YAF Applauds Secretary DeVos For Rolling Back Obama-Era Guidance On Racial Preferences In Higher Education
Young America’s Foundation Spokesman Spencer Brown released the following statement in response to the Department of Education’s announcement regarding racial preferences in higher education: “Young America’s Foundation applauds Education Secretary Betsy DeVos for the Department of Education’s decision to roll back Obama-era guidance on racial preferences in higher education. For too long, leftist administrators have […]
Young America’s Foundation Sues University Of Minnesota For Suppressing Student Speech
On Tuesday, Young America’s Foundation filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the University of Minnesota, in federal court, after University officials engaged in viewpoint-based censorship of conservative students and their YAF-sponsored lecture featuring New York Times bestselling author Ben Shapiro. School policy permits administrators to wield unbridled discretion to suppress student speech that administrators dislike. […]
CAN’T MISS: Ben Shapiro Totally Shreds Feminists for Glaring Hypocrisy
Ben Shapiro’s feelings on the hypocrisy of feminism and the #MeToo movement are no secret. Watch as he takes no prisoners and educates the audience on how to actually change the culture surrounding the treatment of women! “The answer to vice is virtue. The answer to vice isn’t just yelling and hashtagging crap.” Watch more […]
SLAM DUNK: Dinesh D’Souza Totally Eviscerates Leftist With Cold Hard Facts
You’ve seen Dinesh D’Souza, but you’ve never seen him like this before. Is there really a ‘right’ to abortion in the Constitution? If the government doesn’t subsidize any of our other fundamental rights, why should they subsidize the abortion ‘right’? WATCH as Dinesh D’Souza talks constitutional rights and provides a valuable lesson to this social […]
How We Revived YAF At UVA
by Kevin McMahon, William & Berniece Grewcock Intern Scholar When I graduate from the University of Virginia, I’ll be leaving UVA YAF in good hands. It’s any leader’s hope that what they accomplished will be carried forward by subsequent leaders, and I want to be able to, years from now, return to UVA and find […]
Internal Emails Show University Of Minnesota DID Censor Shapiro Lecture
Emails obtained by Young America’s Foundation through a public records request made as part of YAF’s Censorship Exposed project show University of Minnesota administrators engaging in content-based censorship of YAF’s lecture with Ben Shapiro. Days before the February 26 lecture, University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler issued a public statement on Twitter saying, in part, […]
#WINNING: Allen West Delivers Knockout Blog To Self-Righteous Liberal
This self-righteous student accuses Allen West of promoting “xenophobia” and “violence against Muslims” and then gets absolutely crushed by his response! Watch him slam radical Islam and defend America in this total knockout. She’s probably regretting her arrogant question right about now.
SO SATISFYING: Shapiro Completely Mops The Floor With This Smug SJW
Watch Ben Shapiro leave this leftist student completely shocked as he drops truth bombs about transgenderism. He leaves her totally speechless with just one question! You can’t magically change your gender!
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 […]
SO MUCH YES: Ben Shapiro Drops A Massive Truth Bomb On This Leftist Student
This leftist has another thing coming if he thinks Ben Shapiro will be stumped by his question on abortion. Is this one of Ben Shapiro’s greatest mic drops of all time? WATCH: this Berkeley students goes to battle with Shapiro! “You know what else is potential sentience? Being a fetus.”
31 Years Ago: “Tear Down This Wall!”
31 years ago today, President Ronald Reagan defined his presidency and reshaped the world with one speech. Arguably the four most famous words he ever spoke, “Tear down this wall,” provided a new hope for the future. Today, we remember Reagan’s iconic words at the Brandenburg Gate. His direct challenge to the evils of the […]
Dinesh D’Souza And YAF Partner Exclusively To Bring Conservative Ideas To America’s Embattled Campuses
Through a new exclusive campus lecture tour with Dinesh D’Souza, Young America’s Foundation will bring the New York Times bestselling author and filmmaker’s conservative message to students who are eager to hear conservative ideas across the country during the 2018-2019 academic year. In a phone call to longtime Young America’s Foundation ally Dinesh D’Souza last […]
SO SATISFYING: Dinesh D’Souza Absolutely Shreds SJW Over “White Privilege”
This condescending leftist at Amherst College instantly regrets trying to battle Dinesh D’Souza over “white privilege.” “If you say you believe in equal opportunity, you’re a hypocrite!” This no-holds-barred takedown is classic Dinesh D’Souza and the best thing you’ll watch all week!
