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The Lack of Native Doctors Has Deadly Consequences. We Can Fix It.
Increased access to scholarships and other funding is crucial to improving Native representation in medicine and beyond.
Oklahoma Spends Millions on Bibles for Schools, Sparking Civil Rights Investigation
Critics argue it violates church-state separation and harms students' rights.
Chalking Bans and ID Checks at Protests Repress Palestine Solidarity on Campus
Many new forms of campus repression are stifling Palestine solidarity organizing.
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.