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Left-wing politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

Worried about freedom of speech? Then what's happening at the Open University should terrify you | Owen Jones

Pro-Israel lobby groups are conducting aggressive legal campaigns to police speech about Palestine in Western academic institutions, restricting scholarly freedom and historical terminology.
fromNew York Post
2 weeks ago

Surgeon apologizes for his silence as young as 13 undergo gender reassignment surgeries at NYC hospital

"As a father to three young children and as a physician who took an oath to do no harm, I failed to speak up, and I just want to thank President Trump for having more clarity on this," Dr. Ira Savetsky said Thursday on "Fox & Friends." His expression of regret comes just days after the Manhattan hospital pulled the plug on its youth transgender treatment program after the Trump administration threatened to pull federal funding over the controversial medical care.
Public health
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
3 months ago

What Faith-Based Higher Ed Leadership Looks Like (opinion)

There are moments in leadership when no one is watching but everything is at stake. Not because a policy is in question or a metric is missing, but because our moral compass is being tested in the quiet. In these moments, we do not lean on politics or public opinion. We ought to lean on what we believe to be true and on moral principles that will benefit the community we serve.
Higher education
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