The Silenced Students in the “Free Speech” Debate The Silenced Students in the “Free Speech” Debate
Marginalized people at universities across the country are trying to reframe the conversation around censorship and expression.
Jun 3, 2022 / StudentNation / Mira Sydow
The Radical, Transnational Legacy of Tiananmen Workers The Radical, Transnational Legacy of Tiananmen Workers
China’s labor-led protests modeled a more ambitious kind of politics than the one crafted by the Tiananmen student liberals.
Jun 3, 2022 / Promise Li
First Thought, Best Thought? Not for Elon Musk. First Thought, Best Thought? Not for Elon Musk.
The Hill offloads comment moderation to Facebook and Twitter. What could possibly go wrong?
Jun 2, 2022 / Tom Gogola
Monkeypox Is Not a Gay Disease Monkeypox Is Not a Gay Disease
But it has arrived in our community—and our decades of experience dealing with HIV give us the chance to get things right from the outset.
Jun 2, 2022 / Gregg Gonsalves
How We Brought Ethnic Studies to My High School How We Brought Ethnic Studies to My High School
Students of color shouldn't have to wait until college to learn about their histories.
Jun 2, 2022 / StudentNation / Mara Marques Cavallaro
Katha Pollitt on How to Protect Abortion Rights and Kelly Lytle Hernandez on “Bad Mexicans” Katha Pollitt on How to Protect Abortion Rights and Kelly Lytle Hernandez on “Bad Mexicans”
Writers join the Start Making Sense podcast for discussions on protecting reproductive freedom and for a tale about revolutionaries in 1910 who fought on both sides of the US-Mexic...
Jun 2, 2022 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense
“The Streets Belong to the People” of Rio de Janeiro “The Streets Belong to the People” of Rio de Janeiro
The foliões were not dissuaded from gathering after the mayor called off the street parties earlier this year because of Covid. And the party isn’t over.
Jun 1, 2022 / Nicole Froio
We’re So Close to a Win Against the Student Debt Crisis We’re So Close to a Win Against the Student Debt Crisis
With the 2022 midterm elections on the horizon, now is the best time for Biden to fulfill his campaign promise and cancel student debt.
Jun 1, 2022 / StudentNation / Orlando Cabalo
Hubert Harrison, Giant of Harlem Radicalism Hubert Harrison, Giant of Harlem Radicalism
A two-volume biography tracks the life and times of one of Harlem’s leading socialists.
Jun 1, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Robert Greene II
Toni Smith-Thompson Comes Home Again Toni Smith-Thompson Comes Home Again
Manhattanville College welcomed back the activist athlete who turned her back to the national anthem in 2003 thanks to students who saw themselves in her struggle.
May 31, 2022 / Dave Zirin