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3 Steps To Counter Leftist Opposition

by Abby Streu, William & Berniece Grewcock Intern Scholar Leftist pushback is inevitable for bold conservatives at liberal universities. My own college, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is no exception.  Leftist disruptions are not new—the campus has experienced a plethora of left-wing demonstrations and conflicts, stemming back to anti-Vietnam protests and riots, which climaxed with a […]

Ithaca Leftist Accuses Jesse Watters Of Promoting Hatred, Calls For Protests

Ahead of Thursday’s Young America’s Foundation lecture with Jesse Watters at Ithaca College, one leftist student has taken it upon himself to attack Watters, the conservative students hosting the event, and America’s founders. “This is a disgusting representation of Ithaca College. Join me in taking action against this event and against bringing speakers to campus […]

These Are The Pro-Freedom Students The Media Ignores

Anti-gun media outlets, and public officials continue to claim that American students are unanimously demanding their schools and communities become gun-free zones. But in taking for granted the fact that students are monolithically opposed to the Second Amendment, they ignore millions of students who recognize the importance of firearms used to protect them at school, […]

YAF Campus Lectures To Take America by Storm in April

Young America’s Foundation’s best-in-the-Movement campus lecture program is on track to have another record-setting spring, with more lectures than there are days in the month of April. Conservative leaders from critical areas of our culture will bring conservative ideas to dozens of embattled schools, often serving as the one event to bring intellectual diversity to […]

Leftists Tear Down Flyers Ahead of West Lecture at Alabama

Leftists seem to follow the logic that if they rip flyers down promoting a conservative speaker, the speaker will not show up. That is the case at the University of Alabama, where, for the second time this week, the Young Americans for Freedom chapter has had their flyers ripped off the wall overnight promoting their upcoming […]

Snowflakes Set to Dance During Shapiro Lecture

As Ben Shapiro prepares to speak at University of Redlands tonight, snowflakes at the school are getting ready to “dance,” as we reported last week. Progressive groups held a meeting this week to put the final touches on their counter event titled, “**Liberated,” which according to their Facebook event, claims to be “the biggest porch […]

Packed Halls, Not Leftist Protest, Greet YAF Campus Lectures Nationwide

Young America’s Foundation speakers reached overflowing halls of students eager to hear conservative ideas in February. While some groups only host speakers who will incite audiences and provoke campus leftists, Young America’s Foundation has mastered the art of selecting true conservative leaders who offer insightful, dynamic presentations that electrify and inspire young audiences. Ben Shapiro, […]

Ben Shapiro Reflects on YAF Campus Lecture Tour: YAF is ‘Better Than Anybody Else’

Young America’s Foundation is grateful to Ben Shapiro for his dedication to free speech, conservative principles, and work with us, especially during his Young America’s Foundation lecture tour that began out of the aftermath of the leftist attack on free speech at Mizzou. Ben Shapiro joined more than four dozen students and friends of Young […]

UCSB Faculty Discuss Ways to Disrupt Shapiro Event

Ben Shapiro has the impeccable skill of bringing out the lunacy in the left. His upcoming YAF lecture at the University of California, Santa Barbara is certainly no exception. As far back as November, leftists on campus were making plans to disrupt the event. During an ironically titled “Free Speech Dialogue,” faculty and staff discussed […]

#WednesdayWisdom: Americans Celebrate Bold Action

By Chris Miranda Americans do not celebrate the weak-kneed 1776 congressional leaders who just wanted to “co-exist” with the British. Americans don’t celebrate the liberal American Presidents who wanted to “coexist” with the Soviets. Americans don’t celebrate Rosa Parks because she believed in “co-exististence” with racist liberals, which she didn’t. Americans don’t celebrate Neville Chamberlain […]

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