Education

The Department of Justice Is Overseeing the Resegregation of American Schools

The Department of Justice Is Overseeing the Resegregation of American Schools The Department of Justice Is Overseeing the Resegregation of American Schools

A major investigation reveals that white parents are leading a secession movement with dire consequences for black children.

Sep 6, 2017 / Feature / Emmanuel Felton

Juvenile prisons

Our Criminal Courts Are Failing Juvenile Defendants Our Criminal Courts Are Failing Juvenile Defendants

Young people are too often viewed as social liabilities rather than individuals with a future.

Aug 31, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Harvey rescue

Harvey Strains Texas’s Already Overburdened Schools Harvey Strains Texas’s Already Overburdened Schools

Adding to the usual back-to-school worries, the tropical storm has brought fears of homelessness and deportation to the mix. 

Aug 30, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Don’t Just Protect Affirmative Action From Trump—Demand More

Don’t Just Protect Affirmative Action From Trump—Demand More Don’t Just Protect Affirmative Action From Trump—Demand More

Racism’s economic effects are pernicious.​

Aug 25, 2017 / Editorial / Bryce Covert

DeVos charters

The NAACP Has Called for a Moratorium on Expanding Charter Schools The NAACP Has Called for a Moratorium on Expanding Charter Schools

Charter schools have failed to live up to their hype, as school segregation continues to grow across America.

Aug 24, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Horsemen of the Trumpocalypse

Horsemen of the Trumpocalypse Horsemen of the Trumpocalypse

The most dangerous people in America.

Aug 24, 2017 / Feature / John Nichols and Steve Brodner

Padshahnama Wall

Why the Battle for India’s Past Is a Fight for Its Future Why the Battle for India’s Past Is a Fight for Its Future

Seventy years after partition, India’s ruling party is using history to divide the country.

Aug 15, 2017 / Kanishk Tharoor

Campus sexual assault

Campus Assault Survivors Deserve Better Than Secretary DeVos Campus Assault Survivors Deserve Better Than Secretary DeVos

Dismissing survivors’ concerns only continues the cycle of abuse on campus, worsening conditions that fuel sexual violence in the first place.

Aug 11, 2017 / StudentNation / Sarah Nesbitt

UChicago GSU

Graduate Students on These 7 Campuses Are Fighting for Their Labor Rights Graduate Students on These 7 Campuses Are Fighting for Their Labor Rights

Classes may be over, but the class struggle sure isn’t.

Aug 8, 2017 / StudentNation / Brandon Jordan

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions

What Is the Future of Affirmative Action Under Jeff Sessions’s Department of Justice? What Is the Future of Affirmative Action Under Jeff Sessions’s Department of Justice?

Experts weigh in on what it would mean for the DOJ to sue colleges and universities for discriminating against white students.

Aug 3, 2017 / StudentNation / Collier Meyerson

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