Campus Radicals: Union member tell-all, Dems back to DEI ways, more violent leftist threats on campus

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Teachers unions mostly stole the Campus Radicals amusement past week, dominating sum successful Fox News Digital's investigative series, which included a whistleblower tell-all from a existent National Education Association (NEA) member. 

In different news, 1 bluish authorities moved to reinstate DEI into the classroom, portion a assemblage Republican was threatened with decease by a left-wing agitator connected campus. 

NEA insider blows whistle connected 'toxic' civilization and far-left authorities wrong teachers union: 'It's a cult'

"It's a precise wide place, there's lone a fistful of conservatives that enactment astatine NEA, and if you are, it's similar you conscionable don't accidental anything, due to the fact that it's a precise toxic situation if you bash accidental something," an NEA employee, who is remaining anonymous owed to concerns of retribution, told Fox News Digital. "It's crazy, they'll nonstop retired this play newsletter of ‘Trump's a fascist’ and blast it to each the states."

"It's a cult. It's 100% a cult and if you don't person their mindset, you're the enemy."

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National Education Association President Becky Pringle joins parents, educators, assemblage leaders, and elected officials astatine a rally extracurricular the U.S. Capitol to support nationalist acquisition up of Secretary of Education nominee Linda McMahon’s confirmation proceeding connected February 12, 2025 successful Washington, DC.  (Paul Morigi/Getty Images for National Education Association)

Unearthed docs uncover apical teachers national funneling millions to acold near causes

One of the nation’s astir salient teachers unions funneled millions of dollars successful national funds to far-left activistic groups, ballot initiatives and societal justness organizations, according to national labour filings.

The NEA, which boasts much than 3 cardinal members, sent $300,000 to the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a wide acheronian wealth radical Fox News Digital has reported connected extensively, and tens of thousands of dollars to the Tides Foundation network, which Fox News Digital previously reported has ties to anti-Israel protests and a assortment of acold near causes.

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Among the largest expenditures was much than $3.5 cardinal sent to Education International, a planetary teachers federation wherever NEA President Becky Pringle serves arsenic a vice president. The filing besides details hundreds of thousands of dollars flowing to organizations backing ballot initiatives aimed astatine reshaping acquisition argumentation and predetermination laws successful states, including Ohio, Massachusetts, Arizona and Wisconsin.

School committee member’s suit claims teachers national lied astir funneling wealth to governmental groups

A national watchdog enactment has filed a suit successful tandem with a Utah teacher alleging that the Utah Education Association (UEA) falsely claimed connected aggregate occasions that members' dues are not utilized to money governmental activities.

The UEA is the authorities affiliate of America's largest teachers union, the NEA. Cole Kelley, a 29-year teacher and Republican subordinate of the Utah State Board of Education, is simply a co-plaintiff, on with the Freedom Foundation, which says it works to liberate nationalist employees from governmental exploitation via assorted means, including litigation.

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Utah Education Association members rally astatine the Utah authorities capitol implicit backing connected February 7, 2025.  (Credit: KTSU)

The lawsuit, filed successful Utah’s 3rd District Court, alleges that the UEA made mendacious statements connected its website and societal media claiming that "UEA subordinate dues are ne'er utilized for governmental activities."

"I deliberation that it's clip for the UEA to archer the teachers successful Utah the information astir what they do, what they represent, what they basal for, what they're advocating for," said Kelley, adding that the union's authorities are intelligibly left-leaning.

"And I deliberation it's important for teachers to recognize that erstwhile you join, your dollars are going towards supporting these governmental activities," helium said.

University sparks outrage with 'decolonizing medicine' people challenging 'White body' standard

A people offered by the University of Maryland for the 2026 outpouring semester is sparking outrage from experts, including 2 who told Fox News Digital it represents "identity politics" getting successful the mode of due education. 

"This people provides a broad instauration of however assemblage legacies proceed to signifier planetary wellness systems and aesculapian practices," the University of Maryland website says astir the people called "Decolonizing Medicine: Steps to Actionable Change," first reported by College Fix. 

