condemn Nick Fuentes and ensure candidates don’t follow his far-right ideology.
Jonas Du
Columbia Grad Students Get a Reality Check
The powerful United Auto Workers won’t allow a strike on campus if the grad students’ union clings to its obsession with politics.
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Why Grad Students at Columbia May Go on Strike
‘If you look at what the union is doing now, you can see there’s no sane people left,’ says one student about its political fixations.
Jonas Du
‘If You Look at People’s Eyes, All of the Light Is Coming Back’
Iranian Americans who celebrated the ayatollah’s death said that they can glimpse the possibility of democracy and freedom.
Jonas Du
The Father Battling Palestinian Terror in Court
For decades, the ‘Martyrs Fund’ created by the Palestinian Authority has rewarded attacks on Israel. A victim’s father is fighting to make the group…
Jonas Du
Meet the 14-Year-Old Running for Governor of Vermont
Dean Roy has braces and a dream.
Jonas Du
Meet the Socialists Following Mamdani’s Lead
A wave of Mamdani-inspired candidates across the country is betting that class warfare and political progressivism can finally beat the Democratic…
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