The Intifada Targets Campus Leadership
The “student intifada” has escalated its war against higher education
The Coddling Movie
AN ANXIOUS GENERATION SEARCHES FOR HAPPINESS. Substack presents the feature documentary based on The New York Times bestselling book by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt. Produced by Courtney Moorehead Balaker. Directed by Ted Balaker.
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