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RECAP: Young Americans for Freedom June Activist Training

Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) leaders from across the country gathered together earlier this month at YAF Headquarters for this summer’s YAF Activism Training Seminar. At this program YAFers learned from the top activism experts in the Conservative Movement on how to be bold leaders on campus, protect their right to free speech, and respond to […]

I Would Go To Jail For YAF. Here’s Why.

I Would Go To Jail For YAF. Here’s Why. By Carter Lankes Let me tell you about the man who inspired me to say the words, “I would go to jail for YAF.” Dr. Michael Waller is a legend among men who has fought for the Conservative Movement for decades. Over the past year, he’s taught me the true […]

University Administrator: “Modern Racism is Much Worse Than Old Racism”

University Administrator: “Modern Racism is Much Worse Than Old Racism” By Isabella Foxen Are microaggressions worse than Jim Crow Laws? Willie Fleming, Chief Diversity Officer at Appalachian State University, seems to think so. In a June interview with the Watauga Democrat, Fleming remarked, “We as a community should be aware about microaggressions. I think modern-day racism […]

Free Speech Expert: PC Authoritarianism Rampant on Campuses

Free Speech Expert: PC Authoritarianism Rampant on Campuses In a panel discussion earlier this month, Jordan Lorence placed the responsibility of preserving free speech rights squarely upon the shoulders of Young Americans for Freedom activists. Lorence, who serves as Senior Counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, spoke as part of a panel discussion on First Amendment rights on […]

Arianna Huffington Encourages College Students to Ignore Other Viewpoints

On Saturday, May 21st, Arianna Huffington delivered the commencement speech at the graduation ceremony for Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. While most of the speech focused on getting the recommended amount of sleep (seriously), part of it took a different turn and instead focused on encouraging students to drown out people with opposing viewpoints. According to Huffington: […]

Too Cute: 10 Hilarious Complaints from Campus Snowflakes

Last week, critics slammed the University of Oregon’s “bias response team,” arguing that it functions “akin to Thought Police.” According to the school’s website, the bias response team “seeks to create a just campus by providing resources for the university community to respond to incidents of bias and harassment.” Unfortunately, however, it appears the system is instead utilized by students to tattle on […]

Portland Schools Ban Textbooks Skeptical of Climate Change

Modern Day “Firefighters” Ban Textbooks Didn’t we learn anything from Fahreneit 451? Perhaps not. Portland Public Schools recently decided to ban textbooks expressing any degree of skepticism regarding man-made global warming. This decision comes on the heels of a presentation from the leftist activism organization, 350PDX, an group that is perhaps most well-known for its advocacy of fossil fuel […]

Conservatives on the Rise: UCR YAF’s Viraktep Ath Joins the Team

Viraktep Ath is a rising senior at the University of California, Riverside where he studies English. Viraktep’s engagement in the Conservative Movement stems from his family’s history in Communist Cambodia. Both of Viraktep’s parents, before immigrating to the United States, suffered under the regime of Pol Pot, losing family members and friends to the brutality […]

A Lesson for Millennial Supporters of Socialism

A Lesson for Millennial Supporters of Socialism By Humberto Fontova A recent Reason-Rupe poll found that over half of Americans under 30 have a “favorable view of socialism.” A recent Gallup poll found almost 70 per cent of millennials saying “they’d be willing to vote for a socialist candidate for president. As in the 1960’s, […]

2015-2016 YAF Chapter of the Year Nominations

Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) chapters boldly promoted conservatism on college and high school campuses during the 2015-2016 school year. They led the field in organizing breakthrough campus initiatives, hosting speakers that captured the attention of their campuses, and fought vigilantly for free speech. To recognize the work of our dedicated YAF chapters, the YAF […]

Chewbacca Mom Outrage Shows Need for Conservatives to Push Back on Campus

“Chewbacca Mom” Candace Payne recently received full tuition from Southeastern University for her and her family in reaction to a viral video of her trying on a Chewbacca mask.  Now, some on Twitter are insinuating that this internet celebrity achieved her success simply due to the color of her skin, not the content of her […]

Washington State to Teach Kindergartners “Many Ways to Express Gender”

Washington State to Teach Kindergartners “Many Ways to Express Gender” For most people, kindergarten is a time to learn how to count up to a hundred and spell your name. A recent addition to the Washington State Learning Standards for Health and Physical Education, however, is encouraging educators to teach the state’s youngest students about more than their ABC’s, providing new guidelines […]

