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Educators Sue Trump Over Plan to Eliminate Education Department
“Nothing is more important than the success of students,” said National Education Association President Becky Pringle.

Project 2025 Lays Out Broader Goal of Trump’s Effort to Dismantle Ed Dept.
The real target is anything that the government does to make the country more equal, says journalist Jennifer Berkshire.

New Oklahoma School Curriculum Requires Students to Learn “The Big Lie”
The new standards would require students to “identify discrepancies in 2020 elections results.”

Pro-Palestine Campus Organizers: Demilitarization & Democratization Go Together
Campus-based Palestine solidarity organizing is global. It’s not backing down.

I Was Suspended for Pro-Palestine Speech Amid AI-Generated Smears
Rather than investigate the source of these allegations, Yale Law School accepted them at face value.

Prisons Are Anti-Labor Institutions. We Need an Anti-Carceral Labor Movement.
Guard unions are pushing states to expand their prison budgets while schools face mounting austerity.

Ed Secretary Says Cutting Nearly Half of Staff First Step to Dismantling Dept.
Experts say the move will inflate class sizes and take away special education services for students with disabilities.

As ICE Jails Palestinian Protester, Universities Must Commit to Academic Freedom
Universities may sow their own demise if they continue to aid the suppression of pro-Palestine campus movements.

ICE Arrest of Palestinian Grad Has Brought Fear to Columbia University Campus
Attacks on the Palestine protest movement have not been making anyone safer, says professor Joseph Howley.

Trump Kills $400M in Columbia University Contracts Over Campus Gaza Protests
“You can't appease the Zionists,” said one critic. “Stop playing the game — refuse the terms.”