Skanda Kadirgamar

Skanda Kadirgamar is a Sri Lankan-American, Brooklyn-based freelance writer and fact checker. He has written previously about anti-racist activism for Waging Nonviolence and Truthout.

October 28, 2019

These Students Want to Know: Where’s Their Tuition Money Going?

Public universities across the country are increasing tuition, but students aren’t seeing any of the promised benefits.

Skanda Kadirgamar
December 6, 2018

After 2 Brooklyn College Professors Spouted Hate, Students Want Restitution

Students pointed to a wider campus culture unfriendly to Latin American students and survivors of sexual assault.

Skanda Kadirgamar
Higher EducationMay 15, 2018

CUNY Was Close to Stiffing Its Students—Until They Organized

Students at the City College of New York protected campus groups from a new policy that could have stripped them of funding.

Brandon Jordan and Skanda Kadirgamar
June 16, 2017

The Fight Against the Dakota Access Pipeline Is Not Over. Here’s How You Can Join

The water protectors and their allies have been taking aim at the project in a way that the companies behind it are sure to notice: by hitting them in their pocketbooks.

Skanda Kadirgamar
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Skanda Kadirgamar

October 28, 2019

Public universities across the country are increasing tuition, but students aren’t seeing any of the promised benefits.

December 6, 2018

Students pointed to a wider campus culture unfriendly to Latin American students and survivors of sexual assault.

Higher EducationMay 15, 2018

Students at the City College of New York protected campus groups from a new policy that could have stripped them of funding.

June 16, 2017

The water protectors and their allies have been taking aim at the project in a way that the companies behind it are sure to notice: by hitting them in their pocketbooks.

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.