Higher Education

A campus police officer stand stands at the ready as protesters demonstrate at the University of Chicago on May 3, 2024.

Campus Police Are Among the Armed Heavies Cracking Down on Students Campus Police Are Among the Armed Heavies Cracking Down on Students

While some of the worst behavior has come from local and state police, university police have shown themselves to be just as capable of brutality.

May 9, 2024 / Alex S. Vitale

Yale University students reoccupy a central lawn on campus and establish a second Gaza Solidarity camp after the first tents were taken down by campus police, April 26, 2024, in New Haven, Connecticut.

Universities Like Mine Are Providing an Authoritarian Blueprint for Trump Universities Like Mine Are Providing an Authoritarian Blueprint for Trump

The potential next president and his allies are looking at the campus-led crackdown on free speech as a perfect dress rehearsal.

May 9, 2024 / Gregg Gonsalves

Tents on campus

On Student Protests and Elected Officials On Student Protests and Elected Officials

While we may not agree on everything, we must remain focused on our central goals: saving lives in Gaza, ending weapons funding for Israel, and advancing freedom for Palestinians....

May 8, 2024 / Iman Jodeh

Student journalists at Columbia

Student Journalists Are Needed Now More Than Ever Student Journalists Are Needed Now More Than Ever

While the mainstream media repeatedly mischaracterizes pro-Palestine protests on campus, police and university administrations are attempting to repress the student press.

May 8, 2024 / StudentNation / Amber X. Chen

A crowd of students stands in front of a library at Columbia University protesting the university's decision to suspend two student groups

A Year Under the Palestine Exception at Columbia University A Year Under the Palestine Exception at Columbia University

Columbia has tossed aside the mission at the heart of undergraduate liberal arts education: preparing student to be citizens in a pluralistic democracy.

May 7, 2024 / Joseph A. Howley

Barnard Faculty Walkout

College Faculty Members Are Teaching a Lesson in Solidarity College Faculty Members Are Teaching a Lesson in Solidarity

As students coast to coast continue to call on their universities to divest from Israel, professors are standing up for their right to protest.

May 7, 2024 / StudentNation / Aina Marzia

The Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg.

Save Us All From The Atlantic’s Protest Coverage Save Us All From The Atlantic’s Protest Coverage

The magazine has unleashed its top writers on the Palestine student movement. The results have been as dire as you might imagine.

May 6, 2024 / Chris Lehmann

A California Highway Patrol officer detains a protester at UCLA on May 2, 2024.

The Student Movement Is Writing a New Chapter of History The Student Movement Is Writing a New Chapter of History

The protesters are building on decades of struggle for Palestine and pulling us all into a radically new future. Suddenly, history is speaking with gusto.

May 6, 2024 / Dylan Saba

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks during a press conference at Columbia University on April 24, 2024.

The Real Takeover of Columbia Was By Those on the Right The Real Takeover of Columbia Was By Those on the Right

Columbia offers a case-study in how right-wing politicians are using exaggerated claims of anti-semitism to advance a conservative agenda.

May 6, 2024 / Alisa Solomon for The Nation

Peggy Noonan

Campus Protesters Were Right to Spurn Peggy Noonan, Emblem of Media Obtuseness Campus Protesters Were Right to Spurn Peggy Noonan, Emblem of Media Obtuseness

Our narcissistic media elite doesn’t understand why their lies have made young people wary.

May 6, 2024 / Jeet Heer

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