October 4, 2022

Less Money, More Problems

Marina Ziemnick

Biden’s income-based repayment proposal might win over a few voters prior to the midterm elections—but it does so at the expense of the very students it claims to help.

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October 3, 2022

Event: Climate Misinformation

National Association of Scholars

Join the National Association of Scholars on Friday, October 14, at 3 pm ET for a fascinating conversation about the politics and science of climate.

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September 30, 2022

Video: Combatting Cancel Culture

National Association of Scholars

Listen to our special webinar discussion of alternative views on controversial topics in anthropology, archaeology, and Native American studies.

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September 29, 2022

South Dakota’s Education of Our Children: Stand up and Speak out

Karen Proctor

South Dakota's new proposed standard for social studies offers students substantial lessons about living a good life and about what it means to be an American.

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September 29, 2022

Model Laws, Monthly Meetings, and Social Studies Reform

David Randall

The Civics Alliance is moving full speed ahead with its nationwide campaign for social studies standards reform. Now is the perfect time to get involved!

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September 29, 2022

Open Letter Urging Kentucky to Further Revise Its Social Studies Standards

National Association of Scholars

A group of Kentucky citizens has sent an open letter to the Commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Education stating their support of the recommendations in the NAS/Civics Alliance lette......

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September 29, 2022

Cracking Down on Illegal Ties to China

David Acevedo

UPDATED: A repository of 51 professors, higher ed administrators, students, and government researchers in America who have been investigated or charged for illegal ties to China.

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September 27, 2022

Video: "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger

National Association of Scholars

Listen as our panel of scholars discusses what makes J. D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye" a great American novel.

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September 27, 2022

Remember Los Alamos

Marina Ziemnick

Our refusal to protect our own national security secrets has made us the butt of the Los Alamos Club’s joke—and the theft of research on nuclear weaponry really isn’t funny.

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September 26, 2022

Event: Will Machines Rule the World?

National Association of Scholars

Join the National Association of Scholars on Tuesday, October 4, for a fascinating conversation about the future of Artificial Intelligence technology.

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