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the gatekeepers
Colleges Double Down on “Holistic” Admissions

College admissions deans have released a set of proposals that will help expand their power and influence.

race and reparations
Bernie Sanders’ Freudian Slip

What the Sanders-Coates flap says about race and economic populism in the United States.

Campus Kangaroo Courts
Sen. Bernie Sanders, Reactionary?

Sen. Bernie Sanders said courts, not campuses, should handle accusations of sexual assault among college students.

new media
The New New Republic and the Plutocratic Left

There was an irony at the heart of Chris Hughes’ brief stewardship of the New Republic

Blue Model Blues
Can the Supreme Court Avert a Blue Civil War?

An upcoming Supreme Court case involving a California teachers’ union has important implications for the future of blue model governance.

campus culture wars
American Academics Have Moved to the Left

A chart from Heterodox Academy shows a sharp rise in the number of self-identified liberal professors, at the expense of conservatives and moderates.

Parsing Politics
Is America Really Moving Left?

When asked whether big government, big labor, or big business was a bigger threat, 69 percent of respondents to a recent Gallup poll name big government as “the biggest threat to the country in the future.”

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Far-Right Rising
Trump Highlights Israel’s Liberalism

Despite the perpetual threat of terrorism, Israel has never succumbed to something like Trumpism.

Far-Right Rising
The Globalization of the Right?

As Marion Le Pen pitches US-style rightwing politics in Europe, Donald Trump pitches European-style rightwing politics in the US.

after san bernardino
Why the Gun Control Push Is Futile

The post-San Bernardino gun control push is likely to be even more ineffectual than its predecessors.

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