Education

People attend a vigil following a mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic School on August 27, 2025, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The Minneapolis Murders Accelerated Our Sense of Powerlessness The Minneapolis Murders Accelerated Our Sense of Powerlessness

The shooting, which has so far left two children dead and 14 hospitalized, adds to the sense of terror that the Trump regime is spreading.

Aug 28, 2025 / Joan Walsh

The Harvard Graduate Student Union–United Automobile Workers during a rally in 2021.

Trump’s War on Higher Ed Comes to the Bargaining Table Trump’s War on Higher Ed Comes to the Bargaining Table

As two of the nation’s largest private graduate student unions fight for new contracts, their members have been among the most vulnerable to the president’s attacks on universitie...

Aug 21, 2025 / StudentNation / Amann Mahajan

A May Day protest against the committee’s witch hunt at City College.

Eric Foner’s Personal History Eric Foner’s Personal History

Reflecting on his decades-long career, the historian considers what his field of study owes to the public.

Aug 14, 2025 / Feature / Eric Foner

The tower at the University of Texas in April 2024 in Austin.

Texas Ended In-State Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants. Students Are Already Feeling the Impact. Texas Ended In-State Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants. Students Are Already Feeling the Impact.

“The message is loud and clear: You’re good enough to pick vegetables or clean hotel rooms, but not to go to college.”

Aug 4, 2025 / StudentNation / Lajward Zahra

100 Monkeys

100 Monkeys 100 Monkeys

Check out all installments in the OppArt series.

Jul 29, 2025 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

Claire Shipman speaks during the Commencement Ceremony at Columbia University in New York on May 21, 2025.

Columbia’s Settlement With Trump Is Pure Cowardice Columbia’s Settlement With Trump Is Pure Cowardice

The university agreed to a $221 million payout, tacitly conceding spurious right-wing conspiracy theories about higher education.

Jul 25, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

Gazan children playing in the rubble of the Islamic Univerity

Challenging the Silence Over Palestine in the American Historical Association Challenging the Silence Over Palestine in the American Historical Association

Institutional complicity in injustice.

Jul 24, 2025 / Van Gosse

A group of pro-Palestinians holds a press conference and rally in front of the City University of New York.

CUNY’s Repression of Pro-Palestine Students Continues in Front of Congress CUNY’s Repression of Pro-Palestine Students Continues in Front of Congress

By placating House Republicans during a hearing on antisemitism, CUNY’s Chancellor left students and faculty to fend for themselves.

Jul 21, 2025 / StudentNation / Luca GoldMansour

Donald Trump signs an executive order to eliminate the Department of Education, in Washington, DC, on March 20, 2025.

The Supreme Court Just Crowned Trump King—Again The Supreme Court Just Crowned Trump King—Again

In ruling the president can decimate the Department of Education, the court took a key congressional power—and gave it to Trump.

Jul 16, 2025 / Elie Mystal

Harry S. Truman looks over a campaign poster urging people to register to vote.

How the Truman Scholarship Became the Right’s Latest Battleground How the Truman Scholarship Became the Right’s Latest Battleground

As Republican pressure on education mounts, the fight over the scholarship reveals a broader effort to turn public service into a test of political loyalty.

Jul 11, 2025 / StudentNation / Thai Loyd

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