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Mizzou student labeled 'Uncle Tom' for defending Thomas Jefferson statue
A conservative student at the University of Missouri was the target of racially motivated attacks on Twitter Tue…
By Chris Nuelle 
Oct 20, 2015
UD launches $1 million diversity initiative in response to nonexistent hate crime
The University of Delaware announced last week that it will set aside $1 million to fund diversity programs, par…
By Peter Fricke 
Oct 20, 2015
UPDATE: Valdosta tells students to not dress in 'ghetto,' 'hillbilly' Halloween costumes
Valdosta State University has come up with a new category of costume for students …
By Peter Fricke 
Oct 16, 2015
Protesters interrupt UNC chancellor, call for Confederate soldier statue removal
Protesters interrupted an event Monday at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill to call for the removal o…
By James Mietus 
Oct 14, 2015
Wesleyan provides checklist to help students avoid ‘offensive’ Halloween costumes
Now that Columbus Day is over, Wesleyan University is turning its attention toward the next controversial date o…
By Peter Fricke 
Oct 13, 2015
Mizzou students deface, call for removal of 'racist, rapist' Thomas Jefferson statue
Students at the University of Missouri (Mizzou) have repeatedly covered a statue of Thomas Jefferson with <a hre…
By Chris Nuelle 
Oct 13, 2015
Prof. denies calling Ben Carson a ‘coon,’ says words were ‘twisted’ by conservatives
Anthea Butler, the black University of Pennsylvania professor who sent a tweet implying that Ben Carson is a &ld…
By Peter Fricke 
Oct 8, 2015
Vanderbilt to put on 'healthy masculinities week'
This Thursday, Vanderbilt University will kick off its &ldquo;Healthy Masculinities Week,&rdquo; during which ma…
By Peter Fricke 
Sep 8, 2015
Professors threaten bad grades for saying ‘illegal alien,’ ‘male,’ ‘female’
In another class, students will lose one point every time they use the words “illegal alien” or “illegals” rather t…
By Peter Hasson 
Aug 29, 2015
Northeastern allegedly tells RAs that white men can't be oppressed
A screenshot of the RA training guide was posted to Reddit's TumblrInAction subreddit.
By Peter Hasson 
Aug 14, 2015
Mich. State students protest Boy Scouts for 'cultural appropriation'
Protesters criticized the organization's use of Native American symbols.
By Gretchen Edelman 
Aug 12, 2015
California student union doesn't like cops
The UC student-worker union wants the AFL-CIO, a federation of labor unions, to end its affiliation with the Int…
By Taylor Egly 
Aug 5, 2015
Prof.: white law enforcement, jails are WMDs
Are law enforcement officers considered weapons of mass destruction? Dr. Lawrence Brown, an assistant professor …
By Chris Nuelle 
Aug 4, 2015
White Ivy Leaguers create student group to confront their 'privilege'
The only membership requirement is "a desire to take an anti-racist stance in learning about race and whiteness, an…
By Peter Hasson 
Aug 4, 2015
Another prof. in hot water over tweets
A university professor says her tweets are being mischaracterized. Deepa Kumar, a Middle Eastern studies…
By Bethany Salgado 
Aug 3, 2015
Alaskan university restores Mississippi flag to display
University lowers state flag because of confederate symbolism than re-raises it Last week, the <a href="…
By Michael McGrady 
Jul 30, 2015
Catholic university teaches white people about 'whiteness'
The event lasted four days, from July 23-26.
By Peter Hasson 
Jul 27, 2015
NYU Ethics Director slams Trump as 'proto-Hitlerite'
Dr. Arthur Caplan, a Bioethics professor and Director of Medical Ethics at New York University, slammed Trump Monda…
By Peter Hasson 
Jul 23, 2015
Prof. labels Amy Schumer's comedy racist despite never seeing it
In a Washington Post&nbsp;<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/07/06/dont-believe-her-…
By Jake Grant 
Jul 17, 2015
Prof.: blacks perpetuate racism by believing in American Dream
Blacks who fall for the allure of the American Dream are perpetuating racism, according to one University of Col…
By Conner Dunleavy 
Jul 15, 2015