YAF Supports Rep. Greg Murphy’s Campus Free Speech Restoration Act
Days after joining Young America’s Foundation’s (YAF) Campus Free Speech Caucus, Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. of North Carolina introduced H.R. 4007, the Campus Free Speech Restoration Act. Dr. Murphy knows campus bias well, as he previously served as Davidson College’s alumni president and as a member of its board of trustees. He shared insight on […]
Word-Banning Speech Codes Migrate From Campus To Congress
This week as the 117th Congress gaveled in, pandemic haircut enthusiast and $10K+ fridge aficionado Nancy Pelosi brought the far Left’s gender-erasing speech codes to the People’s House. Her goal, according to a press release on the new rules, is to make this Congress “the most inclusive in history.” But, as with most allegedly well-meaning […]
Seth Dillon
Seth Dillon is the CEO of The Babylon Bee, a fast-growing news satire site that has overtaken The Onion in traffic and engagement. Taking on the tone of a traditional news media publication, the Bee satirizes real-world events and public figures. Dillon’s experience with censorship and deplatforming has placed him on the front lines of […]
Andrés Guilarte
Andrés Guilarte is a political activist for the freedom of Venezuela. Only a few years ago, he was a university student, studying international relations at the Central University of Venezuela. On top of exams and typical college student concerns, Andrés’ studies were interrupted by tear gas as government officials targeted students on campus. He spent […]
Jeff Sessions
Mr. Sessions was born in Selma, Alabama on December 24, 1946, and grew up in Hybart, the son of a country store owner. Growing up in the country, Sessions was instilled with certain core values – honesty, hard work, belief in God and parental respect – that define him today. In 1964, he became an […]
Lila Grace Rose
Lila Rose is a speaker, writer and human rights activist. Lila founded and serves as president of Live Action, a media and news nonprofit dedicated to ending abortion and inspiring a culture that respects all human life. Live Action’s groundbreaking news coverage and compelling videos reach several million people weekly across Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram. Lila’s media appearances […]
David French
David French is a senior editor at The Dispatch and a columnist for Time. A graduate of Harvard Law School and a constitutional lawyer, David most recently worked as a senior writer for National Review and a senior fellow at the National Review Institute. He is a New York Times bestselling author, and his next book, Divided We Fall, will be released in […]
Barry Goldwater Jr
Barry Goldwater Jr. is a keen observer and participant in today’s troubled and challenging time. As a proven leader, his interpretation is an important addition to the ongoing discussion. Goldwater is a former U.S. Congressman (1969-1984) from California. He served at the same time in Congress with his father, Senator Barry Goldwater (R-AZ). Barry graduated […]
Deroy Murdock
New York political commentor Deroy Murdock is a Fox News Contributor, a contributing Editor with National Review Online, a former Media Fellow with the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford University; and a Senior Fellow with the Atlas Network, which supports and connects some 475 free-market think tanks in the USA and […]
Kate Obenshain Keeler
Kate has been involved with Young America’s Foundation since her days as a student at the University of Virginia. While at UVA, she edited the campus conservative newspaper and organized a state-wide rally in support of America’s troops. She has served on the Foundation’ s staff in several key capacities, including director of program development, director […]
Christina Sommers
Christina Hoff Sommersis a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. Before joining AEI she was a professor of philosophy at Clark University. Her articles have appeared in publications such as The Journal of Philosophy,The New England Journal of Medicine, The New York Times, and The Atlantic. Sommers is the editor of Vice and Virtue […]
Michelle Easton
Michelle Easton is the president of the Clare Boothe Luce Center for Conservative Women (CBL), an organization she founded in 1993 as the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute, which puts forward conservative women role models who promote traditional family values and prepares young women for conservative leadership. CBL also produces an annual calendar and hosts […]
The Honorable Scott Walker
