From Campus To Conferences: UGA YAF Founder Becomes Bold Conservative Activist
Young Americans for Freedom–and Young America’s Foundation, more generally–changed my life. In less than one year’s time, I went from a shy and timid college conservative to a bold activist in the Conservative Movement on my campus. That transformation is entirely due to joining Young Americans for Freedom. I was always a conservative by predisposition, […]
GW YAF Chair: YAF Has Taught Me To Be Brave
As a senior at the George Washington University, I look back at my college experience and can confidently say that my life has forever been altered for the better because of my involvement with Young America’s Foundation. Prior to coming to GWU, I had always considered myself right of center, but never as a conservative. […]
Meet The Interns: Kevin McMahon Joins YAF HQ Team
Kevin McMahon is a rising senior at the University of Virginia studying economics, and political science/government. Over the past two years, Kevin has worked to earn the Young Americans for Freedom Chapter at UVA official recognition from the University. After running into roadblocks, jumping through bureaucratic hoops, and threatening legal action against the University of […]
Alumni Profile: Eli Nachmany’s Path From YAF Activist To The Trump Administration
Twenty-two-year-old Young America’s Foundation alumnus Eli Nachmany knew that if he wanted to be a part of the Trump administration, he would have to put in his time. During the fall semester of 2016, Nachmany took a break from his studies at New York University to work as a press lead on then-candidate Trump’s campaign. […]
Meet The Interns: Abby Streu Joins YAF HQ Team
Abby Streu is a rising junior at the University of Wisconsin–Madison studying economics and journalism. Abby became involved with Young Americans for Freedom her freshman year of college and, as outreach chair, immediately began participating in activism and Wisconsin YAF events, including the planning of their Ben Shapiro lecture. She attended her first Young America’s […]
Get A Grip, Leftists: Income Inequality Isn’t Bad
By Ross Dubberly Why is income inequality a bad thing? The reality is, it isn’t—provided it is the result of a truly free economy. In fact, despite the brouhaha surrounding the issue of income inequality in America, the disparity in incomes is fundamentally an expression of freedom. Income inequality is the bogeyman of the Left […]
Uniqueness Of Boy Scouts And Girl Scouts To Be Celebrated, Not Changed
By Kara Bell, University of Wisconsin YAF Girls and boys are inherently different. Baffling, right? But the decision to include girls in Boy Scouts of America, an organization founded to train young boys in responsible citizenship, character development, and self-reliance, is now ‘Scouts BSA,’ in an attempt to blur the line even more between sexes. […]
UC Berkeley’s ‘Free Speech Commission’ Recommendations Are Staggeringly Bad
Carol Christ, the chancellor at the University of California, Berkeley was “delighted” to share the findings of her so-called “Free Speech Commission” in an email this week. The report cites “events last fall which resulted in significant disruption to the campus and challenged our values as a community,” and obsesses over Ben Shapiro’s appearance on […]
YAF & Cornell University Conservative Club Overcome Leftist Protests To Host VP Dick Cheney
On Wednesday, Young America’s Foundation sponsored one of the most consequential leaders in U.S. history—Vice President Dick Cheney—to speak at a Cornell University lecture organized by campus conservative club. Despite repeated attempts by campus and community leftists to silence the conservative students and Vice President Cheney, Young America’s Foundation persisted and ensured that a packed […]
YAF Urges Social Media Outlets To ‘Mirror The First Amendment’
Young America’s Foundation President Ron Robinson signed onto a letter with more than five dozen other conservative leaders calling for social media outlets to cease their censorship of conservative voices and brands. “Social media censorship and online restriction of conservatives and their organizations have reached a crisis level,” the letter begins. “Social media firms have banned […]
Cornell Leftists Predictably Lose Touch With Reality Ahead Of YAF Lecture By VP Dick Cheney
“Resist Dick Cheney & U.S. Imperialism” proclaims the event page for a protest being organized by several leftist groups at Cornell in response to this week’s lecture by the 46th Vice President of the United States, part of Young America’s Foundation’s nationwide campus lecture program. “When [Cheney] comes to campus this week, it is our […]
High School YAF Rally Eclipses Anti-Second Amendment Walkout
The Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) chapter at Hononegah Community High School in Illinois organized a counter demonstration to an anti-Second Amendment walkout and rallied support for the Second Amendment. Cruz Marquis, the chairman of the YAF chapter, recognized his classmates’ disapproval of a walkout held in March and the need for someone to spearhead […]
