Wokesters Without Giant Endowments

null By James FreemanDec. 15, 2023 2:59 pm ETMorning fog blankets the San Francisco skyline in this view from Sausalito, Calif., on Wednesday. Photo: Eric Risberg/Associated PressCould it be that progressive leftists are running out of other people’s money? Perhaps not yet on a number of famous campuses, but wokesters without gargantuan endowments seem to be having an increasingly hard time funding radical politics in a world of competing priorities. Rich Kremer reports for Wisconsin Public Radio, which is staffed by employees of the University of Wisconsin-Madison:Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8About this articleBest of the Web Today“Best of the Web” highlights the most interesting and important stories of the day—often suggested by readers—and also features constructive media criticism and sometimes even poetry. It appears every weekday online. James FreemanJames Freeman is assistant editor of The Wall Street Journal's

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Wokesters Without Giant Endowments
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James Freeman

Dec. 15, 2023 2:59 pm ET

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Morning fog blankets the San Francisco skyline in this view from Sausalito, Calif., on Wednesday. Photo: Eric Risberg/Associated Press

Could it be that progressive leftists are running out of other people’s money? Perhaps not yet on a number of famous campuses, but wokesters without gargantuan endowments seem to be having an increasingly hard time funding radical politics in a world of competing priorities.

Rich Kremer reports for Wisconsin Public Radio, which is staffed by employees of the University of Wisconsin-Madison:

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