Reading “King Lear” at Columbia in the Wake of Mahmoud Khalil’s Kidnapping Reading “King Lear” at Columbia in the Wake of Mahmoud Khalil’s Kidnapping
Trump’s war on my colleagues and students helped me understand the play’s political caution, which is not just about bad actors but those who fail to stop them.
Mar 24, 2025 / Joseph A. Howley
Trump Sets His Sights on “Eliminating” Public Education Trump Sets His Sights on “Eliminating” Public Education
Yesterday’s executive order would dismantle the Department of Education, shutting down programs American families rely on.
Mar 21, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
Trump’s Order Dismantling the Education Department Continues His Attacks on the Agency Trump’s Order Dismantling the Education Department Continues His Attacks on the Agency
The president plans to sign an executive order directing officials to take all “necessary steps” to shut down the department, but a complete closure would require an act of Congre...
Mar 20, 2025 / StudentNation / Owen Dahlkamp
How a Free-Speech University Sidles Up to Orbán’s Strongman Rule How a Free-Speech University Sidles Up to Orbán’s Strongman Rule
Bari Weiss's University of Austin, touted as a haven for free academic inquiry, has a dozen scholars and officials with ties to Hungary's speech-suppressing regime
Mar 20, 2025 / Jacqueline Sweet
When They Came for Columbia University When They Came for Columbia University
The university has become the Trump administration’s test case for the largest assault on higher education since the McCarthy era. Sadly, it has notably failed to defend itself.
Mar 19, 2025 / Column / David Klion
America Needs a New Free Speech Movement America Needs a New Free Speech Movement
Donald Trump is showing us what an unaccountable class of corporate decision-makers looks like—and it looks like a lot of fear, and a terrible loss of freedom.
Mar 19, 2025 / Zephyr Teachout
Mahmoud Khalil Is “Ready to Fight” His Unlawful Detention Mahmoud Khalil Is “Ready to Fight” His Unlawful Detention
StudentNation spoke with Shezza Abboushi Dallal, a member of Khalil’s legal defense team, about the status of his case and the government’s attack on freedom of speech.
Mar 18, 2025 / StudentNation / Luca GoldMansour
Columbia Is Betraying Its Students. We Must Change Course. Columbia Is Betraying Its Students. We Must Change Course.
The administration is choosing complicity over courage in the case of Mahmoud Khalil. It’s time for the faculty to demand a new path.
Mar 13, 2025 / Bruce Robbins
Mahmoud Khalil’s Detainment Won’t Stop the Pro-Palestine Student Movement Mahmoud Khalil’s Detainment Won’t Stop the Pro-Palestine Student Movement
The reverberations of Khalil’s arrest are being felt beyond Columbia University’s campus.
Mar 12, 2025 / StudentNation / Lara-Nour Walton
Mahmoud Khalil’s Abduction Is a Red Alert for Universities Mahmoud Khalil’s Abduction Is a Red Alert for Universities
Schools across America have a choice: Defend their students against Trump or be complicit in his crimes.
Mar 11, 2025 / Dima Khalidi