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Mar 28, 2025 / Steve Brodner

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We Need to Reengage My Generation In Art Appreciation We Need to Reengage My Generation In Art Appreciation

Art history, once a staple in every college humanities curriculum, is now seen as elitist and futile. With Donald Trump back in the White House, the arts are more at risk than eve...

Mar 24, 2025 / StudentNation / Allegra Devine Lief

Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 6, 2025.

Trump’s Order Dismantling the Education Department Continues His Attacks on the Agency Trump’s Order Dismantling the Education Department Continues His Attacks on the Agency

The president plans to sign an executive order directing officials to take all “necessary steps” to shut down the department, but a complete closure would require an act of Congre...

Mar 20, 2025 / StudentNation / Owen Dahlkamp

A protester holds a poster with an image of Elon Musk that reads “I Am Stealing From You” at the US Department of Education in Washington, DC, on February 14, 2025.

Why Hasn’t Trump Already Closed the Department of Education? Why Hasn’t Trump Already Closed the Department of Education?

Maybe because its support for students is popular with Republicans as well as Democrats. And because cutting that funding would blow a big hole in the budgets of red states.

Feb 21, 2025 / Jack Schneider

Linda McMahon and Donald Trump listens during the inaugural meeting of the President’s National Council for the American Worker in 2018.

Trump’s Education Pick Bankrolled Efforts to Support Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Trump’s Education Pick Bankrolled Efforts to Support Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Linda McMahon’s foundation has donated millions to groups that advocated for DEI programs, lauded affirmative action, and criticized Donald Trump.

Feb 12, 2025 / StudentNation / Owen Dahlkamp

Linda McMahon introduces Donald Trump at the America First Policy Institute's agenda summit in 2022

The MAGA Think Tank Behind Linda McMahon’s Education Agenda The MAGA Think Tank Behind Linda McMahon’s Education Agenda

The WWE executive has no real background in education, but she proved a loyal administrator of Trumpworld’s pet think tank, the America First Policy Institute

Jan 9, 2025 / Christopher Lewis and Jacob Plaza

Signs lie in the grass during a rally celebrating National School Choice Week.

These 3 States Could Use Millions in Public School Funding for Private Schools These 3 States Could Use Millions in Public School Funding for Private Schools

In Colorado, Kentucky, and Nebraska, referendums on “school choice” are on the ballot in the 2024 election.

Oct 28, 2024 / StudentNation / Owen Dahlkamp

How the Harris Campaign’s Appeal to Black Men Misses the Mark

How the Harris Campaign’s Appeal to Black Men Misses the Mark How the Harris Campaign’s Appeal to Black Men Misses the Mark

In seeking to reverse declining Black men's support for Democrats, party leaders are replicating the measures that have disenchanted them. 

Oct 22, 2024 / Anthony Conwright

Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Governor Tim Walz, enjoy music by members of the marching band at Liberty County High School in Hinesville, Georgia, August 28, 2024, as they travel across the state on a two-day campaign bus tour.

The Democrats Are Finally Running a Teacher. What Took Them So Long? The Democrats Are Finally Running a Teacher. What Took Them So Long?

After decades of serving as a punching bag for the party’s neoliberals, public schools and the people who work in them are back in fashion.

Sep 3, 2024 / Jennifer C. Berkshire and Jack Schneider

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Students learn how the system works.

May 23, 2024 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

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