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![Activists hold up signs calling on U.S. President Joe Biden to finalize a new Title IX rule as they listen during a rally at Lafayette Park near the White House on December 5, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-1833410054-400x300.jpg)
Biden Administration’s New Title IX Rules Reverse Trump-Era Changes
Advocates for sexual violence survivors and the LGBTQ community have long called for updates to the federal regulations.
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Meet the Pro-Palestinian Valedictorian Whose Commencement Speech Was Canceled
Asna Tabassum's speech was dropped by the University of Southern California after an online hate campaign.
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Inclusive Education Is Under Attack — But These Teachers Aren’t Backing Down
The anti-racist educator behind “Woke Kindergarten” has received death threats but is not giving up the work.
![A man rides his bicycle past the al-Aqsa University, leveled by Israeli bombardment in Gaza City on February 15, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0409-gaza-university-400x300.jpg)
Over 1,600 Academics Sign Letter Condemning Israel’s Scholasticide in Gaza
All of the universities in Gaza and at least 76 percent of the school buildings in Gaza have been bombed.
![President Joe Biden announces the cancellation of an additional $1.2 billion in student loan debt for about 153,000 borrowers, at an event on February 21, 2024, at Culver City Julian Dixon Library in Culver City, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0408-joe-biden-student-debt-400x300.jpg)
Biden’s New Student Loan Relief Plan Could Benefit Over 30 Million Borrowers
Officials didn’t specify when the process would be finalized or what would happen if the plan faces legal challenges.
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New Rule Will Lower Child Care Co-Pays, Improve Payments to Day Care Providers
The White House says families are expected to save about $200 a month on average. The new rule is effective April 30.
![The University of Texas at Austin clocktower, pictured on July 5, 2016.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0404-university-of-texas-400x300.jpg)
University of Texas at Austin Fires 60 Staff Focused on Diversity and Inclusion
The layoffs were prompted by a diversity, equity, and inclusion ban that went into effect in January.
![Activists and students protest in front of the Supreme Court during a rally for student debt cancellation in Washington, D.C., on February 28, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0404-student-debt-400x300.jpg)
New Bill Could Pave the Way Toward Banning Student Debt Cancellation
“Forty-five million student debtors need to see this and get very, very loud,” the Debt Collective said.
![Kojo Acheampong, a Harvard student and member of African and African American Resistance Organization, speaks to pro-Palestine demonstrators in the lobby of Cambridge City Hall before their scheduled meeting on January 29, 2024, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0404-protest-400x300.jpg)
Scholars Should Be Able to Speak Out Against Genocide Without Fear of Punishment
The censorship of pro-Palestine speech on campuses is escalating. We must all work to resist this.
![People march with signs reading "FREADOM" during an outdoor demonstration against book banning](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0403-banned-books-400x300.jpg)
Teachers Are Fighting Book Bans and Unjust Firings in Courts and State Houses
Under attack from the right, teachers are resisting with legislation, grassroots organizing and lawsuits against bans.