The Right Is Exploiting People’s Fears With Surgical Precision The Right Is Exploiting People’s Fears With Surgical Precision
By pushing buttons around education and crime, highly organized conservative groups are bringing out the worst in American voters.
Feb 18, 2022 / Sasha Abramsky
Why We Filed a Legal Complaint Against Princeton Why We Filed a Legal Complaint Against Princeton
A coalition of Princeton students, faculty, staff, and alumni has called for an investigation of the university's continued investments in the fossil fuel industry.
Feb 16, 2022 / StudentNation / Hannah Reynolds and Lynne Archibald
Don’t Attack Biden’s Supreme Court Nominees for Playing by the Rules Don’t Attack Biden’s Supreme Court Nominees for Playing by the Rules
There have historically been few routes to legal-world success for Black women. Is it fair to change the rules on them now?
Feb 16, 2022 / Elie Mystal
“Return to Normal” Has Pushed Schools to a Crisis Point “Return to Normal” Has Pushed Schools to a Crisis Point
How do you run a school without enough staff?
Feb 15, 2022 / StudentNation / Belle Chesler
Book Bans Are on the Rise. But Librarians and Authors Are Fighting Back. Book Bans Are on the Rise. But Librarians and Authors Are Fighting Back.
In the past few decades in the US, book banning has taken on a decidedly more genteel character.
Feb 8, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Has the Pandemic Pushed Universities to the Brink? Has the Pandemic Pushed Universities to the Brink?
Covid has turned the gap between universities and colleges serving mainly privileged students and those serving needy ones into a chasm and it is unclear if the latter will be able...
Feb 7, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Delbanco
What Art Spiegelman’s “Maus” Means to the Children of Survivors What Art Spiegelman’s “Maus” Means to the Children of Survivors
On banning the book that changed what we talk about when we talk about the Holocaust.
Feb 4, 2022 / Linda Mannheim
Undocumented Students Still Need Support Undocumented Students Still Need Support
The struggles facing undocumented youth in New York City have only been heightened by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Feb 2, 2022 / StudentNation / Teresa Mettela
The GOP Dials Up Its Attacks on Critical Race Theory The GOP Dials Up Its Attacks on Critical Race Theory
The campaigns are focused on racially diverse communities with declining numbers of white students that are located in politically competitive districts.
Jan 28, 2022 / Sasha Abramsky
When Whiteness Starts Seeing Itself When Whiteness Starts Seeing Itself
The fact that white people are suddenly having to recognize themselves as having a race has only added to growing resentment over the country’s demographic changes.
Jan 26, 2022 / Kali Holloway