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Reflecting on what has happened since the chickens came home to roost, instead of seeing the emergence of “ten million new Charlie Kirks,” the weeks to follow saw a collective trampling of his legacy.

Gemini Juice highlights the tension between academia and AI extraction. Ought this prompt a Butlerian Geminihad?

In the face of the deep crisis facing capitalism today, the “left movement” in the United States is woefully unprepared to meet the moment. An intervention is necessary at the levels of both theory and practice.

“If socialism is so good, why is almost every country capitalist?” What Marcuse’s Counterrevolution Can Teach Us about Treatlerites.

USA Rugby changed its eligibility policy to separate divisions by sex assigned at birth. Lots of local rugby clubs have rejected the policy change. The National level attack is about normalizing a culture war against transgender people not fairness.

The understanding of the semi-colonial status of the Black American resulted in the recognition of the need for a radically new Black nation, understood through the framework of Black Marxism.

I appreciate the event in isolation as a recognition of the trauma I and many others have experienced. However, in the context of rape culture and how SA is weaponized or ignored for political gain, simple awareness is nowhere near enough.

Too many from the proletariat class have died unnecessarily in service of the bourgeois bunker or whittled their lives away constructing tunnels in the pursuit of surplus value. Bunker-busters make no such ideological demand for construction or labor. With precision and tact, they explode.

Lauren Reinhold and Colin McRoberts are running for the US House as Democrats in Kansas' first district, gerrymandered to include all of Western Kansas and Lawrence. In an exclusive interview, the Rose asked the candidates about redlines for the progressive movement.

Facing budget cuts, K-State is funneling money from research and teaching back to administration.

Attrocious on both ends, KU has a minimum wage of $10.25/hr, but K-State is still stuck at $7.50/hr. This is not livable.

Have you seen Markiplier’s new movie? This article isn’t about that. Not quite, at least. The double feature after the film was quite the politcal scare.

The tactic of salting industries with union workers was a topic of heavy debate at the latest YDSA conference. It stems from a misunderstanding about what the working class is and limits the organizational power of the YDSA by allienating workers from their own condition.

Faculty Senate has drafted a petition of no confidence in Chancellor Doug Girod and CFO Jeff DeWitt for their refusal to negotiate with the UAKU. They asking everyone at KU, including staff, faculty, students, and even alumni, to weigh in.

KU management sent a letter outlining their intention to end negotiations and enter a period of forced mediation if the Union does not agree to their 1% raise proposal in 7 days. Rather than meet with the Union face-to-face, admin has chosen to strongarm their way through the process, without even giving UAKU an opportunity to respond.

I will not otherwise continue to serve under an administration that governs through intimidation, manipulation, and bad-faith tactics. I will also be stepping away from Student Senate for the foreseeable future, as the conduct displayed by prospective candidates and current leadership has contributed to an atmosphere of dysfunction that I refuse to legitimize through continued participation.

In the midst of perhaps the most chaotic and crowded news cycle ever, the story that has consistently cut through the headlines is the slow, agonizing release of the Epstein Files.

The Weekly Rose has received transcripts of two group chats implicated in the ongoing KU Student Senate drama relating to allegations of collusion by members of the Required Student Fee Committee. Is it still a ‘nothing burger’?

Wednesday Night, the Kansan reported that KU Student Body President Andrew Murga was alleging collusion by some members of the Student Senate Fee Review Committee. Did they? Does it matter?

The really progressive thing to do would be to eliminate gender on ID altogether. What the government puts on ID is political, not a neutral fact.