YAF Scores Victory Against Berkeley In Free Speech Lawsuit, Case To Proceed
A federal judge in San Francisco ruled to allow Young America’s Foundation’s First Amendment lawsuit against the school to move forward, giving students their day in court to hold Berkeley accountable for violating their rights and suppressing conservative speech. UC Berkeley has used its infamous unwritten and unpublished High Profile Speaker Policy to repeatedly suppress […]
Sean Spicer and Jesse Watters Join YAF’s One-of-a-Kind Campus Lecture Program
After they packed the houses for their campus debuts, President Trump’s first White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer and host of Fox News Channel’s Watters’ World Jesse Watters have become the most recent additions to Young America’s Foundation’s campus lecture program. YAF recently hosted Jesse Watters at Ithaca College and sponsored Sean Spicer’s debate with […]
Kennesaw State University YAF Named March Chapter Of The Month
For their ability to carry out successful activism in spite of biased university policies and expose their peers to conservative ideas for the first time in recent memory, Kennesaw State University Young Americans for Freedom (KSU YAF) has been named chapter of the month for March. Located 30 minutes to the north of Atlanta, Kennesaw […]
YAF Alumnus Peter Schweizer Tops New York Times Bestseller List
Young America’s Foundation alumnus and member of the YAF Board of Directors Peter Schweizer once again finds himself atop the New York Times’ bestseller list, this time claiming the number one spot with Secret Empires: How Our Politicians Hide Corruption and Enrich Their Families and Friends. Schweizer is the author of 15 books including the hard-hitting expose […]
Davidson College Attacks Renowned Professor Burt Folsom As Not ‘Academic’ Enough
In a baseless attempt to prevent a conservative voice from being heard on its campus, a committee of staff at Davidson College has forced a lecture by Dr. Burt Folsom out of a central event venue. The lecture, scheduled for April 23 and hosted by the Davidson Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) chapter, is being […]
‘We Don’t Give A F*ck What You’re Fine With’: Antifa Attempt To Shut Down YAF Chapter Meeting
Members of the “Progressive Youth Organization” (PYO), an Antifa-affiliated organization, disrupted a meeting of the University of Missouri—Kansas City Young Americans for Freedom chapter this week with a profanity-filled tirade. “Your shit is a platform for fascists,” one agitator yelled as she stormed the front of the room. “We don’t give a fuck what you’re fine […]
The Trump Tax Cuts: A Boon for College Students
By Ross Dubberly Shortly before Christmas of last year, President Trump signed into law the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,” introducing the largest tax cuts since those of the Reagan administration in the ‘80s. Needless to say, these cuts were vilified by the Left. “As a historian of the Great Depression, I can say: I’ve […]
Leading Conservatives Celebrate 20 Years Of YAF’s Preservation Of Ronald Reagan’s Western White House
SANTA BARBARA, CALIF.—Twenty years ago this week, on April 21, 1998, Young America’s Foundation saved President Reagan’s beloved mountaintop ranch home from an uncertain future. Rancho del Cielo is one of America’s premier Presidential properties, serving as home to the Reagans for 25 years and the “Western White House” throughout the Reagan Presidency. The Reagan […]
Free College Isn’t Really Free
by Ross Dubberly “There is no such thing as a free lunch,” renowned economist Milton Friedman was fond of saying. Yet, the fallacy of freebies is perhaps more fashionable today than ever, especially among my peers at the University of Georgia and elsewhere. And one of the most enticing freebies is “free college.” But there […]
YAFing From Coast To Coast
As the spring semester starts to wrap up, conservative students are busier than ever on campuses. Yes, it’s true! In just one week YAF sponsored more than 20 breakthrough campus lectures. April 9: Burt Folsom at College of the Ozarks April 9: John Ashcroft at American University April 9: Bay Buchanan at University of Alabama-Huntsville April 10: Steve Forbes at College of the Ozarks April […]
Woman Claiming To Be University of Florida Faculty Member Vandalizes D’Souza Flyers In Attempt To Stifle Conservative Ideas
Epitomizing leftist intolerance, an individual claiming to be a librarian at the University of Florida took it upon herself to deface flyers for the Young Americans for Freedom chapter’s lecture with Dinesh D’Souza—part of the D’Souza Unchained Lecture Series—posted around the campus. Ahead of today’s Dinesh D’Souza campus lecture, YAF member Jarrod Rodriguez took to […]
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 […]
