The Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism filed an amicus brief supporting the petitioners (SFFA) in SFFA v. Harvard. Worth reading in full, the brief applies FAIR’s core principles to what’s at stake in substituting the collective for the individual.

Education Next

Expert witness Peter Arcidiacono, Duke University Economics professor, previews the affirmative action cases and a study he co-authored entitled: “What the Students for Fair Admissions Cases Reveal About Racial Preferences.”

City Journal

The authors explore the use of diversity goals to justify race-conscious admissions, claiming that arguments for diversity are a smokescreen for reparations.

Documentary

This new, 25-minute documentary exposes the reasons why Harvard canceled its own star economist, Roland Fryer, a recipient of the MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship. The filmmaker also penned a Quillette piece, Why Did Harvard University Go After One of Its Best Black Professors?

Wall Street Journal

University of Chicago law professor M. Todd Henderson takes issue with Harvard President Bacow’s statement on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, arguing that such a statement is “antithetical to the mission of a university to take a position on the war—even if everyone on campus opposes it.”

Wall Street Journal

Harvard professor emerita Ruth Wisse ties Harvard’s Legacy of Slavery Report with the Crimson’s editorial in support of BDS: “The initiatives…are eerily similar. Addressing genuine distress…both gestures misidentify the cause and, by misdirecting responsibility for the misery, make it impossible to ameliorate deplorable conditions.”

The Crimson

In this op-ed, Avira Tyagi ’25 asks fellow students to engage in hard conversations. “I am talking about the topics that make us uncomfortable. The conversations that result in harsh disagreement, draw a rift across generational divides, and culminate in fiery resentment.”

Journal of Free Black Thought

Creswell asks (and answers): Who is responsible for closing the racial achievement gap? In a powerful piece that implicates universities in perpetuating inequities, Creswell puts the responsibility to achieve on individuals. According to Glenn Loury: “Wonderful essay. Should be required reading everywhere!”

Common Sense

A groundbreaking piece on how the legal system in America is at risk of becoming “a totalitarian nightmare.” For anyone in the legal profession, or anyone interested in the future of American democracy, this piece is must-read.

Tablet

A Princeton mathematics professor argues that Princeton’s president holds two irreconcilable beliefs: 1) a belief in academic freedom and 2) a belief that a university’s main goal is to advance social justice.

Skeptic

“Because Wilson corresponded with the notorious race differences psychologist Phillippe Rushton, critics claim it proves Wilson was a racist. Here’s why the critics are wrong, dangerously wrong,” argues FAIR Advisor Michael Shermer.

New York Times

“Did Dana Schutz, a white artist, have the right to paint Emmett Till? Was it fair that a white historian, David Blight, won a Pulitzer for his biography of Frederick Douglass?” These are questions posed by Pamela Paul as the gatekeepers of our culture deem that “only those whose ‘lived experience’ matches the story are qualified to tell the tale.”

New York Times

John McWhorter doesn’t mince words in his assertion that lowering academic expectations is bigotry—a belief that Black Americans don’t have the ability to compete. He also “doesn’t buy” that eliminating the ACT/SAT requirement has anything to do with the pandemic.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast

Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Jason Hill talk about free speech, immigration, and individual agency. While they express deep concern about the equity agenda and victimhood, they are optimistic about young people’s resilience, Americans’ determination to solve problems, and the importance of those standing up to threats to our republic.

Commentary

Wilfred Reilly offers a sharp critique of the “ongoing attempt, by widely read academics and public intellectuals such as Ibram X. Kendi and Robin DiAngelo, to redefine the concept of racism” and calls on “thinking” individuals to “reclaim the classic meaning of a critical term.”

Heterodox Out Loud | Aero

For HxA, Zach Rausch and Princeton’s Robert George “explore the flawed human tendency to reject and censor opposing arguments — especially when they contradict values and beliefs that are held with conviction.”

In a separate piece, journalist Jacob Nazroo explores the idea of open-mindedness. “What helps us accurately determine whether our beliefs are true or not?…The more open-minded people tend to be, the better they are at seeing the world as it really is.”