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 […]
Fiorina, Campos-Duffy, Gingrich, and O’Keefe Team Up With YAF To Take Campuses By Storm In March
Young America’s Foundation is preparing to send the leaders of the Conservative Movement to embattled campuses nationwide this March. While Americans nationwide grow more concerned with the way institutions of higher education treat conservatives and free speech, Young America’s Foundation is engaged with students everyday. Business leaders and champions of the free market such as […]
UPDATED: D’Souza Flyers Vandalized at Trinity University
UPDATE: After hearing of the actions taken by intolerant leftist vandals ahead of his YAF lecture at Trinity University, Dinesh D’Souza gave the following quote to Young America’s Foundation: “I challenge the people who are defacing the posters to come to the event. This is an opportunity to have a real debate and to show […]
Administration Chains Attendance Line; D’Souza Still Unchained at Columbia University
NEW YORK— Some students at Columbia University, a center of leftist indoctrination, got a dose of reality Tuesday night as Dinesh D’Souza made the case for a conservative America. Others were left in the halls, forbidden by the university from entering the lecture hall. Issues arose with attendance at the lecture when Columbia University administrators […]
Pavlich Talks Free Speech, Gender Pay Gap Myth at Oklahoma Christian
EDMOND, OKLAHOMA—Fresh from the White House press briefings and a joint press conference with President Donald J. Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, Katie Pavlich, news editor at Townhall.com, recently spoke to a standing-room-only crowd at Oklahoma Christian University. Organized by the conservative club on campus, with sponsorship, guidance, and on-the-ground support from […]
Leftists Call to Ban Campus Police, YAFers Show Blue Lives Matter
Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) activists at California State University – Los Angeles (CSULA) showed their campus that Blue Lives Matter after a group of irrational leftists had a meeting with school administration demanding the removal of campus police. In an initiative organized and created by CSULA YAF secretary Kevin Amador, the chapter collected signatures for a petition to keep campus […]
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 […]
YAF Stands Up Against Unconstitutional Security Fees
A victory for free speech was achieved this week when University of Southern Maine (USM) backed down from imposing mandatory security fees on the school’s Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) chapter for simply planning an event with a local conservative speaker. YAF chairman Benjamin Bussiere invited sitting Maine House of Representatives member Larry Lockman to […]
DeVos Confirmed: School Choice & Marketplace of Ideas Back on Agenda
Betsy DeVos’s confirmation for Secretary of Education means parents and students have a friend as Secretary of Education. by Ron Pearson The eight long years of the Obama Administration resulted in more federal regulation of education on all levels and less parental choice and less intellectual diversity on college campuses. The education establishment embodied in […]
#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 […]
Reagan Ranch Center Unveils New Exhibits Featuring Reagan Letters, Photographs, and Memorabilia
On February 6— Ronald Reagan’s birthday—Young America’s Foundation unveiled a new exhibit focused around some remarkable collections from the Reagan Ranch Center Archives, including the Zelda Multz, Lorraine Wagner, and Russell D. and Mary Beth Sibert collections. Visitors to the Center will be familiar with the Wagner and Sibert collections, both of which have been key displays at the Reagan […]
UMich Stalinists Still Support Communism After it Killed 100 Million People Worldwide
At the University of Michigan, Stalinist students disguised in ski masks posted pro-communist, anti-Trump posters in front an event with George Harbison on the “Victims of Socialism.” The posters appear to be Soviet-era pro-Stalin, anti-Hitler propaganda now used as a meme to oppose President Trump. The posters show Hitler’s face was replaced with President Trump’s […]
GW YAF’s Pro-Life Activism Comes Under Attack, Reaches Tens of Thousands Online
Bold YAF activists at the George Washington University established their “Cemetery of the Innocents” display again this year in memory of the millions of lives lost to abortion. The simple display of small white crosses in a section of the lawn on the GW quad is a quiet memorial to more than 50 million lives lost in the United States […]
YAF-led Students Stand for America in the Middle of Protests
