A “watchlist” that surfaced recently, courtesy of Turning Point USA, founded by Charlie Kirk, a 23-year-old conservative activist, targets so-called leftist speech on college campuses. It uses student reports and off-campus writings to find its targets.
It’s unsettling to see this latest variation of McCarthyism, but it’s hardly surprising given the current levels of intolerance and divisiveness afflicting the country.
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Drawing on insights from a survey conducted at the CUPA-HR New Jersey Chapter annual meeting, Heldrich Center researchers Jessica Starace and Liana Lin explore HR professionals' familiarity with GenAI, current workplace applications, and expectations for how AI will...
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I had just started my deanship at Rutgers University’s Douglass College, and before even taking a deep breath it seemed a promising year sat suspended in time as I witnessed the unimaginable: Not far away, planes were hitting the Twin Towers and they were falling. I...
Former New Jersey State Senator Bob Gordon, now Vice President at Stevens & Lee Public Affairs LLC and a Senior Policy Fellow at the Bloustein School, is featured in the September 2026 issue of COMMERCE Magazine for his role in helping entrepreneur Glenn Laga turn...