The Occupy Movement didn’t start on Wall Street. It started in Madison, Wisconsin, when 100,000 protestors descended onto the grounds of the State Capitol soon after Scott Walker took office as Governor. Their goal was to intimidate him and his allies, but he did not back down. He was unintimidated. Scott’s reforms took power from […]
Statement On Ruling In YAF’s Free Speech Lawsuit Against The University Of Minnesota
University officials do not have the authority to suppress viewpoints simply because they disagree with those views. Unfortunately, the court in our case—Young America’s Foundation v. Kaler—failed to respect that core principle of both the First Amendment and higher education. Young America’s Foundation, in conjunction with the other plaintiffs and their attorneys—Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF)—brought […]
YAF & ‘No Safe Spaces’ Bring Shapiro, Prager, Carolla, + Rubin Together For #CancelCon
#CancelCon to Explore Cancel Culture & The Threats to Free Speech Producers of No Safe Spaces and Young America’s Foundation team-up to bring Prager, Shapiro, Rubin, and Carolla together for a public, online forum on cancel culture and threats to free speech As No Safe Spaces—2019’s biggest political documentary at the box office—releases to digital platforms […]
Freedom Week 101: Building (and Tearing Down) Your Berlin Wall
Freedom Week is rapidly approaching and one of the primary activities is for groups to tear down a mock Berlin Wall to showcase how the anti-free speech policies pushed by campus leftists are creating a new wall between young people and freedom. Many students ask how they should build their wall. Justin Thompson, a conservative […]
Professor Threatens to Dox, Get Teachers Fired for Pro-Police Social Media Posts
A professor at Winthrop University, a public school in South Carolina, recently went on a social media rampage threatening to expose “White K-12 teacher[s]” who express “pro-police” sentiments, noting “I hope those are posts you are willing to stand by when district personnel get screenshots of your ignorance.” April Mustian, a former professor at Illinois […]
YAF Sues SUNY-Binghamton, Leftist Agitators for Multiple Constitutional Violations
YAF v. SUNY-Binghamton is the latest civil rights action brought by Young America’s Foundation—through Alliance Defending Freedom and attorneys from King & Spaulding—under the First and Fourteenth Amendments following brazen denials of conservative students’ constitutional rights. Young America’s Foundation (YAF)—joined by plaintiffs SUNY-Binghamton College Republicans (BUCR) and current BUCR President Jon Lizak—filed a federal lawsuit […]
Free Speech Warriors: An Interview w/ Senator Ted Cruz and Michael Knowles
This week, I had the pleasure of being joined by two great freedom fighters, Senator Ted Cruz and Michael Knowles. We talked about the Chinese Communist Party’s recent sanctions of Senator Cruz, Bari Weiss’ scorching resignation letter, what can be done to put an end to lawless mobs, and why their podcast—Verdict—is a must-listen. Enjoy […]
Conservative Voices Once Again Excluded From Commencement Season
YAF’s 28th Annual Commencement Speaker Survey Finds Same Old Leftist Lessons Continue Amid Unprecedented Graduation Season. Of the Top 100 schools in America—as ranked by US News & World Report—none had a traditional, in-person, commencement ceremony this spring, while only about a quarter invited guest speakers to address graduates virtually. Despite these atypical commencements, the […]
How College Campus Culture Led to the New York Times Apologizing for Publishing Sen. Tom Cotton’s Op-Ed
The New York Times apologized yesterday for publishing an op-ed by U.S. Senator Tom Cotton after complaints from NYT staff that the article “endangered” black staff. A “review made clear that a rushed editorial process led to the publication of an Op-Ed that did not meet our standards,” a NYT spokesperson said in a statement. “As a […]
Young America’s Foundation: A Student’s Best Resource in Promoting Free Speech
“Do you support free speech on campus?” If you ask any student whether they support free speech, most will say “Yes.” In fact, a recent poll conducted by Young America’s Foundation revealed that 93% of students agreed that it is important to protect free speech. However, when pressed further on how far they are willing […]
Free Speech Warriors: An Interview w/ Senator Ted Cruz & Michael Knowles
This week, I had the pleasure of being joined by two great freedom fighters, Senator Ted Cruz and Michael Knowles. We talked about the Chinese Communist Party’s recent sanctions of Senator Cruz, Bari Weiss’ scorching resignation letter, what can be done to put an end to lawless mobs, and why their podcast—Verdict—is a must-listen. Enjoy […]
