Student movements

The Future of the Party? The Future of the Party?

Did the recent College Democrats of New York State Convention augur a new day for the Democratic Party?

Apr 27, 2007 / Feature / Habiba Alcindor

Silencing New Voices Silencing New Voices

What happens when a student magazine committed to fostering dialogue opens its pages to critical views on Israel?

Apr 20, 2007 / Feature / Eyal Press

The New SDS The New SDS

Can the new Students for a Democratic Society avoid the internal conflicts that plagued the original group?

Apr 2, 2007 / Feature / Christopher Phelps

Obama’s Impressive Youthroots Obama’s Impressive Youthroots

Barack Obama's youthful supporters are using Facebook and other social networking web tools to spark a movement that could make a real difference.

Feb 15, 2007 / Feature / Sam Graham-Felsen

SNAP! SNAP!

A unique student-run organization is making real strides mobilizing progressive voters for victory in the long haul.

Oct 19, 2006 / Feature / Sam Graham-Felsen

Rebels With a Cause Rebels With a Cause

A new generation of student activists is flexing its muscles, rolling back employment rules in France, demanding education reform in Chile and fighting for immigrant rights in the ...

Jun 15, 2006 / Column / Gary Younge

Divestment and Sudan Divestment and Sudan

The growing campus campaign to force universities to divest from corporations doing business with the Sudanese government is having real impact.

Apr 20, 2006 / Sam Graham-Felsen

The New Face of the Campus Left The New Face of the Campus Left

Since the 1970s Republican conservatives have been the dominant political force on American campuses. But groups like Campus Progress, better groomed and better organized than thei...

Jan 26, 2006 / Feature / Sam Graham-Felsen

UCLA’s Dirty Thirty UCLA’s Dirty Thirty

Negative media coverage has succeeded in undermining support among prominent conservatives for a UCLA alumni group that paid students to target and expose left-leaning faculty.

Jan 26, 2006 / Jon Wiener

Students Confront Sweatshops Students Confront Sweatshops

With a new wave of activism against sweatshops sweeping college campuses, student interest in the morality of their clothing choices can set a standard for the rest of us.

Nov 10, 2005 / Feature / Peter Dreier and Richard Appelbaum

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