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Campuses Are Pulling Out All the Stops to Crush Palestine Solidarity This Fall
Students are fighting back against administrations’ efforts to challenge their right to organize.
Campus Organizers Are Using Research to Expose and Oppose the Global War Machine
Graduate workers and student groups across the US are mapping university ties to militarism and Israel’s war on Gaza.
The Right’s Raid on Libraries Is So Extreme, Even the Dictionary Is Under Fire
The right to read is under attack. During National Banned Books Week, we fight back.
Teachers and Students Are Facing a Mental Health Crisis as School Year Begins
A new study says 48 percent of K-12 educators feel their decline in mental health has impacted their ability to teach.
Banned Books in US Tripled to at Least 10,000 Last Year Under GOP State Laws
Iowa and Florida alone banned around 8,000 titles in libraries and public schools during the 2023-2024 school year.
School Surveillance Earns Tech Companies Billions. Students Pay the Price.
Tech firms have outfitted classrooms with data-gathering surveillance technologies that undermine education and privacy.
Ohio Is Giving Millions in Taxpayer-Funded Grants to Religious Schools
Critics warn that the state is using public money to expand a separate, religious system of education.
How Does Israel Justify Mass Killings? It Starts in the Schools.
Palestinian history and geography are absent from Israeli schoolbooks, scholar Nurit Peled-Elhanan says.
Here’s How the Fossil Fuel Industry Infiltrates and Influences Higher Education
There are dozens of programs and even entire schools across the country funded by the fossil fuel industry.
College Administrators Are Attempting to Quash Gaza Solidarity Actions — Again
NYU updated its student policy to make criticisms of Zionism potentially punishable under its anti-discrimination rules.
Severe Lead Contamination Found in Water of Multiple Oakland Public Schools
No amount of lead is considered safe, and children are particularly vulnerable to serious health problems if exposed.
Cornell Has Driven Up Local Cost of Living. Workers Had No Choice But to Strike.
The university’s service and maintenance staff struck for two weeks, saying they can no longer afford to live in Ithaca.
Librarians Resist Israel’s Efforts to Destroy Palestinian Cultural Heritage
A global network of librarians and archivists is organizing in solidarity with their Palestinian colleagues.