Rebels With a Cause Rebels With a Cause
A new generation of student activists is flexing its muscles, rolling back employment rules in France, demanding education reform in Chile and fighting for immigrant rights in the ...
Jun 15, 2006 / Beneath the Radar / Gary Younge
Divestment and Sudan Divestment and Sudan
The growing campus campaign to force universities to divest from corporations doing business with the Sudanese government is having real impact.
Apr 20, 2006 / Editorial / Sam Graham-Felsen
The New Face of the Campus Left The New Face of the Campus Left
Since the 1970s Republican conservatives have been the dominant political force on American campuses. But groups like Campus Progress, better groomed and better organized than thei...
Jan 26, 2006 / Feature / Sam Graham-Felsen
UCLA’s Dirty Thirty UCLA’s Dirty Thirty
Negative media coverage has succeeded in undermining support among prominent conservatives for a UCLA alumni group that paid students to target and expose left-leaning faculty.
Jan 26, 2006 / Editorial / Jon Wiener
Students Confront Sweatshops Students Confront Sweatshops
With a new wave of activism against sweatshops sweeping college campuses, student interest in the morality of their clothing choices can set a standard for the rest of us.
Nov 10, 2005 / Feature / Peter Dreier and Richard Appelbaum
Protest and Pushback on Campus Protest and Pushback on Campus
Student protests against the presence of military recruiters on campus are on the rise. So are angry--sometimes violent--pushbacks from conservative students and campus police.
The Young Chickenhawks The Young Chickenhawks
Young Republican activists on campus love George W. Bush and zealously support the war. But are they willing to fight? Not really.
Oct 12, 2005 / Editorial / Clarisse Profilet
Generation Next Generation Next
As far as I could tell, the only students who remained seated for the duration of Bill Clinton's keynote address at the Campus Progress National Student Conference this week we...
Jul 19, 2005 / Editorial / Sam Graham-Felsen
Keep Talking Keep Talking
The origins of the Princeton filibuster protest.
May 4, 2005 / Editorial / Asheesh Kapur Siddique
Harvard Divests Harvard Divests
Students succeed in making the university pull out of a Chinese oil company funding slaughter in Sudan.
Apr 28, 2005 / Feature / Sam Graham-Felsen