Gun Violence In American Schools Is Nothing New Gun Violence In American Schools Is Nothing New
We’re seeing suggestions from the right side of the political spectrum that events like the massacre at a Connecticut elementary school are novel in American history—a ...
Dec 18, 2012 / Angus Johnston
Fisher v Texas Update Fisher v Texas Update
Sonia Sotomayor would not be sitting on the Supreme Court today if affirmative action didn’t exist, and that fact renders the Court’s dilemma in this case more concrete...
Oct 12, 2012 / Angus Johnston
A New Phase for the Quebec Student Uprising A New Phase for the Quebec Student Uprising
Tuesday’s provincial election was a pretty good day for the Quebec student movement.
Sep 5, 2012 / Angus Johnston
Eight Things I Remembered At #HereUsNow Eight Things I Remembered At #HereUsNow
Lessons from the Student Power Convergence.
Aug 21, 2012 / Angus Johnston
Chilean Students Occupy High Schools Chilean Students Occupy High Schools
Chilean student activists have taken control of at least seven schools in the country’s capital, following street protests that saw 75 arrested and three city buses burned.
Aug 15, 2012 / Angus Johnston
Quebec Considers Draconian Anti-Protest Law Quebec Considers Draconian Anti-Protest Law
Canada is cracking down hard on student protest.
May 17, 2012 / Angus Johnston
Arizona Law Would Make It Illegal to Teach Law, History or Literature Arizona Law Would Make It Illegal to Teach Law, History or Literature
This law would not only block the teaching of such classics as Ulysses, The Canterbury Tales, and Catcher in the Rye, it’d prohibit historians and law professors from compe...
Feb 10, 2012 / Angus Johnston
November 28: A Tale of Two Universities November 28: A Tale of Two Universities
When the governing bodies of two of the country’s greatest institutions of higher education are literally, physically walling themselves off from the students of those univ...
Nov 29, 2011 / Angus Johnston
Police Attack Protesters at UC Davis Police Attack Protesters at UC Davis
An account of police brutality against peaceful Occupy Colleges protesters in Davis, California.
Nov 20, 2011 / Angus Johnston
Brooklyn College Faculty Condemn NYPD Infiltration of Muslim Student Group Brooklyn College Faculty Condemn NYPD Infiltration of Muslim Student Group
The Brooklyn College Faculy Council has unanimously condemned NYPD’s spying on their campus’s Muslim student organization.
Sep 20, 2011 / Angus Johnston