President Trump nominated Kenneth Marcus for Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the Department of Education. The following fact sheet provides background on Marcus, and explains why his appointment would threaten fundamental rights at our nation's campuses.
Read MoreThe email links to a website baring Jacobs’ name and also accuses him of antisemitism for “spend[ing] all [his] time” with Jewish Voice for Peace.
Read More"We are proud to defend the right to dissent that is so essential to academia and our free society," said Director Dima Khalidi.
Read MoreIn response to the students’ appeal, the California State University Chancellor’s Office remanded the case back to San Francisco State University to give the campus “an opportunity to cure defects in the investigation.”
Read MoreA federal judge said he will dismiss a frivolous lawsuit demanding the censorship of scholarship and activism on Palestine at San Francisco State University.
Read MoreSix prominent Jewish Studies scholars explain that a lawsuit's allegations of antisemitism are an attempt to silence advocates for Palestinian rights.
Read MoreThe hearing featured testimony from several Israel advocacy organizations that relied on factually inaccurate stories to support their efforts to impose a widely criticized definition of antisemitism on college campuses.
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