More Guns Make Schools Safer: Parkland Report Says Arm Teachers
A recent report by the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission has recommended arming school teachers to protect students. The 439-page report comes nearly a year after the shooting in Parkland, Florida that left seventeen dead and an additional seventeen injured. “All stakeholders—school districts, law enforcement, mental health providers, city and county governments, […]
YAF’s Pro-Columbus Petition Gets 3x More Signatures Than PC Police Effort
In a letter dated January 20, University of Notre Dame President Rev. John Jenkins announced that historic murals depicting Christopher Columbus would be hidden from view. Calling the 135-year-old artwork “perplexing,” Rev. Jenkins attacked their portrayal of Columbus as “beneficent explorer and friend of the native peoples” in his decision. Reportedly, a 2017 petition signed […]
Notre Dame Alum Removes Alma Mater From Will Over Columbus Mural Decision
In the wake of Notre Dame President John Jenkins’ inane decision to cover murals on campus depicting Christopher Columbus, one alumnus dispatched a letter to President Jenkins to express their disappointment. The alumnus subsequently notified the Notre Dame Young Americans for Freedom Chapter of the decision to cut ties with Notre Dame: “I am a […]
After Shapiro YAF Lecture, USC Student Senate Pursues More Regulations To Keep Conservatives Away
by Maxwell Brandon, USC Young Americans for Freedom Last fall, the USC Young Americans for Freedom (USC YAF) brought Ben Shapiro to campus as part of Young America’s Foundation’s Fred Allen Lecture Series. The event drew thousands of students, filling our campus’s largest venue to capacity with hundreds more having to be turned away after […]
Blaney on Brexit: What The Hell Has Happened?!
“Brexit means Brexit.” So said Theresa May when she secured election as leader of the Conservative Party after that joyous day when the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union in June 2016. David Cameron, who had unsuccessfully led the campaign to remain in the EU, resigned in humiliation as Prime Minister. Mrs. May, […]
Notre Dame YAF Condemns Cowardly Decision To Cover Columbus Murals
On Sunday, University of Notre Dame President John Jenkins announced his decision to cover the murals of Christopher Columbus in the university’s iconic main building, the “Dome.” Grant Strobl (National Chairman of Young Americans for Freedom and student at Notre Dame Law School) and Luke Jones (Chairman of Young Americans for Freedom at the University […]
YAF Refuses To Back Down, Reaches 80,000+ With Shapiro Lecture at GW
“You’re free. Stop whining.” This was the thesis of Ben Shapiro’s address to a standing-room-only crowd at The George Washington University Thursday night. In his first stop of the spring semester on Young America’s Foundation’s exclusive Fred Allen Lecture Series, Shapiro reached more than 400 students in person while more than 80,000 watched the event […]
GW Leftists Threaten YAF For Hosting Ben Shapiro: ‘GET SECURITY’
In what has become an all-too-often occurrence on college campuses, leftists at the George Washington University posted signs threatening the GW YAF chapter emblazoned with: “HEY YAF…GET SECURITY” around an image of Ben Shapiro with a red “x” superimposed on his chest. When the posters were reported to campus authorities, they chose not to take […]
BUILD THE WALL: D’Souza lays to rest ONCE & FOR ALL argument over immigration
Dinesh D’Souza doesn’t mince words: illegal immigrants aren’t entitled to constitutional rights when they “violate the pact” of American citizenship—and the benefits that come along with it—by entering the U.S. illegally. https://www.facebook.com/youngamericasfoundation/videos/395584274543698/?__xts__[0]=68.ARC9AYlfP6CLKe-sf1zZfVx1QxLJA4WD0Fmlz88ULsBFjsWPtPN_UGtH1eO_Mh5jJLK4JAZ1_eBEFQEuEQXS57aQo0RUgQkNqxOrPffTABndqUwOPBpghVlzPrnPuBqjozOGOOlJ3onpJQeWkQjln2k1b-RKasDR__EdF1K6X_wP_EecORaUMfXLKwk_kLaCDBmvCBod2xa3zBmzBm062wO1Lz3MJL-B9IR9IQYiSg672uAjaC1rLIaC3SEciSJZQOlqJbNThz7d4WDNjBiSZxGmKl7nLyAuo8OwKqZF1283BYuTLSK_eYRP7oclduZ6c4G4pv3biA5stc2DRS-1D5QMkK6L_oyMMYxX4kyL7ZjpEtENSLRj8rN8gu0Xe7ZgV2TtnONxj-87CStWR6hqJO21bqe2oxLT3VrXcd2pNQ&__tn__=-R Watch more #onlyatYAF videos every day! Click now to connect with us on Facebook.