The people statement continues, "We volition critically prosecute with the conception of 'the White body' arsenic the modular successful aesculapian training, research the consequences of the humanities discourse underpinning assemblage medicine, and interrogate neocolonial dynamics successful modern planetary wellness efforts. Designed for students funny successful careers successful medicine, nationalist health, oregon wellness policy, this people volition situation students to rethink the ethical and epistemological frameworks that underlie modern healthcare."

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Attendees perceive arsenic the names of Palestinian infants killed successful the warfare successful Gaza are work aloud during a vigil organized by the Students for Justice successful Palestine on McKeldin Mall successful the bosom of the University of Maryland campus. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Yale hosts arguable talker Trita Parsi accused of promoting Iranian authorities interests

Trita Parsi, a arguable fig among the Iranian American community, was scheduled to talk astatine an lawsuit hosted by the John Quincy Adams Society astatine Yale University connected Thursday, sparking concerns arsenic tensions successful Iran proceed to rise.

Shay Khatiri, a elder chap astatine the Yorktown Institute, grew up successful Northern Iran and spent clip surviving successful the nation’s superior of Tehran. Khatiri did not clasp backmost erstwhile discussing his presumption connected Parsi’s messaging, telling Fox News Digital the Yale chapter’s talker faced accusations of lobbying for policies that benefitted the regime. 

"[Parsi] founded this radical called the National Iranian American Council, NIAC," Khatiri explained. "That was truly a lobbying radical to beforehand lifting sanctions and what would yet go the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action oregon the Iran atomic woody that President Obama reached with the Islamic Republic of Iran."

Virginia Dems present schoolroom DEI program instrumentality connected time 1 of legislative session

As Democrats retake power of the Virginia legislature and governor's mansion, a flurry of far-left bills has been introduced to statesman the legislative session, including 1 that would enshrine DEI successful the schoolroom into law.

HB 614, titled "History and societal subject standards and instruction; historically marginalized communities," was filed connected Jan. 13, a time earlier the league adjacent began, by Del. Sam Rasoul, D-Roanoke.

Demonstrators successful  Michigan protestation  Trump’s anti-DEI agenda.

Hundreds protestation extracurricular a rally held by President Donald Trump astatine Macomb County Community College successful Warren, MI, connected April 29, 2025. (Getty Images/Dominic Gwinn)

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The measure seeks to "ensure comprehensive, accurate, and inclusive education" for simple and secondary schoolhouse children, according to its summary. To fulfill that goal, the measure mandates instructional materials and standards successful past and societal subject courses that see "contributions, perspectives, and experiences of historically marginalized communities."

Conservative Utah pupil says extremist left-wing classmate threatened to 'Kirk' him earlier arrest

A blimpish pupil astatine the University of Utah who says a far-left agitator threatened to sprout him successful the cervix astatine a tabling lawsuit slammed assemblage campuses arsenic a breeding crushed for radicalism and celebrated the apprehension of the alleged perpetrator.

"It was January 12, we were extracurricular tabling and engaging successful debates successful a format akin to those organized by, let's say, Turning Point USA," Riley Beesley told Fox News Digital. The lawsuit was hosted by Reawaken USA, a comparatively caller blimpish radical that tours assemblage campuses, inviting students to person an unfastened dialogue.

Beesley is simply a pupil astatine the University of Utah, and the vice president of the Utah Federation of College Republicans.

"And soon aft [he] declared to us, 'you should die,' followed by, 'I americium going to Kirk you,' which you could lone deliberation that means I'm either utilizing your imaginativeness going to sprout you oregon termination you," said Beesley.

"As helium walked off, helium positioned himself straight successful beforehand of respective field constabulary officers wherever helium gestured with his arms successful a mode mimicking aiming a firearm astatine us, thrusting them enthusiastically, arsenic I'd say, portion shouting, 'you should die' and calling america 'Nazi pigs,'" helium continued, adding that the constabulary watched the incidental unfold.

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Fox News Digital's Andrew Mark Miller and Preston Mizell contributed to this report. 

Peter D'Abrosca is simply a newsman astatine Fox News Digital covering field extremism successful higher education. 

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