Category: News and Opinion

Iowa at center of book ban movement

By Elizabeth Tharakan >> Iowa is one of the leading states for book bans in America, second only to Florida, according to PEN America.  Earlier this year, Iowa’s state Board of Education adopted the rules for a sweeping 2023 education law. The law — and the rules that enforce it — ban “sexual content” in

Wash U law professors say Trump government imperils the rule of law

Publisher’s note: GJR is sharing an open letter from law school faculty members at Washington University Law School stating that “rule of law is facing grave peril” from the government of President Donald J. Trump A LETTER FROM WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL FACULTY TO THE LAW SCHOOL COMMUNITY — APRIL 7, 2025 We are faculty

News Analysis: Making the case for ‘soft power’

By Robert Koenig and Mary Ellen Noonan Koenig >> After the defeat of Nazi Germany, the United States – in addition to basing thousands of troops there – built dozens of “America House” cultural centers to help Germans learn about America. And when the Soviets blockaded Berlin in 1948-49, the U.S. sent thousands of flights

An Interview with Gregorio Olivares Gutierrez of The Retrograde

By William Schwartz >> In late January, the University of Texas at Dallas removed its newspaper stands in an effort to kill The Mercury, the university’s student newspaper following protracted attempts to attack the newspaper’s editorial line by removing its editor-in-chief, Gregorio Olivares Gutierrez. The Mercury is back, in a sense. It’s now known as