SURPRISE: Gender Studies Departments Ignore Men

It’s no secret that college campuses bend over backwards to prove their commitment to “equality” and “diversity,” but when it comes to course selections at our nation’s top universities, America’s gender studies departments come off looking pretty hypocritical. It turns out the leftists in academia who love to preach equality are only interested in studying women’s issues. […]

KEENE: “Love for freedom is in the DNA of American people”

David Keene, Opinion Editor of The Washington Times and National Rifle Association president from 2011 to 2013, was a prominent Young Americans for Freedom activist in the 1960’s. Keene served as YAF’s national chairman as well as the chapter chairman at the University of Wisconsin. In an interview with The New Guard at Young America’s Foundation headquarters, Keene […]

President Reagan’s Powerful Words on the 40th Anniversary of D-Day

Today we remember and celebrate the 72nd anniversary of D-Day, when allied forces stormed Omaha beach in Normandy, France. This signaled the beginning of the end of WWII in Europe, but 209,000 allied troops were killed that day. We remember their sacrifice, and celebrate what they achieved. On the 40th anniversary of this sacred day, […]

Bezos: Protect “Ugly Speech”

“Beautiful Speech” Doesn’t Need Protection This week, Amazon founder and owner of The Washington Post, Jeff Bezos, had something rather refreshing to say about the right to free speech. “The most important thing to remember is that beautiful speech doesn’t need protection. It’s ugly speech that needs protection,” said Bezos. “Somebody is going to write something very […]

10 Years After ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ Climate Skeptics’ Free Speech at Risk

Last month, environmental activists commemorated the 10th anniversary of An Inconvenient Truth, a movie that made more incorrect predictions than your mom’s March Madness bracket. The film was screened on campuses everywhere and environmentalism became the hottest trend in progressive circles. These days, however, campus liberals spend more time protesting free speech and advocating for men to use women’s restrooms than fighting for the […]

9/11: Fifteen Years Later – Will Your Campus Remember?

September 11, 2016 will mark the 15th anniversary of the terror attacks of 9/11/01 that claimed thousands of innocent lives, left scars across America’s biggest cities, and created a generation that could instantly answer the question: “Where were you on 9/11?” Sadly, however, it didn’t take long for people to lose focus. Only two years after the attacks, Young America’s […]

4 Easy Ways to Argue the Constitution is Not a “Living Document”

The late Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia said it best when he declared, “The Constitution is not a living organism… it’s a legal document.” Liberal professors and students will often bash conservatives when they stand up for an orginalist interpretation of the United States Constitution in the classroom. Here are four key responses you can […]

YAF Interns’ Guide to Summer Break Binge-Watching

Hollywood is notoriously liberal, but many major films actually contain powerful expressions of conservative values. Occasionally the message is glaringly conservative while other times viewers have to squint in order to bring it into focus. Regardless, lessons in patriotism, individualism, hard work, and more can all be found in more films than people might realize. We asked our […]

Conservatives on the Rise: Matt Masino Joins the Team

Matthew Masino is a rising senior at Loyola University Maryland where he studies political science and history. Matt is originally from Wayne, New Jersey, where he first became engaged in the Conservative Movement. On campus Matt advances the core principles of the Conservative Movement while also founding a political science club. He has volunteered on […]

Truth-Seeking Journalist Eliana Johnson

Fair and balanced leaders in journalism are hard to find these days, but luckily a unique few have committed their lives to the pursuit of truth-seeking journalism. The New Guard got the opportunity to sit down with one of these very journalists just last week. Eliana Johnson is National Review’s Washington Editor. After her presentation to National Journalism Center students at […]

Angela Davis Proclaims She’s a ‘Lifelong Communist,’ Audience Erupts in Applause

“I have always been a communist,” said radical progressive activist Angela Davis, proudly declaring her allegiance to the radical Left during her remarks at California State University Los Angeles (CSULA) last Wednesday night. The audience, comprised of students and community members, reacted to this statement by erupting into rapturous applause. This is the reality on […]

STUDENT TAKE: CSULA YAF Attends Angela Davis Lecture

When CSULA Young Americans for Freedom heard that Angela Davis was slated to speak on campus, they knew it was important to attend her lecture. Ana Martinez, one of CSULA YAF’s bold student activists, relayed her unfortunate experience at the event to The New Guard. Martinez explained her chapter’s respect for free speech informed their decision to […]