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Minnesota Guaranteed Free School Meals for All Kids. Now Let’s Do It Nationwide.
The program has been a massive success, reducing families' food insecurity and improving academic performance.
Israel’s War on Gaza Is a War on Children
Children in Gaza are not merely collateral damage; they are often actively being targeted.
It’s Becoming Harder to Protest Gaza War on Campus — and Also to Teach About It
Organizing for labor protections and academic freedom is crucial to combat higher education’s creeping authoritarianism.
Seattle Planned to Close Up to 21 Public Schools — Here’s How We Stopped Them
A grassroots push from parents, students and teachers blocked the closures. Here is our blueprint for resistance.
Student Debt Doesn’t Vanish With Age. Older Debtors Protest With a “Knit-In.”
With rocking chairs and cross-stitch kits, protesters outside the Department of Education demand debt relief from Biden.
Christian Nationalists Are Reshaping Texas’s Public School Curricula
The Texas State Board of Education will pay districts $60 a student to use a curriculum infused with Christian content.
Students Fear Applying for Financial Aid Will Prompt Family Members’ Deportation
With Trump threatening mass deportation, student aid groups are warning mixed status families about the risks of FAFSA.
Academic Labor Unions Are Key to Fighting Trump’s Repressive Higher Ed Agenda
AAUP President Todd Wolfson says unions like his are key to fighting Trump’s attacks on the bedrock of democracy.
Book Bans Overwhelmingly Target Children’s Books by People of Color, Study Finds
A new peer-reviewed study finds that books by women of color, often featuring diverse characters, are frequent targets.
Berkeley Free Speech Movement Forged an Organizing Blueprint That’s Relevant Now
As campus repression worsens, what can today’s student organizers learn from the struggle that took place in the 1960s?