Harvard Divinity School Launches Journal Devoted to ‘Queerness,’ ‘Palestinian Liberation’

Harvard University—which is being sued by the federal government for antisemitism, has been laying off employees, and is going around telling courts, Congress, and alumni that federal funding cuts are threatening life-saving cancer research—is launching a new publication named after a Canaanite goddess that the Bible bans.

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An Elite St. Paul Private School Displayed an Antisemitic Poster to Middle Schoolers—Latest in a Series of Controversies to Roil School With ‘Best Academic Curriculum in Minnesota’

One of the most elite private schools in Minnesota is under fire after its head of school gave a tepid public response—and failed to hold his faculty to account—after a virulently antisemitic cartoon was approved by a teacher and displayed as part of an 8th grader’s social studies project on “Taking a Stand.”

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Former Columbia President Katrina Armstrong, Who Told Feds She Couldn't Recall Specifics of Any Antisemitic Incident on Campus, Out as University's Medical Center Chief

Former Columbia University president Katrina Armstrong, who resigned after telling the federal government she couldn't recall specifics of any antisemitic incident on campus, is stepping down as CEO of the Ivy League institution's medical center and dean of the medical school, Columbia acting president Claire Shipman announced Monday.

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At Commencement, Harvard Acknowledges Its Critics

Under pressure from competitors and from government officials—including President Trump—who say that Harvard is too uniformly left-wing and too hostile to Jews and Israel, Harvard used this week’s graduation ceremonies to recognize some of its critics.

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Harvard Gives $90,000-a-Year Fellowships to Four Anti-Israel Activists

Harvard is bringing four more anti-Israel activists to campus, hiring a filmmaker, a “journalist” for a Qatari-owned outlet, an English teacher at a Hamas-linked university in Gaza, and a professor who has described Israel as an “ecofascist state” guilty of “domicide” and “scholasticide.” They’ll serve as Radcliffe Fellows in the 2026-2027 academic year, earning at least $89,550 over nine months for a stipend, expenses, and housing allowance and potentially tens of thousands of dollars more in child care, health care, and moving expenses, along with access to Harvard libraries and athletic facilities, office space, and use of Harvard undergraduates as paid research assistants.

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Yale Gives Honorary Degree to Canadian Anti-Israel ‘Activist’ Who Left Catholicism for Islam

Yale University on Monday bestowed an honorary degree on a Canadian anti-Israel activist, Ingrid Mattson, who in June 2025 signed a letter to the Canadian prime minister falsely accusing Israel of “genocide” in Gaza and calling on Canada to impose extensive sanctions on Israel. In 2024 she also signed another letter saying Canada should arrest leaders of the Israeli government “should any suspects arrive on Canadian territory.”

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Penn State Law School Hit With Civil Rights Complaint Over ‘Antiracist’ Strategic Plan

Penn State Dickinson Law School on Monday was hit with a civil rights complaint over its "antiracist" strategic plan, which calls to expand "employment opportunities" for "underrepresented" groups.

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A Texas Military Vet Dropped Out of Penn State Law School Rather Than Submit to Its Mandatory Anti-Racism Course

David Blackman, a native of Plano, Texas, was thrilled to be starting law school at Penn State in the fall of 2025. A former 911 call operator and a veteran of the Texas State Guard, Blackman, 26, loved the university's football team and its location in the Appalachian Mountains. "I’ve been a fan of Penn State since I was a teenager," Blackman told the Washington Free Beacon. He arrived on campus in August 2025, a 50 percent merit scholarship in hand, excited for game nights in Beaver Stadium and a three-year reprieve from the Texas heat. Then he sat through his first anti-racism class.

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Northwestern's President Says He's 'Positive About the Relationship' Between the University and Hamas-Friendly Qatar

Interim Northwestern University president Henry Bienen said Monday that he is "positive about the relationship" between the university and the Hamas-friendly Gulf state of Qatar. That relationship, which Bienen initiated during his first stint leading Northwestern from 1995 to 2009, includes a contract that prohibits students and faculty at the university's Doha campus from criticizing the Qatari regime.

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Top Education Committee Dem Who Bemoaned Antisemitism Investigations Into Left-Wing Campus Groups Calls for Antisemitism Investigation Into Republican Campus Groups

The top Democrat on the House Education Committee, Rep. Bobby Scott (Va.), sent a letter to the committee's Republican chairman asking for an investigation into antisemitism within campus Republican groups. The letter, obtained by the Washington Free Beacon, marks a shift for Scott, who has repeatedly complained about committee hearings on campus antisemitism since Oct. 7, 2023.

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