VIDEO: Katie Pavlich Explains 5 Reasons Your Friends Aren’t Really Socialists
This video of YAF alumna Katie Pavlich’s remarks at the 2016 National Conservative Student Conference is a must-watch for young conservatives heading back to campus this fall. Katie breaks down five reasons millennials who love free market innovations like craft beer and Uber don’t actually support Bernie Sanders-style socialism. As Katie explains, “Our peers who are […]
Virginia Tech Deletes Fine Threat from Website Following YAF Exposé
Virginia Tech Deletes Fine Threat from Website Following YAF Exposé Yesterday, YAF exposed Virginia Tech for threatening students who fail to complete a mandatory online diversity course with fines. Today, however, Virginia Tech appears to have quietly removed the policy from its website. As of yesterday, Virginia Tech’s website indicated that students could face $105 fines and […]
Safe Spaces: Coming to an Elementary School Near You
In an effort to promote “social and emotional learning,” in K-12 schools, the Tennessee Department of Education is rolling out a number of new educational reforms including, “safe spaces where students can go to calm down without feeling like they’re being punished.” These new reforms will also include the addition of class meetings and “breathing […]
Top Conservative Speakers Set to Take Campuses by Storm this Fall
It’s only the second week of August, but we’ve already lined up some pretty impressive campus lectures for the fall semester. Leading conservatives from Steve Forbes to Allen West to Ben Shapiro will bring conservative ideas to schools across the country including Yale, St. Louis University, Gonzaga, Notre Dame, and more. We’ll be adding plenty of additional events throughout the […]
Hahn in Detroit News: The anti-Semitic face of political correctness at DePaul
Originally published by Nicholas G. Hahn III in The Detroit News. Pope Francis frequently preaches about a “culture of inclusion,” and even said that exclusion of others is at the “root of all wars.” So it might come as a surprise to see the largest Catholic university in the country waging a war on campus conservatives. Young […]
Virginia Tech Students Face Fines For Not Taking Leftist Diversity Course
It’s only August, but administrators are already using government resources to push their distorted diversity agenda on students this fall. For instance, before stepping foot on campus, incoming freshman and graduate students at Virginia Tech will be required to take “DiversityEdu”, a mandatory course that trains users to adopt liberal perspectives on race, gender, and more. A description […]
YAF Deploys Lt. Col. Allen West to Promote Freedom Behind Enemy Lines on Nationwide Campus Tour
Young America’s Foundation Deploys Lt. Col. Allen West to Promote Freedom Behind Enemy Lines on Nationwide Campus Tour West is set to headline a YAF lecture tour of ten schools in 2016-2017 Young America’s Foundation (YAF) and Lieutenant Colonel Allen West are excited to announce Lt. Col. West’s nationwide tour of America’s embattled campuses this […]
LOL: Buzzfeed Calls Kim K’s View on Feminism ‘Sad’ and ‘Jarring’
After Kim Kardashian West (somewhat bravely) refused to label herself as a feminist during a panel discussion at a recent conference for bloggers, Buzzfeed published a hilariously distressed reaction to her comments. The writer began by declaring, “It’s never not jarring to hear a female celebrity say she’s not a feminist — particularly when, in her disavowal […]
Brexit Boost is Free Market at Work
Sky News reported Monday that decreased travel costs incurred by June’s Brexit vote are leading to increased tourism to Britain this summer. According to Sky News, “The slump in the pound since the Brexit vote has produced an immediate boost for UK tourism with flight bookings into the country up on last year.” The report is based […]
Top Olympian Champions Second Amendment
In a recent interview with The Guardian, champion Olympic shooter Kim Rhode took aim at liberal calls for gun control. Rhode, a gold medalist who has medaled in five consecutive Olympic games, responded to questions regarding recent mass shootings by noting, “When you look at these events that have been occurring, they’ve been occurring in some of the […]
Daily Wire: DePaul Doubles Down On Shapiro Ban
DePaul Doubles Down On Shapiro Ban By John Minster Originally published in The Daily Wire. In an email sent Wednesday to faculty and staff members, DePaul University reaffirmed its commitment to destroying free speech on campus, doubling down on its widely criticized ban of Ben Shapiro. The email, sent by Vice President of Student Affairs […]
Dennis Prager Gives YAFers Front Row Seat to a Live Broadcast
Dennis Prager Gives YAFers Front Row Seat to a Live Broadcast By Isabella Foxen Dennis Prager gave YAF activists attending Young America’s Foundation’s National Conservative Student Conference last week the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to watch as he hosted his national radio show live from the event in Washington, D.C. Prager set up his equipment and eagerly welcomed the group of top activists into […]
