CMD NEWS ABOUT Education

• The Right-Wing Network Manufacturing the War Against Higher Education

  By Colleen Scerpella | July 3rd, 2024 at 3:00 AM (CDT)

  A recent white paper by Isaac Kamola, director of the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom, details the ongoing culture-war backlash against higher education in America, largely in response to the grassroots activism of Black Lives Matter in 2020 and increasing LGBTQ+ visibility.

• Extreme Right State Freedom Caucuses Create Big Headaches for Republicans

  By Don Wiener | May 22nd, 2024 at 9:12 AM (CDT)

  State freedom caucuses represent an extreme Right faction of the already MAGA-dominated Republican Party that uses procedural measures in state legislatures to advance their culture war agenda. 

• The Big Money Behind Chris Rufo’s Right-Wing Agitating

  By Walker Bragman and Alex Kotch | May 14th, 2024 at 9:00 AM (CDT)

  “I ❤️ billionaires,” the far-right activist said.

• Wisconsin Right-Wing Litigation Center Grooms School Board Members

  By David Armiak | April 24th, 2024 at 6:57 AM (CDT)

  The Bradley Foundation’s “MVP” is positioning itself to be the ALEC of school boards.

• Koch Injected Nearly $500 Million into Hundreds of Colleges and Universities Between 2018 and 2022

  By Colleen Scerpella | February 23rd, 2024 at 12:13 PM (CST)

  Nonprofits controlled by Charles Koch funneled $458.7 million to 338 higher education beneficiaries between 2018 and 2022, according to a Center for Media and Democracy analysis of IRS filings by the donor conduits.