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{{Move|Turning Point USA}}

{{Move|Turning Point USA}}

'''Turning Point USA''' ('''TPUSA''') is an [[American]] [[right-wing]], [[nonprofit organization]]<ref name="threat">{{Citation|last=Mele|first=Christopher|title=Professor Watchlist Is Seen as Threat to Academic Freedom|date=November 28, 2016|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/28/us/professor-watchlist-is-seen-as-threat-to-academic-freedom.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref name=spec>{{Cite web|url=http://columbiaspectator.com/news/2016/11/30/columbia-professor-targeted-watchlist-published-conservative-group|title=Columbia professor targeted on 'watchlist' published by conservative group - Columbia Daily Spectator|website=Columbiaspectator.com|access-date=September 6, 2017}}</ref>.

'''Turning Point USA''' ('''TPUSA''') is an [[American]] [[right-wing]], [[nonprofit organization]] that advocates for limited government, free market, and support for [[capitalism]]<ref name="threat">{{Citation|last=Mele|first=Christopher|title=Professor Watchlist Is Seen as Threat to Academic Freedom|date=November 28, 2016|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/28/us/professor-watchlist-is-seen-as-threat-to-academic-freedom.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref name=spec>{{Cite web|url=http://columbiaspectator.com/news/2016/11/30/columbia-professor-targeted-watchlist-published-conservative-group|title=Columbia professor targeted on 'watchlist' published by conservative group - Columbia Daily Spectator|website=Columbiaspectator.com|access-date=September 6, 2017}}</ref>.

Since 2016, Turning Point USA has maintained a [[Professor Watchlist]] that lists college professors it alleges discriminate against conservative students and advance left-wing [[propaganda]] in the classroom.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/12/01/new-conservative-watchlist-targets-professors-for-advancing-leftist-propaganda/|title=New conservative 'watch list' targets professors for advancing 'leftist propaganda'|newspaper=[[Washington Post]]|access-date=February 19, 2017}}</ref> The organization has also secretly attempted to influence [[student government]] elections in an effort to "combat [[Liberalism in the United States|liberalism]] on college and university campuses".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.chronicle.com/article/Inside-a-Stealth-Plan-for/240008|title=Inside a Stealth Plan for Political Influence|last=Vasquez|first=Michael|date=May 7, 2017|work=The Chronicle of Higher Education|access-date=September 8, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0009-5982}}</ref><ref>Kamenetz, Anya (April 4, 2018) [https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/04/04/590928008/professor-harassment "Professors Are Targets In Online Culture Wars; Some Fight Back"] [[NPR]]</ref>

Since 2016, Turning Point USA has maintained a Professor Watchlist that lists college professors it alleges discriminate against conservative students and advance left-wing [[propaganda]] in the classroom.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/12/01/new-conservative-watchlist-targets-professors-for-advancing-leftist-propaganda/|title=New conservative 'watch list' targets professors for advancing 'leftist propaganda'|newspaper=[[Washington Post]]|access-date=February 19, 2017}}</ref> The organization has also secretly attempted to influence student government elections in an effort to "combat [[liberalism]] on college and university campuses".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.chronicle.com/article/Inside-a-Stealth-Plan-for/240008|title=Inside a Stealth Plan for Political Influence|last=Vasquez|first=Michael|date=May 7, 2017|work=The Chronicle of Higher Education|access-date=September 8, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0009-5982}}</ref><ref>Kamenetz, Anya (April 4, 2018) [https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/04/04/590928008/professor-harassment "Professors Are Targets In Online Culture Wars; Some Fight Back"] [[NPR]]</ref>

In December 2017, former employees of the organization accused it of engaging in racist practices, as well as potentially illegal involvement in the [[2016 presidential election]].

In December 2017, former employees of the organization accused it of engaging in racist practices, as well as potentially illegal involvement in the [[2016 presidential election]].