William Ayers

When College Presidents Exit the Public Square

The Chronicle of Higher Education | Posted 08.17.2011

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William Ayers said that democracy requires dialogue, but that too many academics refuse to express their opinions.

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Donor Who Complained About Ayers Speech Pays For Ann Coulter To Speak At U. Of Wyoming

AP | By BOB MOEN | Posted 05.31.2011

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LARAMIE, Wyo. -- Ann Coulter was bringing her edgy brand of conservatism to the University of Wyoming Thursday, a year after the school drew widesprea...

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Coulter To Speak At University Of Wyoming One Year After Ayers Scandal

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LARAMIE, Wyo. — Conservative commentator and author Ann Coulter plans to speak at the University of Wyoming this month, nearly one year after the un...

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Thoughts About Teaching in a Democracy

Kenneth Bernstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Our education should have as its most important purpose preparing our students for a life in such a participatory democracy. Without that even their economic futures may well be in doubt.

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Bill Ayers Denied Emeritus Status By University Of Illinois After Chris Kennedy's Plea

AP | DAVID MERCER | Posted 05.25.2011

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URBANA, Ill. — The University of Illinois on Thursday denied 1960s radical William Ayers emeritus faculty status after trustees Chairman Christo...

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Bill Ayers To Retire From UIC After 20 Years

Posted 05.25.2011

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After 20 years of teaching at the University of Illinois at Chicago, former Weather Underground member William Ayers is getting ready to retire. T...

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Ayers Speech Concludes Without Incident

AP | BOB MOEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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LARAMIE, Wyo. — A stack of e-mails released this week show Gov. Dave Freudenthal was among those who had supported canceling a talk by William A...

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William Ayers Visit Prompts University Of Wyoming To Heighten Security

AP | BOB MOEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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LARAMIE, Wyo. — Security was heightened as William Ayers delivered a speech on education reform at the University of Wyoming on Wednesday, but o...

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David Lane Strikes Again, Forces University Of Wyoming To Allow Bill Ayers Speech

Posted 05.25.2011

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CASPER, Wyo. (AP) -- A federal judge has ruled that the University of Wyoming must allow 1960s radical William Ayers to speak on the school's campus ...

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David Lane Strikes Again, Forces University Of Wyoming To Allow Bill Ayers Speech

AP | BOB MOEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CASPER, Wyo. — A judge who served as a Marine in Vietnam ruled Tuesday the University of Wyoming must allow William Ayers to speak on campus, bu...

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Bill Ayers SUES University Of Wyoming After Banning Campus Speech

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LARAMIE, Wyo. — Bill Ayers and a University of Wyoming student are suing the school after it banned the former 1960s radical from speaking on ca...

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Lawyer Threatens To SUE University Of Wyoming For Canceling William Ayers Speech

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LARAMIE, Wyo. — A Denver lawyer says he'll sue the University of Wyoming unless it lets former 1960s radical William Ayers speak on campus. Dav...

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University Of Wyoming CANCELS William Ayers Speech: 'Presence Would Adversely Impact School's Reputation'

AP | BOB MOEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The University of Wyoming has canceled a speech by former 1960s radical William Ayers after it raised hundreds of objections fr...

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Bill Ayers Speech CANCELED By University Of Wyoming

AP | BOB MOEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The University of Wyoming has canceled a speech by former 1960s radical William Ayers after it raised hundreds of objections fr...

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Bill Ayers is Back... with a Brilliant Graphic Novel

Dan Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

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William Ayers's new book To Teach: The Journey, In Comics is part autobiography, part education reform tract, and entirely enjoyable to read.

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'The Manchurian President': Conspiracy Theories, Birtherism, and Guilt by Association

Terry Krepel | Posted 05.25.2011

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The goal of Aaron Klein's new book, The Manchurian President: Barack Obama's Ties to Communists, Socialists and Other Anti-American Extremists, is summed right there in the title.

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Ayers, Wright Talk Mideast Peace At Chicago Church

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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OAK PARK, Ill. — Two men who created waves for President Barack Obama on the campaign trail have appeared together at a suburban Chicago church ...

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Ayers Lecture Protested By Pennsylvania GOP Lawmakers

Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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MILLERSVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- Republican state representatives from central Pennsylvania have written to university officials urging them to cancel an upc...

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Former Weather Underground Member: Ayers "Disingenuous"

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former Weather Underground member Howard Machtinger argues in an "In These Times" essay that Bill Ayers "glosses over" the violence of the organizatio...

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Bill Ayers Lecture Plans Cause Controversy At Pennsylvania School

Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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MILLERSVILLE, Pa. - A scheduled speech by radical-turned-professor William Ayers is causing dissension at Millersville University in central Pennsylva...

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Get Your War On: White Man's Burden (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The white guys breaks down and confesses he's not made of stone, he's made of glass. The really thin kind. ...

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Bill Ayers To Publish Graphic Novel

Publishers Weekly | Calvin Reid | Posted 05.25.2011

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Teachers College Press, a scholarly, professional and trade publisher focused on the theory and practice of teacher education, has reached agreement ...

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Bill Ayers Calls Attempt To Have Him Fired 'Absurd'

Chicago Tribune | Steve Brosinski | Posted 05.25.2011

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Calling a state senator's push to get him axed from his public university job "frivolous," William Ayers on Thursday said lawmakers have more importan...

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State Senator Proposes Legislation To Have Bill Ayers Fired From State University Job

Chicago Tribune | Ashley Rueff | Posted 05.25.2011

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A Republican in the Democratic-dominated Illinois Senate wants to fire university professor William Ayers, whose history as a 1960s radical became a n...

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Bill Ayers Refused Entry To Canada

Toronto Star | Debra Black | Posted 05.25.2011

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An American education professor, one of the founders of a radical 1960s group known as the Weather Underground, which was responsible for a number of ...

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