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A professor who refused to bow to activist progressives and parrot land acknowledgements has scored a major First Amendment legal victory — after a years-long battle. “I’m not going to be silenced.

"[I]n the public university setting, student disagreement with a professor's academic speech on an issue of public concern cannot alter the Pickering analysis in the government's favor." A short ...

These days, land or territory acknowledgments are increasingly common, often made at the outset of public gatherings. In our industry, where we are reliant on a strong connection to the land and ...

Acknowledgment is one of those things that you don’t think about until you notice it’s missing. Last week, I had one of the worst restaurant experiences I can recall. The issue? Lack of acknowledgment ...

In response to a letter from Randy Griffin published on Dec. 11, where he criticized the City Council’s decision to recite a Land Acknowledgment, here is my critique of his critique. Mr. Griffin ...

The Fairbanks City Council will enter 2026 with a new tradition after adopting a new ordinance Monday: a standing land ...

Pratt Institute is situated in Lenapehoking, the traditional and unceded homeland of the Lenape, past, present, and future. The Lenape have been living on this land long before the United States was ...

Earlier this year, members of the San Jose City Council in California stood and recited the pledge of allegiance. Minutes later, Glorida Arellano-Gomez, councilwoman for the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe in ...

Every morning, at the start of the school day in Toronto, my children hear the following inelegant little paragraph read aloud, just before the singing of “O Canada”: I would like to acknowledge that ...