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![Pro-Palestinian students chant during a protest at Emory University on April 25, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-2149561248-800x600.jpg)
Pro-Palestine Student Protesters Navigate Legal Hearings and Potential Penalties
While some local prosecutors have dropped charges entirely, others are pursuing felony charges.
![A protester flies a Palestinian flag from on top of Hamilton Hall as part of a pro-Palestinian encampment on Columbia University campus on April 30, 2024, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0815-columbia-400x300.jpg)
Columbia President Resigns in Wake of Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Campus Protests
Student organizers celebrated the departure but vowed to continue pressuring the institution to divest from Israel.
![Opponents of a book ban hold signs during a Huntington Beach city council meeting on October 17, 2023, in Huntington Beach, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-1730937766-400x300.jpg)
Students and Educators Are Joining Forces to Fight Book Bans Across the US
Experts say protecting literary freedom relies on organized parents, kids and educators asserting their power.
![A teacher holds up a sign reading "TAKEOVERS DON'T WORK; (ask any Providence teacher)" during an outdoor protest](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0807_school-takeover-400x300.jpg)
State Takeover of 8th-Largest Public School System Exemplifies Alarming Trend
Takeovers in education extend beyond Houston, Texas, and hurt low-income learners and students of color most.
![Pro-Palestine demonstrators hold up a red banner, representing a red line, near the White House in protest against the treatment of Palestinians by Israel, on June 8, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0723-free-palestine-400x300.jpg)
US Teachers Pushed Their Union to Divest From Israel. What Happened?
A divestment push backed by Palestinian educators came under debate at the American Federation of Teachers convention.
![President Joe Biden arrives to speak during an event to announce that his Administration has approved $1.2 billion in student debt cancellation for almost 153,000 borrowers at the Julian Dixon Library in Culver City, California, on February 21, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0719-biden-student-debt-400x300.jpg)
Appeals Court Blocks Biden’s Student Debt Relief Plan
More than half of the more than 8 million borrowers who have enrolled in the program have a $0 monthly payment.
![Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey speaks at an Arizona Chamber of Commerce & Industry event in Scottsdale, Arizona, on December 1, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0716-doug-ducey-400x300.jpg)
Arizona’s “Model” School Voucher Program Is Causing Massive Budget Meltdown
The state is facing a $1.4 billion budget shortfall, much of it due to a tax-funded private school voucher program.
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Idaho Law Criminalizes Librarians Who Allow LGBTQ Books to Stay on Their Shelves
An informal survey suggests that more than half of the librarians in Idaho are considering leaving their jobs.
![A teacher in a red coat holds a sign reading "STOP THE SPIN; COME BACK, AND BARGAIN HONESTLY" during an outdoor protest](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0710-denver-teacher-400x300.jpg)
Right-Wing Group Hosts Summit to Teach Educators How to Undercut Their Unions
The union-busting summit follows fresh wins by the Freedom Foundation in its campaign to take down teachers’ unions.
![People gather to watch the partial solar eclipse from Brooklyn Public Library on April 8, 2024, in Brooklyn, New York.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2147650163-400x300.jpg)
Public Libraries Are Essential Resources — and They’re More Threatened Than Ever
Our libraries are already combating inequality, we need to make sure they have the funds to keep doing it.
![Christopher Rufo, a right wing activist and New College of Florida trustee, walks through protestors on his way out of a bill signing event featuring Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who signed three education bills on the campus of New College of Florida in Sarasota, Florida, on Monday, May 15, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-1255159223.jpg)
Inside the Right-Wing Network Trying to Dismantle Higher Education
A new paper lays out the coalition of far right billionaires and think tanks behind the national assault on education.
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Christian Nationalists Accelerate Their Plan to Dismantle Public Education
State legislatures are passing bills to erode church-state separation in public education programs throughout the US.
![Then-Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testifies before the House Appropriations Committee's Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee in Washington, D.C., on February 27, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024-0625-betsy-devos-400x300.jpg)
Sanders Report Reveals Right-Wing Billionaires’ Aim to Sabotage Public Education
Public schools are underfunded as voucher programs to subsidize private schools with taxpayer dollars surge.