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Barack Obama

Lynch calls out Obama for “political correctness,” says WH should have used force on ISIS after Orlando

U.S. Rep. Stephen F. Lynch has some harsh words for President Barack Obama. Calling Obama's response to terrorism "politically correct," the outspoken Democratic congressman from Southie told Boston Herald Radio on Tuesday that the president is wrong to shy away from using the term "

amherst

‘Free speech’ panel triggers insults at UMass Amherst

AMHERST – When three conservatives sought to speak about freedom of speech at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, they drew shouted insults, apparently from students at the state's premier public university. The event, billed as "The Triggering: Has Political Correctness Gone Too Far?" may have succeeded in

discrimination

Student sues Missouri State for bouncing him based on morals

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A former Missouri State University graduate student says in a federal lawsuit that the school kicked him out of a master's program three years after he said counseling gay couples violated his religious beliefs. Andrew Cash said he was removed from the master's

Harvard University

Massachusetts students resist politically correct campus culture

CAMBRIDGE – While universities nationwide have made headlines for their crackdown on "microaggressions" and their creation of "safe spaces" away from offensive conversation, some Massachusetts college students think their peers are being overly sensitive. Harvard University sophomore Rachel Huebner, an editorial writer for the Crimson student newspaper,

racism

Encourage kindness and maturity, not political correctness

Having kids who are in middle school provides a painful reminder that many children go through a phase of being cruel to others. Working in higher education is a painful reminder that some don't outgrow it. Observing my own children's experience while watching surprisingly similar conflicts

Massachusetts

Demands for ‘safe’ spaces lead to campus debates

NEWTON – While many Massachusetts campuses have become battlegrounds over acceptable forms of expression – such as what constitutes "hate speech" or should be considered "safe spaces" – resistance to "political correctness" has also cropped up in what amounts to a debate over a fundamental American freedom.

Donald Trump

Trump’s name strikes fear into Emory students

ATLANTA – Donald Trump so upsets some students at Emory University that just the sight of his name scrawled all over the campus in chalk sent dozens to the office of President James Wagner on Monday, protesting that they felt intimidated and fearful, according to an email he sent out Tuesday.

political correctness

Is it any surprise that ‘helicoptered kids’ grow up to need ‘trigger warnings’?

There's an idea taking root on college campuses that students cannot be exposed to any ideas, words or phrases that discomfort them in any way, even if that wasn't anyone's intent. That's why schools are embracing "trigger warnings" — warnings placed