Madi Alexander

1 week ago | politico.com | Bianca Quilantan |Madi Alexander

Public universities are quickly backtracking on decades of diversity initiatives to avoid the ire of the Trump administration and protect billions in federal funding — even though there’s little evidence those moves will shield them. President Donald Trump is seeking to punish universities that allowed pro-Palestinian student encampment protests and touted efforts to attract a more diverse student body.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Bianca Quilantan |Madi Alexander

Public universities are quickly backtracking on decades of diversity initiatives to avoid the ire of the Trump administration and protect billions in federal funding — even though there’s little evidence those moves will shield them. President Donald Trump is seeking to punish universities that allowed pro-Palestinian student encampment protests and touted efforts to attract a more diverse student body.

Jul 21, 2023 | politico.com | Charles Mahtesian |Madi Alexander

‘This Is a Really Big Deal’: How College Towns Are Decimating the GOPGrowing population in America’s highly educated enclaves has led to huge gains for the Democratic Party. And Republicans are scrambling for answers. Animation by Shira Inbar for POLITICOMADISON, Wisconsin — Spring elections in Wisconsin are typically low turnout affairs, but in April, with the nation watching the state’s bitterly contested Supreme Court race, voters turned out in record-breaking numbers.

Jul 21, 2023 | flipboard.com | Charles Mahtesian |Madi Alexander

18 hours agoThe standards, which were blasted by a statewide teachers' union as a "step backward," were approved Wednesday by the State Board of Education. Florida’s public schools will now teach students that some Black people benefited from slavery because it taught them useful skills, part of new African …

Jul 21, 2023 | tiny.cc | Charles Mahtesian |Madi Alexander

‘The Ecosystem is Churning and Churning Right Now’For much of the 20th century, the area surrounding Fort Collins, home to Colorado State University, was a Republican stronghold. Larimer County, with its farming and ranching heritage, was the kind of place that voted Democratic only under extreme circumstances — like during the landslide elections of 1936 and 1964, or in 1992, when the presidential vote was splintered three ways.