Alyza is a junior at Emory University in Atlanta, GA, studying Economics and Spanish. Having witnessed the effects of “woke” culture and political correctness on campus, she is deeply concerned about the extent to which students' free speech remains unprotected. Previously an intern for Speech First, Alyza hopes to leverage her experience to raise awareness about institutional censorship and the indoctrination of young adults in higher education as a writing intern for Minding The Campus (MTC). Connect with her on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/alyza-harris-67b865202.
In the wake of the 2024 presidential election, I was stunned as many of my peers—college juniors, no less—freaked out upon hearing that Trump had beaten Kamala Harris. On my campus, female students, in particular, voiced fears that their rights, especially access to abortion, would be immediately stripped away. Their fear was palpable, but what […]
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By the end of the day, President Trump is expected to sign a long-anticipated executive order (EO) that will kickstart the process of closing the Department of Education (ED)—a move he has promised since launching his 2024 campaign, citing decades of bureaucratic waste and rising federal spending in Washington, which have failed to yield any […]
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President Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Education (ED), Linda McMahon, was confirmed today. As the co-founder of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) alongside her husband, Vince McMahon, the mogul has had a longstanding career in business, politics, and public service. In 2009, McMahon left WWE to try her hand in politics. But after two […]
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Initially enacted in 1972 to prohibit sex-based discrimination in federally funded educational institutions, Title IX aimed to ensure women’s equal participation in academia. But in the last few decades, each U.S. president has attempted to make amendments to the law. In 2011, the Obama administration broadened its scope to include sexual harassment and assault, mandating […]
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On Feb. 5, U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce (R-OH), in collaboration with Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), introduced the Higher Education Accountability Tax (HEAT) Act, H.R. 1006. By amending the Internal Revenue Code, the bill seeks to hold private colleges and universities accountable for their role in the student debt crisis by increasing taxes on their investment […]
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After openly criticizing “anti-vaxxers” who did not buy into the whole COVID-19 vaccine hoopla, one of my professors at Emory University jokingly posed this question to the lecture hall: “Everyone here is a liberal, right?” As a freshman who had claimed a philosophical exemption just to attend my university, I cringed. Even though I was […]
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed yesterday to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. A key point throughout the hearing was his criticism of processed foods and his promise to “reverse the chronic disease epidemic.” Although Kennedy faced pushback from Democrat senators about his past remarks on vaccine inefficiencies and was accused of […]
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