To Suppress the Latest Protest, Columbia Unveils a Violent New Form of Campus Policing To Suppress the Latest Protest, Columbia Unveils a Violent New Form of Campus Policing
Protestors rechristened the Lawrence A. Wien Reading Room “Basel Al-Araj Popular University” in honor of the late Palestinian writer before Public Safety and the NYPD arrived.
May 8, 2025 / StudentNation / Lara-Nour Walton
Trump Is Taking a Wrecking Ball to Indigenous Education Trump Is Taking a Wrecking Ball to Indigenous Education
After mass layoffs and scholarship freezes, students and tribal leaders are suing the Trump administration for violating treaty obligations.
May 7, 2025 / StudentNation / Connor Arakaki
The Many Lives of Joshua Clover (1962–2025) The Many Lives of Joshua Clover (1962–2025)
How the militant, poet, political theorist, organizer, and giver of gifts refused to die.
May 6, 2025 / Obituary / Juliana Spahr
Trump Shreds the Constitution to Better Hound Immigrants and Eviscerate Universities Trump Shreds the Constitution to Better Hound Immigrants and Eviscerate Universities
In his first three months in office, Trump’s ire has been particularly ferocious on two policy areas: immigration and higher education.
Apr 25, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky
In a Normal World, Harvard’s Lawsuit Against Trump Would Be a Slam Dunk In a Normal World, Harvard’s Lawsuit Against Trump Would Be a Slam Dunk
The university’s case against the administration is incredibly strong. The question is whether normal rules still apply.
Apr 24, 2025 / Elie Mystal
Harvard Stands Up Harvard Stands Up
Very real pain is about to be inflicted on students, staff, researchers, and faculty. At least for now, most of the people here are willing to bear that price.
Apr 18, 2025 / Richard Parker
Trump’s War on the Palestine Movement Is Something Entirely New Trump’s War on the Palestine Movement Is Something Entirely New
Never before has a government repressed its citizens’ free speech and academic freedom so brutally in order to protect an entirely different country.
Apr 17, 2025 / Saree Makdisi
The People Are Resisting While the Elites Are Surrendering The People Are Resisting While the Elites Are Surrendering
The Ivy League is silently complicit in Trump’s war on international students.
Apr 14, 2025 / Jeet Heer
9 Ways You Can Save the Internet Right Now 9 Ways You Can Save the Internet Right Now
Because the danger to cultural preservation has never been greater.
Apr 11, 2025 / Maria Bustillos
The Epidemic of Capitulation Suggests the Liberal Order Has Been Rotting From Within The Epidemic of Capitulation Suggests the Liberal Order Has Been Rotting From Within
What old-school civics taught us about checks and balances isn’t working. The absence of a will to fight, to defend the institutions of liberal democracy, is breathtaking.
Apr 8, 2025 / Jodi Dean for The Nation