Members of the newly established University at Buffalo Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) chapter decided that they would not let campus leftists control the narrative after discovering fliers promoting an “Anti-Trump Protest” hosted by the Black Law Student Association and Muslim Student Association. University at Buffalo YAF led a coalition of conservative campus groups in holding a”Pro-America” rally. […]
Marquette Allows Atmosphere of Hate Toward Conservatives
As of this afternoon, Young America’s Foundation has not received any response from Marquette University’s administration regarding the faculty-involved scheme to prevent students from attending Ben Shapiro’s YAF-sponsored lecture. As far as we know, no disciplinary actions have been taken regarding those involved, and no steps have been taken to ensure conservatives have the same […]
Marquette Conservatives’ Day in Court
Marquette Conservatives’ Day in Court By Ethan Hollenberger Today is the day Marquette conservative professor John McAdams has his case heard before a judge. On his blog, McAdams wrote a post he titled “Our Day in Court.” While he is referring to himself, there is no doubt in my mind, today is the day all Marquette […]
Marquette Feminists Demand President Take Action Against Shapiro
Marquette Feminists Demand President Take Action Against Shapiro A feminist student group at Marquette University (MU) drafted a letter accusing Ben Shapiro of “perpetuating racism and xenophobia,” asking the school’s president to take action regarding Shapiro’s upcoming YAF-sponsored lecture on campus. “Empowerment,” described on its Facebook page as “Marquette’s Gender Equality (Feminist) Club; dedicated to the […]
Marquette Refuses to Answer For Staff Actions
Young America’s Foundation Statement on Marquette University’s Failure to Address Staff Actions Marquette University is refusing to answer for the actions of its staff who clearly worked to block access to Ben Shapiro’s upcoming lecture on campus. The administration is ignoring pressing concerns raised by students, alumni, and community members in order to cover up a public relations crisis. […]
GW’s Bias On Full Display at Spicer Event
GW’s Bias On Full Display at Spicer Event By Kara Zupkus On Monday January 30, George Washington University’s (GW) School of Media and Public Affairs (SMPA) hosted an interview with White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer. Unfortunately, however, the event served only to demonstrate the school’s systemic pattern of liberal bias. From the moment Mr. […]
Professor Launches Personal Attacks Ahead of Forbes Lecture
Ahead of a campus lecture sponsored by Young America’s Foundation, a professor at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois shared his classy take on Steve Forbes. Steve Macek, who, according to his faculty profile on NCC’s website, has “long been interested in classical and Western Marxist critiques of the capitalist media,” is a professor of […]
Bay Buchanan Defends Unborn at College of the Ozarks Lecture
Bay Buchanan Defends Unborn at College of the Ozarks Lecture By Loyal Carpenter On Thursday January 26, Bay Buchanan rocked an auditorium of 800 College of the Ozarks students. In vintage Bay style, she challenged students to find an issue they are passionate about and to “Stand tall and be bold and outspoken leaders.” She […]
University Officials Email Students to Condemn President Trump’s Executive Order
University Officials Email Students to Condemn President Trump’s Executive Order Emails obtained by Young America’s Foundation show the leaders of two universities using school resources to condemn President Donald Trump’s recent executive order regarding refugees from seven countries. University of Wisconsin- La Crosse (UWL) Chancellor Joe Gow sent an email to all students, faculty, staff, and […]
Marquette University Staff Caught Blocking Access to Shapiro YAF Lecture
Marquette University Staff Caught Blocking Access to Shapiro YAF Lecture Facebook posts obtained by Young America’s Foundation show at least one member of Marquette University’s staff engaging in attempts to undermine an upcoming Ben Shapiro lecture organized by the school’s Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) chapter. In a comment on a Facebook thread, Chrissy Nelson, listed online […]
Watch these YAFers handle angry SJWs at CSULA
Leftists on the campus of California State University- Los Angeles (CSULA) unsuccessfully targeted the school’s Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) chapter twice this week, organizing a spontaneous protest to swarm the chapter’s recruitment table with “No Trump” chants, and calling non-white YAF members racists in a vulgarity-laden rant caught on camera. Check out the video […]
