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Education December 6, 2024 0

Editorial: The Language Bullies Must Be Stopped

Two of the most damning accusations a person can face are being called a terrorist and an antisemite. It’s true, terrorism is abhorrent and antisemites are abhorrent. There is no question about either.But there is something equally as abhorrent: Falsely throwing these labels at people simply to silence them. The horrifying truth, however, is several people – especially minorities – have recently had their words incorrectly called either terrorist-related or anti-Semitic or both, and are facing real-life consequences for the […]

Education November 22, 2024 0

The Suppressed Speech of Wamsutta (Frank B.) James

Editor’s note: The following is being reprinted with permission for two reasons. One, in honor of Native American Heritage Month, and, two, as a celebration of free speech and the right to freedom of expression and thought. The speech was to have been delivered at Plymouth in 1970. Three hundred fifty years after the Pilgrims began their invasion of the land of the Wampanoag, their “American” descendants planned an anniversary celebration. Still clinging to the white schoolbook myth of friendly […]

Boston July 12, 2024 0

Supreme Court Case Highlights the Double-Standards, Perils of Prejudice

“The doctrine of consular nonreviewability was born broken.” That’s how the Fred T. Korematsu Center and Asian Americans Advancing Justice described this little-known doctrine that gives significant powers to consular officials in immigration matters. The line was in a legal brief they submitted to the recently ruled Supreme Court case, “Department of State v. Muñoz,” which many see as a setback for immigration marriage rights. The groups make a strong case that the doctrine was built on a series of […]

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