Massachusetts | November 12, 2021
MIT Alumni Condemn School, Say Woke Demands Are ‘Damaging’ Reputation
Massachusetts | November 12, 2021
Two Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduates have taken issue with their alma mater’s recent moves to become more woke, saying the decisions are “damaging” to the school and its commitment to academic freedom.
The two graduates, Tom Hafer and Henry I. Miller, wrote an op-ed for the City Journal earlier this month calling out the prestigious university’s turn to wokeness.
“We graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology more than 50 years ago. MIT was academically rigorous, and it taught us our crafts and the essence of problem-solving, enabling us to thrive in our careers. We owe much to our alma mater and have donated to it regularly,” the graduates began. “No more.”…(Excerpts from the Daily Wire)
Massachusetts | November 8, 2021
MIT alums: We can’t support a school that caved to woke mentality
Massachusetts | November 8, 2021
We graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology more than 50 years ago. MIT was academically rigorous, and it taught us our crafts and the essence of problem-solving, enabling us to thrive in our careers. We owe much to our alma mater and have donated to it regularly. No more. The current MIT administration has caved repeatedly to the demands of “wokeness,” treating its students unfairly, compromising the quality of its staff, and damaging the institution and academic freedom at large. We object to MIT’s politically correct measures, including the firing of its Catholic chaplain…(Excerpts from the New York Post)
Massachusetts | October 27, 2021
Parents Sue Massachusetts School District For Allegedly Excluding White Students From Events
Massachusetts | October 27, 2021
A Massachusetts school district allegedly held racially segregated events that specifically excluded white students, according to a federal lawsuit filed by a non-profit group representing three families.
Non-profit group Parents Defending Education filed a lawsuit in federal court on Tuesday afternoon, arguing that Wellesley Public Schools violated the constitutional rights of their students, and also suppressed students’ First Amendment rights with its policy on biased speech, CBS Boston reported.
Court papers state that students were allegedly told by the district that the phrase “Blue Lives Matter,” which refers to law enforcement officers, is associated with white supremacy, according to the news outlet… (Excerpts from The Epoch Times)
Massachusetts | October 27, 2021
Children Shouldn’t Get COVID-19 Vaccines, Harvard Professor Says
Massachusetts | October 27, 2021
Children should not get vaccinated against the virus that causes COVID-19, according to Harvard University professor of medicine Martin Kulldorff.
“I don’t think children should be vaccinated for COVID. I’m a huge fan of vaccinating children for measles, for mumps, for polio, for rotavirus, and many other diseases, that’s critical. But COVID is not a huge threat to children,” he said on EpochTV’s “American Thought Leaders” program. The full episode can be watched on EpochTV…. (Excerpts from the Epoch Times)
Massachusetts | October 24, 2021
Parents’ Group Sues Mass. School District Over Racial Segregation, Abuse of Students
Massachusetts | October 24, 2021
national parents’ group filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against a public school district in Massachusetts for allegedly violating the U.S. Constitution by racially segregating students into “affinity groups” and imposing a student speech code.
The lawsuit comes as parents and the education establishment across the United States are battling over critical race theory and the systemic racism that leftists argue plagues the nation.
Almost 70 years ago, Supreme Court precedent established that “public schools cannot segregate students by race, and students do not abandon their First Amendment rights at the schoolhouse gate,” states the legal complaint in Parents Defending Education v. Wellesley Public Schools (WPS), which was filed Oct. 19 in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts…. (Excerpts from the Epoch Times)
Massachusetts | September 26, 2021
‘Dozens’ of Massachusetts State Troopers Submit Resignations Over Vaccine Mandate
Massachusetts | September 26, 2021
Dozens of Massachusetts State troopers have submitted their resignations ahead of a deadline to comply with the state’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccination mandate.
“Many of these troopers are going to be returning to their previous municipal police departments within the state that allow for regular testing and masks,” State Police Association of Massachusetts head Michael Cherven said in a statement. “To date, dozens of troopers have already submitted their resignation paperwork.”
“Throughout COVID, we have been on the front lines protecting the citizens of Massachusetts and beyond,” he added. “Simply put, all we are asking for are the same basic accommodations that countless other departments have provided to their first responders, and to treat a COVID-related illness as a line of duty injury.”
It came as a Massachusetts Superior Court judge rejected the union’s request to delay the vaccine mandate, which goes into effect Oct. 17. Exemptions are granted, under an order issued by the governor’s office, to those seeking religious or medical exemptions to the vaccine….(Excerpts from the Epoch Times)