Exclusive Q&A with Dinesh D’Souza: Obama Has Created a ‘Power Vacuum’
Exclusive Q&A with Dinesh D’Souza: Obama Has Created a ‘Power Vacuum’ By Emily Hensler In an exclusive interview with The New Guard before his speech at the 2016 National Conservative Student Conference, conservative powerhouse Dinesh D’Souza sat down to answer three important questions about American foreign policy in the era of President Obama. NG: Just […]
Trigger Warning: Apple Doesn’t Believe You Can Safely Handle Gun Emoji
Next time you’re trying to fire off a quick text message inviting your friend to join you at the gun range, don’t bother looking for an emoji to represent you. The pistol emoji, the only firearm in Apple’s spread, is being replaced with a green plastic-looking water pistol. “More than one hundred new and redesigned emoji characters will […]
Rick Perry: ‘Fewer Americans Remember How Well Liberty Can Serve Them’
While addressing the American Legislative Exchange Council in Indianapolis, Indiana on Wednesday, former Texas Governor Rick Perry said that the reason recent months have been such a hectic time for the conservative movement is because “fewer Americans remember how well liberty can serve them and their families.” “When Ronald Reagan left office in 1989, America knew—and the […]
9 Books Every Conservative Student Needs to Read
At this Young America’s Foundation’s annual National Conservative Student Conference, attendees heard from a panel of conservative publishing insiders. The three panelists, Christopher Malagisi, Editor in Chief of the Conservative Book Club, Marji Ross, President and Publisher of Regenry Publishing, and Dr. Tevi Troy, author and presidential historian, provided students with a list of essential books every young conservative should […]
Breaking: DePaul University Bans Shapiro YAF Lecture
FROM THE DAILY WIRE. There comes a time in every society where even its most basic values come under attack. In the United States, since the beginning of our country’s founding, we have had certain God-given unalienable rights: freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, due process and freedom of speech, among […]
#YAFcon Diary Day 4: D’Souza, Shapiro, French, & Dinner with Oliver North
Wheaton YAFer Justus Hanson will recap his time at Young America’s Foundation’s National Conservative Student Conference each day of the event. Here’s his recap of Thursday, July 28! Yesterday was the most action packed and energizing day that we have had here at the conference. The majority of the speakers that we heard from […]
Here’s what conservatives did while leftists cried for socialism in Philly.
While supporting of Senator Bernie Sanders were bawling over their failed bid for socialism and prominent liberals were making impassioned pleas for more government in Philadelphia last week, young conservatives from around the country were in Washington, D.C. preparing to take back our country. Leading conservatives including Speaker Newt Gingrich, Lt. Col. Allen West, Dinesh D’Souza, Senator […]
#YAFcon Diary Day 3: Gingrich, Prager, Burns
Wheaton YAFer Justus Hanson will recap his time at Young America’s Foundation’s National Conservative Student Conference each day of the event. Here’s his recap of Wednesday, July 27! The second full day of the National Conservative Student Conference was great. The quality of the speakers that we have at these conferences never ceases to […]
Obenshain: Campuses Should Be ‘Battlegrounds for Ideas’
At Young America’s Foundation’s 38th annual National Conservative Student Conference on Tuesday afternoon, author and commentator Kate Obenshain encouraged students from across the country attending the conference to fearlessly take the fight for conservative ideas to their college campuses. Obenshain discussed how the epidemic of free speech zones at colleges and universities has put limitations […]
YAF Exclusive: Gingrich Sees Deep Trouble for America if Millennials Don’t ‘Step Up to The Plate’
YAF Exclusive: Gingrich Sees Deep Trouble for America if Millennials Don’t ‘Step Up to The Plate’ By Julia Porterfield Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich addressed Young America’s Foundation’s 38th National Conservative Student Conference on Wednesday and declared to a captive student audience that millennials have the potential to be the greatest generation since […]
#YAFcon Diary Day 2: Personal Encouragment from Allen West
Wheaton YAFer Justus Hanson will recap his time at Young America’s Foundation’s National Conservative Student Conference each day of the event. Here’s his recap of Tuesday, July 26! This year will be my second time attending the National Conservative Student Conference in Washington D.C. Attending this conference last summer encouraged me so much to […]
In Memoriam: Tim LaHaye
Young America’s Foundation mourns the passing of Tim LaHaye, coauthor of the bestselling ‘Left Behind’ series and a leader of the Conservative Movement. Mr. LaHaye spent time with the Foundation visiting the Reagan Ranch in Santa Barbara, California with his wife Beverly. The LaHaye’s were active in the Foundation’s efforts to save the ranch in […]
