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on September 14, 2017 in World News

Feds Give Berkeley $97,999 to ‘Honor the Legacy’ of Black Panther Party

National Park Service funds research project on Marxist revolutionary group BY: Elizabeth HarringtonFollow @LizWFB The National Park Service is spending roughly $100,000 for a research project seeking to “honor the legacy” of the Marxist revolutionary group the Black Panther Party. The University of California, Berkeley, which has recently been at the center of violent protests from far-left groups, is receiving funding for the project. The National Park Service announced it was awarding the university a $97,999.70 grant for the project, outside of the normal competitive bidding process. “This cooperative research project between the National Park Service (NPS) and the University… View Article

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on September 13, 2017 in World News

Majority of California Democrats Now OPPOSE Free Speech

By Ryan Saavedra A new poll from the University of California, Berkeley, shows that the majority of Democratic California voters now oppose free speech. The poll, which describes Democratic voters in the state as “especially” having a hard time “grappling with the complex issue,” found that 53% of California’s Democratic voters now oppose free speech. The political ideology which most opposed free speech were those who identified themselves as “liberal,” with nearly 60% indicating that free speech demonstrations have gone too far. Mark DiCamillo, who conducted the poll for the university’s Institute of Governmental Studies, was stunned by the results. “I… View Article

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