The Students Protesting the War in Gaza Are Continuing a Proud Tradition The Students Protesting the War in Gaza Are Continuing a Proud Tradition
One thing is guaranteed: The commitment of this generation of student activists will reverberate through the progressive movement for years to come.
May 21, 2024 / William D. Hartung
Inside New College of Florida’s Counter-Commencement Inside New College of Florida’s Counter-Commencement
As Ron DeSantis and Chris Rufo plunge ahead with the school’s transformation into a right-wing clown college, the students have become the adults in the room.
May 21, 2024 / Jeb Lund
The Threat of Democracy on Campus at UMass The Threat of Democracy on Campus at UMass
The real danger posed by the Gaza solidarity encampments is their attack on unfettered autocratic governance by university administrations and wealthy benefactors.
May 21, 2024 / Kevin Young
Biden Fared Well at Morehouse. So You Didn’t Hear About It. Biden Fared Well at Morehouse. So You Didn’t Hear About It.
Biden’s speech wasn’t groundbreaking. But he did not take these talented 20-somethings for granted.
May 20, 2024 / Joan Walsh
How Yale University Surveils Pro-Palestine Students How Yale University Surveils Pro-Palestine Students
Documents reveal a pattern of targeted monitoring: administrator presence at rallies, police surveillance of social media, and coordination between campus, local, and state police...
May 20, 2024 / StudentNation / Theia Chatelle
Drawing the 1968 Columbia Protests Drawing the 1968 Columbia Protests
I sketched the student protests at Columbia University nearly 60 years ago. Here is what I saw.
May 17, 2024 / OppArt / Burton Silverman
What Student Journalists at Columbia Really Learned What Student Journalists at Columbia Really Learned
In the classroom, professors taught the importance of the free press, at the same time as the administration stifled the work of student journalists and intimidated them through t...
May 17, 2024 / StudentNation / Anna Oakes, Indy Scholtens, Emily Byrski, Angelica Ang, Claire Elana Davenport, and Fahima Degia
CUNY and Columbia: A Tale of Two Campuses CUNY and Columbia: A Tale of Two Campuses
Why are the City College protesters being charged with felonies that could land them up to nine years in jail—while Columbia students are facing much lighter sentences?
May 16, 2024 / Nicolas Niarchos
Students Are Rejecting the Country’s Culture of Death Students Are Rejecting the Country’s Culture of Death
For the economic and political establishment, the students protesting Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza constitute a control issue, potentially writ large.
May 14, 2024 / Norman Solomon
The Media Keeps Asking the Wrong Questions About Biden and the “Uncommitted” Vote The Media Keeps Asking the Wrong Questions About Biden and the “Uncommitted” Vote
Expecting voters to support the person with the power to stop the killing of their families, but who refuses to use it, is asking the impossible. This is about now, not November.
May 14, 2024 / Phyllis Bennis