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![Pro-Palestinian supporters gather outside Harris County Jail after two people were arrested following a pro-Palestinian encampment on University of Houston campus on May 8, 2024, in Houston, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-2152207008-400x300.jpg)
University Leaders Are in the Wrong. Students and Faculty Won’t Back Down.
Campus activism for Palestinian liberation won’t be halted by university administrators' lawless crackdowns.
![A group of human rights activists hold a rally and a protest outside the White House to demand that the charges against the Tampa 5 be dropped, in Washington, D.C., on July 12, 2023. The Tampa 5 are five activists facing felony charges after being brutalized by police for protesting against the removal of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives on campus.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-1529125080-400x300.jpg)
Meet the Campus Leaders Fighting Back Against Right-Wing Anti-DEI Crackdowns
Resistance is mounting among students, faculty and staff to the extreme anti-DEI laws in states like Florida and Texas.
![Police face off with pro-Palestinian students after destroying part of the encampment barricade on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in Los Angeles, California, on May 2, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0502-student-protest-a-400x300.jpg)
Pro-Palestinian Student Protesters Are Enacting the Highest Ideals of Education
Universities have largely abandoned their educational mission in relation to Gaza. Students are filling the vacuum.
![A building is pictured at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0425-university-of-kentucky-400x300.jpg)
Administrators Are Trying to Strip Decision-Making Power From Faculty
Scholar DeShana Collett discusses the threats to shared governance at her university and, by extension, other schools.
![People displaying signs bearing messages like "protect kids not guns" gather for an outdoor protest](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0424-tennessee-guns-400x300.jpg)
Rejecting Safety Amendments, TN GOP Passes Bill Allowing Handguns for Teachers
The legislation doesn’t allow schools or school districts to opt out of the program.
![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.
![Hands raised in class](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0412-raised-hands-400x300.jpg)
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.
![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.