Across Kansas, lawmakers have advanced a series of policies that directly threaten students’ First Amendment rights—policies that should alarm anyone who cares about democracy, civic participation, and the development of informed citizens. Most recently, the Kansas Senate attached a ...

For years, it advanced slowly, almost unnoticed. It wasn’t advertised at freshman orientations or highlighted in admission brochures. Yet it’s everywhere, in classrooms, resident halls, even in the quad where students gather. Over the past five decades, men have steadily disappeared ...

In last month’s column, I took policymakers to task for forgetting former Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s tax-cutting experiment, which cratered state revenues. School funding cuts landed the state in court. Kansas also borrowed over $1 billion from the state highway fund (the “Bank of ...

As a proposed statewide ban on cellphones in Kansas classrooms winds its way through our state Legislature — a ban that at least initially had strong support from both parties, a ban that would be similar to actions that have been taken in multiple other states — an interesting question has ...

170 Years Ago From the Herald of Freedom for the week of Saturday, February 23, 1856: • “Just now, reader, the weather is rather wet, and the ground muddy. Winter has taken up his duds and sloped for parts unknown, and Spring sends out a thawer to fix things for her advent. When the frost ...

A bill currently before the Kansas House would ban required diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) courses at the state’s public colleges and universities. Supporters argue that institutions should offer “more diverse academic opportunities that are not against a student’s political, ...