The Cancellation of Dorian AbbotListen now | What’s the future of academic freedom when campus climate overwhelms climate change?
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Rethinking the Canon: What Makes a Classic?Listen now | On the enduring value of Plato, St. Augustine, and Gandhi.
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BONUS: How Anti-CRT Bills Could Affect Higher EducationListen now (14 min) | Amna Khalid interviews FIRE President Greg Lukianoff and Former ACLU President Nadine Strossen
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Why We Don’t Use Trigger Warnings — An Animated GuideWhat are trigger warnings? How are they used in college classrooms? Are they effective? In this engaging animated video, Amna Khalid and Jeff Snyder ad…
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The "Critical Race Theory" HysteriaListen Now | Why anti-CRT legislation is anti-American.
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This Academic Year, I Won’t Be Using Trigger WarningsWhy the well-meaning practice doesn’t do our students any favors.
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Rethinking the Canon: Are 'Great Books' Obsolete? — Full interview and transcriptListen now (36 min) | Is there value in reading the classics at a time when they are increasingly viewed as tools of oppression and white supremacy?
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Rethinking the Canon: Are 'Great Books' Obsolete?Listen now | Is there value in reading the classics at a time when they are increasingly viewed as tools of oppression and white supremacy?
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Cast Away from the CanonThe traditional Western canon is under attack — deemed obsolete, offensive or both. But students stand to lose far more than individual literary works.
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The Evolution of 'Woke'Listen now (29 min) | Lexicon Valley's John McWhorter discusses the problem with "problematic" and tracks the shifting meaning of "cancel culture."
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Sisyphus ReduxThe University of Wisconsin spent $50,000 to remove a boulder because, nearly a century ago, a reporter referred to it using a racial slur. Is this jus…
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Alice Walker Has Been CancelledIn a rare interview, the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Color Purple discusses the repeated "cancellations" she has faced throughout her career.
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