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November 22, 2022
Students Tell Their Universities: Keep Fossil Fuel Companies Out of Climate Research
Amid COP27, members of the Fossil Free Research movement took action around the world, protesting the influence of Big Oil on crucial climate change studies.
Ilana Cohen
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November 18, 2022
Is the “U.S. News” Ranking System Finally Starting to Crumble?
While it’s tempting to view the decision by three elite law schools to pull out of the magazine’s rankings as little more than elite posturing, it could have real effects.
Elie Mystal
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November 18, 2022
How University Title IX Offices Fail Survivors
In 2014, an investigation by the Department of Education found that Princeton’s response to complaints of sexual violence violated Title IX. How much has changed since?
Hannah Reynolds and Jessica Lambert
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November 15, 2022
Was This Professor Fired for Having Tourette Syndrome?
We want to ensure harassment-free climates in schools and workplaces, and we want to protect the rights of people with disabilities. What happens when these imperatives collide?
Barry Yeoman
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November 11, 2022
Affirmative Action Benefits All Students—Even Asian Americans
In October, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for two cases against Harvard and the University of North Carolina in an effort to overturn race-conscious admissions.
Rachel Shin
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November 11, 2022
Conservatives Don’t Actually Have an Argument for Killing Affirmative Action
The Supreme Court hearings on affirmative action revealed just how weak the right-wing position is—but the GOP justices will overturn the policy anyway.
Elie Mystal for The Nation
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November 7, 2022
What, Her Worry? Iowa’s Kim Reynolds Is Running a Dishonest and Nasty Campaign
But the Republican governor’s punch-down politics are no bar to reelection.
Dave Leshtz
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November 4, 2022
Voter Suppression Is Keeping Students From the Polls
Less than half of Americans under 30 said they were “certain to vote” in the midterm elections. But in battleground states across the country, college organizers are fighting for ballot access.
Mira Sydow
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November 1, 2022
Make No Mistake, the Supreme Court Will Kill Affirmative Action
This week’s oral arguments made clear that the conservative justices will gut race-conscious admissions—and that the move won’t help Asian American students.
Elie Mystal
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October 28, 2022
Good News Alert: Democrats Might Actually Flip the Michigan Legislature
What’s their secret sauce? Support for public education.
Jennifer C. Berkshire