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Campus Crackdowns Have Exposed Authoritarian Rot at the Heart of Universities
The greatest threat to democracy on many campuses has turned out to be the schools’ own trustees and administrators.
The Trail of Campus Repression of Palestine Solidarity Leads Back to DC
Spanning the Bush, Obama, Trump and Biden administrations, such repression has been decades in the making.
K-12 Schools in New Jersey Are Becoming a Battlefield Over Palestine Advocacy
For months, pro-Israel advocates in New Jersey have lobbied school districts to suppress discussion of Palestine.
Student Debtors and Activists Demand Biden “Fund Education, Not Genocide”
Organizers say their recent DC action was inspired by the students who’ve been arrested at Gaza solidarity encampments.
Faculty Voted to Let 13 Pro-Palestine Seniors Graduate. Harvard Overruled Them.
Pro-Palestine students say the decision violates the terms of a deal they had reached with the administration.
Cops Raid University of Michigan Camp Before Its President Testifies in Congress
At least four people were arrested Tuesday, while two others were hospitalized after being pepper-sprayed by police.
WA Students Say Gaza Encampment Has Been Most Valuable Part of Their Education
A solidarity encampment in Washington State is continuing to press Western Washington University to divest from Israel.
From Strikes to Encampments, Faculty Join Campus Movement for a Free Palestine
Academic workers are stepping up to support students in the face of crackdowns by university administrations.
How Pro-Palestine Student Protesters Forced Ireland’s Trinity College to Divest
The college announced that it will phase out business ties with Israeli companies by March 2025.
US Undergrads Are Getting an Extracurricular Crash Course in Labor Organizing
Eleven new labor unions for undergraduate student-workers entered the fray in 2023 alone, and more are organizing.