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At Anti-Trump ‘Teach-in’ at Georgetown University, Liberals Plan Resistance
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At Anti-Trump ‘Teach-in’ at Georgetown University, Liberals Plan Resistance

From The College Fix: The election of Donald Trump must be “understood as a backlash to the Black Lives Matter movement,” Georgetown University History Prof. Marcia Chatelain told a “teach-in” on campus Saturday… The election was also influenced by whites losing their suburban neighborhoods to blacks following the Great Recession and “wanting them back,” Chatelain […]

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Georgetown College Democrats Asked to Host Anti-Trump Protesters

From Campus Reform: The Georgetown University College Democrats (GUCD) chapter is asking members to open their dorm rooms and apartments to strangers participating in the upcoming Women’s March on Washington. In a Facebook post Tuesday, GUCD urged its followers to make their floors, couches, or beds available for students visiting D.C. for the event, which is billed […]

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Democrats Unhappy with Trump’s Education Pick on Views on Due Process
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Democrats Unhappy with Trump’s Education Pick on Views on Due Process

From The College Fix: President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of education, Betsy DeVos, is being declared unfit to serve not for her best-known cause – K-12 reform and school choice – but because the Michigan billionaire made relatively small donations to FIRE. Politico reports that the $10,000 DeVos has given to the group are leading […]

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Rhode Island High Schoolteacher to Take 50 Students to Anti-Trump Protest
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Rhode Island High Schoolteacher to Take 50 Students to Anti-Trump Protest

From The College Fix: The instructor, Central Falls High School’s Seth Kolker, says he organized the trip to “help students ‘channel their fear, anger and confusion’” post-election, according to the Providence Journal. “When I mentioned the Women’s March on Washington to my students, their enthusiasm was overwhelming,” Kolker says. “The potential to take part in a […]

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Student Body President at FIU Sent Anti-Trump Holiday Message
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Student Body President at FIU Sent Anti-Trump Holiday Message

Wonder if people would be doing this if Hillary Clinton won the election. This from Campus Reform: The Student Body President of Florida International University sent a campus-wide email to air grievances about President-elect Trump’s immigration plans under the guise of a holiday greeting. “I want to share a Holiday Message of Hope. As we […]

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Students and Alumni Want Marching Bands to Miss Trump’s Inauguration
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Students and Alumni Want Marching Bands to Miss Trump’s Inauguration

Would the same students and alumni at the University of Tennessee and Talladega College want to boycott a Hillary Clinton inauguration? Very unlikely: Following the release of a list of confirmed performers for the inauguration events, petitions have emerged to pressure college marching bands into backing out. Talladega College, a historically black college in Alabama, has […]

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College Democrats at DC University Plot ‘Resistance’ against Trump Presidency
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College Democrats at DC University Plot ‘Resistance’ against Trump Presidency

From Campus Reform: The George Washington University College Democrats have been busy planning their “resistance training” following Donald Trump’s election. “This week we released our Post-Election Action Guide, a 17-page guide to fight back against the policies and rhetoric we oppose,” the organization declares on its Facebook page. “In the guide you will find ways to get […]

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Professor’s Op-Ed says Trump’s Anti-Climate Change Agenda should Disqualify Him from Using Science
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Professor’s Op-Ed says Trump’s Anti-Climate Change Agenda should Disqualify Him from Using Science

From The College Fix: In a recent piece in The Huffington Post, California State University, Sacramento’s Joseph Palermo argues that because Donald Trump “rejects the science of climate change,” he shouldn’t be permitted to make use of science in other realms. “I’ve always believed that people who dismiss science in one area shouldn’t be able to benefit […]

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