New York’s Outrageous Attempt to Ban Academic BDS New York’s Outrageous Attempt to Ban Academic BDS
Is New York’s decision to take action against academic BDS an assault on the First Amendment?
Jan 29, 2014 / Michelle Goldberg
Harvard and Brown Fail on Climate Harvard and Brown Fail on Climate
Why university presidents Drew Gilpin Faust and Christina Paxson were wrong to reject calls to divest from fossil fuel companies.
Jan 29, 2014 / Feature / James Lawrence Powell
Tested Tested
Diane Ravitch’s latest call-to-arms against the privatization of public schools.
Jan 29, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Joseph Featherstone
This Month, Students Massed Against Stop-and-Frisk, Won on Title IX and Scared Off Tom Corbett This Month, Students Massed Against Stop-and-Frisk, Won on Title IX and Scared Off Tom Corbett
From Philadelphia to Sacramento, students fight to reclaim public education.
Jan 27, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Anchorage School District Plans to Cut 219 Positions, Including 159 Teachers Anchorage School District Plans to Cut 219 Positions, Including 159 Teachers
Alaska Governor Parnell and his Republican-led legislature gave hundreds of millions of dollars in tax cuts to major oil companies, and suddenly Anchorage public schools don’...
Jan 27, 2014 / Allison Kilkenny
How Student Activists at Duke Transformed a $6 Billion Endowment How Student Activists at Duke Transformed a $6 Billion Endowment
The success of DukeOpen’s campaign to pressure the university’s board of trustees to reform guidelines on investment responsibility demonstrates the importance of under...
Jan 25, 2014 / StudentNation / Casey Williams, Charlie Molthrop, Jacob Tobia, and StudentNation
Rutgers Students Take Christie to Task Rutgers Students Take Christie to Task
The Daily Targum weighs in on Bridgegate.
Jan 23, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Without a Dedicated Funding Stream, Cuomo’s Plan for Universal Pre-K Will Fall Short Without a Dedicated Funding Stream, Cuomo’s Plan for Universal Pre-K Will Fall Short
There’s no way Cuomo’s plan pays for the kind of effort de Blasio got elected to provide.
Jan 22, 2014 / Jarrett Murphy
Permission to Fail Permission to Fail
MFAs aren’t a problem: it’s artists being content with what they know.
Jan 22, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Bill de Blasio’s Persuasive Case for Universal Pre-K Bill de Blasio’s Persuasive Case for Universal Pre-K
If the mayor can get the governor and state legislators to support him, New York could become the model for how to fund crucial priorities in a progressive, sustainable way.
Jan 14, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel