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New Documentary Highlights Reality of Gender and Sexual Diversity Across Nature
“Each of the scientists in the film has faced severe backlash from their research,” says the director of Second Nature.
The Story of Juneteenth Reminds Us That Education Is Essential to Freedom
The pursuit of education has been central to the Black freedom struggle for centuries.
Emergency Loans Are Costing US Schools Millions — and Lining Wall Street Pockets
States’ political failures are causing a massive transfer of wealth from classrooms to the richest banks in the nation.
Changes at Education Department Will Leave Many Vulnerable Students at Risk
The Trump administration has taken aggressive new steps this week to shut down the Department of Education.
The New School Guts Faculty and Staff as Higher Ed Intensifies Austerity
“If this kind of austerity can happen at The New School, it can happen everywhere,” says professor Jeremy Varon.
Higher Education Must Not Become a Research Arm of Militarized Power
Universities risk becoming agents of militarized socialization rather than sites of democratic education.
The New School Investigates Student Leaders Who Voted to Strip Hillel of Funding
“This is extremely worrying when we made a very basic case about international law,” said the student senate chair.
Trump Describes Executions to Kids, While MAGA Bans Lessons Causing “Discomfort”
Trump’s lesson to children was to fear difference, obey power, and treat vulnerable people as threats.
Capitalism’s “Overseer Class” Upholds White Supremacy Under Guise of Diversity
From policing to political office, capitalism ensures marginalized people help launder the violence of the status quo.
Florida Creates New Conservative US History Course as Alternative to AP
The course is the latest maneuver in DeSantis’s right-wing attacks on public education.