“Student Coup” at St. Olaf College

By John J. Miller

May 2, 2017 2:11 AM

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Racial unrest has wracked St. Olaf College, a small campus in rural Minnesota, with students essentially taking over the campus with aggressive protests that forced administrators to cancel classes on Monday so demonstrators could air their grievances in a day-long sit in.

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Republicans, Democrats, and the Parties’ Changing Coalitions

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Alfie and Haleigh and Charlie and Jahi

Internet Archive Says No Evidence Joy Reid’s Anti-LGBT Posts Were Fraudulent