TOP 13: YAF Announces Finalists For Fall ’18 Shapiro Lecture Tour
After receiving more than 1,300 inquiries to host New York Times bestselling author Ben Shapiro next fall through Young America’s Foundation’s exclusive campus lecture tour, YAF has narrowed down the list of finalist schools to just thirteen—Of these, six will be chosen to host Ben. The final thirteen schools under consideration, in no particular order, are: —Augustana […]
GET THE TISSUES READY: Margaret Thatcher Delivers Passionate Reagan Eulogy
Today, on the anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s death, we remember the legacy of a man beloved by his country and by the world. Watch his “political soulmate” Margaret Thatcher explain what it was that made Ronald Reagan so beloved. Ronald Reagan loved America and what it stood for, and, in turn, America loved Ronald Reagan.
Pages Of Government Regulations Would Tower Over A Giraffe
by Ross Dubberly Is there ever a point where government imposes such a large number of regulations that it simply drowns hard-working Americans with insurmountable bureaucracy? As far as the Left is concerned—and if the legacy of the Obama administration provides any indication—the answer is a resolute “No!” But let us consider a few simple […]
Meet The Interns: Kevin O’Connor Joins YAF HQ Team
Kevin O’Connor is a rising junior at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, pursuing a business administration degree with a concentration in management and a minor in entrepreneurship. He has made the Dean’s List ever since his arrival at university. Kevin founded his university’s Young American’s for Freedom chapter, helping to reduce some of his school’s wasteful […]
Young America’s Foundation Statement On President Trump’s Pardon Of Longtime YAF Ally Dinesh D’Souza
“Young America’s Foundation applauds President Trump’s decision to pardon Dinesh D’Souza,” said YAF spokesman Spencer Brown. “In doing so the President has moved the United States closer to a society wherein free speech, including campaign participation, is in line with our founders’ vision as the most protected, not the most regulated speech. Dinesh D’Souza is […]
YAF’s National Journalism Center Summer Session Begins With Largest Class Since 2009
This summer, the National Journalism Center will continue its mission to educate inspiring journalists with a record-tying (2009) 41 students—the highest number of students in a session since the program began in 1977. Each year, NJC works hard recruiting students from across the country to come to DC for hands-on internships and training sessions that […]
Meet The Interns: Katie Cupp Joins YAF HQ Team
Katie Cupp is a junior at the University of Central Missouri studying political science and communication. She is currently serving her second year as the chairwoman of the University of Central Missouri Young Americans for Freedom chapter. Katie has been involved with Young America’s Foundation since 2016, when she attended her first YAF conference as […]
‘YAF Is Not A Suitable Platform’: Bellarmine University Administrator Blocks YAF Chapter
Conservative students at Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky, were recently blocked in their attempts to form a chapter of Young Americans for Freedom, the chapter affiliate of Young America’s Foundation. In an email to the student activists, Bellarmine University’s Director of Student Activities and Orientation Jessica Lynch repeatedly proclaimed her dislike for YAF. “My concerns […]
Meet The Interns: Hannah Payne Joins YAF HQ Team
Hannah Payne is a rising sophomore in the Honor’s college at the University of Georgia studying finance and legal studies. Hannah is passionate about promoting conservative ideas and understanding public policy’s effects on the markets and business as a whole. As a result, she spent much of her first year on campus participating in conservative […]
April Chapter Of The Month: How HWS YAF Changed Their Campus
For their perseverance and steadfast commitment to advancing YAF’s mission, Hobart and William Smith Colleges Young Americans for Freedom (HWS YAF) has been named chapter of the month for April. Beginning with HWS YAF’s inaugural event on campus last October, campus leftists continually attempt to subvert HWS YAF’s efforts to educate their peers on conservative […]
Meet The Interns: Morgan Moya Joins YAF HQ Team
Morgan first got involved with Young America’s Foundation during her sophomore year of high school. After being introduced to Ben Shapiro at a high school conference at the Reagan Ranch in Santa Barbara, Morgan developed a passion for American public policy and culture. Her senior year of high school, Morgan was the chairwoman of the […]
