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A Professor of Strategy and Security Studies at the U.S. Air Force School of Advanced Air and Space Studies (SAASS) has argued that Elon Musk and SpaceX perpetuate “hegemonic masculinity”—a concept she claims pushes employees to work harder while fostering an exclusionary environment. The professor, Wendy Whitman Cobb,
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A diversity official at the University of Michigan Ann-Arbor (UMich) has been terminated from her cushy position at the school after she was accused by two colleagues of antisemitism. The official — Rachel Dawson, who was the Executive Director of the University of Michigan's Diversity Center until last week
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A professor at the University of Delaware recently penned an academic article arguing that women’s sense of belonging in calculus classes is hurt by “rational thought” and “objective truth,” which the professor sees as masculine qualities. “Men have been associated with rational thought, absolute and objective truth, and autonomous
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An Iowa history teacher is facing criticism after banning students from making “Nazi or Holocaust references” and prohibiting the use of a number of trending words, such as “Hawk Tuah,” “Ohio,” and “Sigma.” The teacher, Leah Elyse Ingraham — a 7th-grade teacher in the Fremont Mills Community School District — came under
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More than 150 people marched through Lower Manhattan on Sunday, demanding that colleges take action on anti-Jew hatred and to demand accountability for previous incidents of campus hate crimes. The group behind the protest— Mothers Against Campus Antisemitism, or MACA for short — met at 11am by the Washington Square Arch.
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A coalition of activists, lawyers, parents and other concerned individuals will take to the streets this Sunday to demand action against the surge of antisemitic incidents on college campuses. Starting at 11 a.m. at New York University (NYU), the group will march through Manhattan, stopping at several campuses to
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Two European researchers recently published a study in which they make a litany of bizarre claims, such as that Teslas and Tesla drivers promote “heterosexual hegemony” as well as “white hegemonic masculinity.” Matteo Vivi and Anne Mette-Hermans authored the study “Zero Emission, Zero Consequences” in Sage Journal’s Men and
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A professor at Lusail University in Qatar who also runs a United Nations recognized NGO recently praised Hamas for their surge in popularity and “pragmatism” after October 7, 2023, when Hamas killed over 1,200 Israelis and kidnapped over 250 innocent civilians. The professor — Tarek Hamoud, who teaches political science
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*Editor's Note (Nov. 27, 2024): This article has been updated to reflect uncertainty regarding whether Mr. Aqrabawi has been fired from his position at MIT. As of this writing, neither Mr. Aqrabawi nor MIT has responded to requests for comment. A neuroscientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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A tenured professor at Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania has been fired after making numerous antisemitic and anti-Zionist remarks. At least eight Jewish students complained to the university, stating that her rhetoric made them feel unsafe. Maura Finkelstein, who taught anthropology, first faced scrutiny after a student noticed her re-posting anti-Israel
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A coalition of professors claim in a recent academic paper that honors classes, meritocracy, and colorblindness are all used to perpetuate “white supremacy” in math classes. The article — “Whiteness and Fear: Backlash to Mathematics Education Reform” — was published in the journal Thresholds, and was penned by three elite university professors,
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79,000 people petitioned for his dismissal, but at Columbia University, he’s still teaching.