Yik Yak and the Right to Free Speech
A lawsuit against the University of Mary Washington was reinstated by the Fourth Circuit in a case that poses a threat to free speech, according to experts on the issue. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a lawsuit by the Feminist Majority Foundation against the University of Mary Washington in Virginia, in which the Foundation […]
Stanford Student Government Caves: D’Souza Lecture To Move Forward
Stanford University’s student government has blinked and will provide funding for New York Times bestselling author Dinesh D’Souza to speak as planned (pending final contract agreement) on February 28 as part of Young America’s Foundation’s “#FakeHistory Debunked” lecture tour. Following a number of bureaucratic barriers, unseen restrictions, and outright denials, the powers that be at Stanford […]
Replica of Bulgarian Reagan Bust Arrives At YAF’s Reagan Ranch Center
In 2005, Georgi Nenkov and Stoyan Traykov visited President Reagan’s Rancho del Cielo and were inspired to help recognize the legacy and impact of Ronald Reagan’s Presidency. Twelve years later, in the summer of 2017, their vision was realized when a nine-foot marble monument of Reagan was erected in the heart of Sofia, Bulgaria. Nenkov […]
No Hummus on Campus?
At schools around the country – Princeton, Ohio State, the University of Oregon, George Mason University – divestment campaigns are rearing their anti-Semitic heads and attempting to deprive students of simple things like scholarship donations and hummus. Boycott, Divest, Sanction (BDS) campaigns have historically been supported on college campuses by Students for Palestine groups, though […]
Harvard’s Single Sex Sanctions
A year and a half after Harvard first introduced sanctions on single-sex organizations, the fight for freedom of association on campus carries on, and it may come down to some influential alumni to save the campus. On December 3, 2018, sororities, fraternities, and three Harvard College students filed suits in federal and state courts, alleging that […]
YAF Sues The University Of Florida Over 1st and 14th Amendment Violations
Last week, the Young Americans for Freedom chapter at the University of Florida (UF YAF) filed a federal lawsuit against their school after officials violated students’ First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. Shortly after UF YAF chapter hosted New York Times bestselling author Dinesh D’Souza for a lecture sponsored by Young America’s Foundation, the University of Florida introduced a […]
President Reagan’s Timeless Words At Christmas
Often called “the great communicator,” the following excerpts from President Reagan’s Christmas addresses to the American people provide a closer look at our 40th President’s love of family, country, and Christmas. December 24, 1981 “On Christmas, we celebrate the birth of Christ with prayer, feasting, and great merriment. But, most of all, we experience it […]
Ohio State YAF Named November Chapter Of The Month
For their unyielding determination to overcome administrative roadblocks and for their persistent activism in the face of adversity, The Ohio State University Young Americans for Freedom (OSU YAF) has been named Chapter of the Month for November. On November 13, OSU YAF gave students at Ohio State the opportunity to hear from the #1 requested […]
‘We Are Greatly Disappointed’: WA State Legislators Call For Gonzaga To Allow Shapiro Lecture
In a letter delivered this week to the President of Gonzaga University, more than 20 Washington legislators slammed Gonzaga administrators’ decision to “decline” a lecture by Ben Shapiro, a development first reported in the New Guard. “We are greatly disappointed in the university’s decision,” writes Rep. Luanne Van Werven, the ranking conservative on the House Higher […]
A Look Back At 2018
“Young America’s Foundation is on the frontlines of the free speech battle” —Ben Shapiro This has never been truer than in 2018, and it led to quite the year! From the University of Southern California to American University and from Minnesota to Georgia, Young America’s Foundation has been the #1 champion of conservative ideas across […]
The Intolerance Of The ‘Tolerant’
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By Kate Westa, University of Michigan Young Americans for Freedom Ideas are dying on college campuses. That might be surprising since universities claim to be home to the free and open exchange of ideas, but viewpoint diversity has become hard to find. The state of our divided country and the struggle to engage in civil […]
The Season Of Not-Giving: Liberals Less Charitable Than Conservatives
In July 2018, the New York Times ran an op-ed titled “The GOP’s War on the Poor,” and in March of 2017, Salon asked, “Why are Republicans so cruel to the poor?” As someone actively involved in community service efforts in college, I faced these questions firsthand. Because conservatives generally oppose government welfare programs, there […]
D’Souza Ready To Speak At Stanford On Feb 28, Administration Continues Obstruction With Unwritten Funding Rule
Dinesh D’Souza has confirmed February 28 as the date for his Young America’s Foundation (YAF) lecture at Stanford University while administrators continue their attempts to block the event by refusing outside funds to cover security fees. This is only the latest dirty trick from the school in an apparent play to block conservative ideas from […]
Yale Women’s Center Denies Womanhood Of Conservatives
At Yale, the Women’s Center seeks to “enable all students on campus,” unless you are a conservative on the notoriously liberal campus. Hosting events like the Reproductive Rights Action League and coordinating marches in support of abortion, the Women’s Center at Yale attempts to bill itself as a space for all, but takes deliberate steps […]
Here Are The Six Campuses Hosting Ben Shapiro This Spring
After the wildly successful Fall 2018 leg of YAF’s Fred Allen Lecture Series featuring Ben Shapiro, Young America’s Foundation is excited to announce the following schools will be hosting the #1 requested speaker in the country during the Spring semester, starting with GW on January 17: George Washington University—January 17 University of Michigan—TBA University of […]
