Social Justice

The Fight to Stay

The Fight to Stay The Fight to Stay

A country of immigrants that ejects immigrants?

Jul 17, 2026 / OppArt / Hector Duarte, Gabriel Villa, and Peter Kuper

Members of the Bangladeshi American community and other activists turn out for a demonstration and vigil for Win Rozario on March 29, 2024, in New York City.

The Police Shootings Haunting New York’s South Asian Community The Police Shootings Haunting New York’s South Asian Community

Two young Bangladeshi American men were shot by the NYPD. One of them died. Their families are demanding justice and reform.

Jul 17, 2026 / Ade Khan

American Dreams

American Dreams American Dreams

ICE enforcement actions continue to separate families, disrupting lives and communities across the country.

Jul 16, 2026 / OppArt / Sylvia Hernández

Brown University’s memorial for undergraduate mass shooting victims Mukhammad Aziz Amurzokov and Ella Cook

After Tragedy, a Network of Universities Takes on Healing Together After Tragedy, a Network of Universities Takes on Healing Together

When violent incidents shatter campuses, universities look to those who have endured similar tragedies for guidance on helping students move forward.

Jul 6, 2026 / StudentNation / Cate Latimer

“We Are the People”: Reflections on Reclamation Day and Finding Hope in the Darkness

“We Are the People”: Reflections on Reclamation Day and Finding Hope in the Darkness “We Are the People”: Reflections on Reclamation Day and Finding Hope in the Darkness

Moments in time like the 250th anniversary, and the counter-celebrations to the president’s Fourth of July spectacles, come and go. But the work of liberation must not end.

Jul 3, 2026 / Fatima B. Jalloh

Progressive New York primary winner Darializa Avila Chevalier did not include climate action on her list of priorities.

Climate Was Missing From New York’s Progressive Wave Climate Was Missing From New York’s Progressive Wave

The city's primary winners campaigned on affordability, yet climate change, a major driver of rising costs and inequality, was conspicuously absent from the conversation.

Jul 1, 2026 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen

Demonstrators showing support for people accused of conspiring to commit terrorism at the Prairieland immigration detention center last summer gathered outside of the Eldon B. Mahon United States Courthouse in Fort Worth on March 13, 2026.

In Texas, Protesting ICE Can Get You a Life Sentence In Texas, Protesting ICE Can Get You a Life Sentence

Under Trump, eight Prairieland defendants were sentenced to a combined four and a half centuries in prison.

Jul 1, 2026 / Sara Van Horn

Participants cross the Elisabeth Bridge during Budapest Pride in June 2025. Viktor Orbán’s now-ousted government cited the protection of children as its rationale to ban Budapest Pride, but demonstrators marched anyway.

Protecting Children Means Defending LGBT Rights Protecting Children Means Defending LGBT Rights

Around the world, governments are scapegoating LGBT people to build popular support for their erosion of individual rights—often under the guise of protecting children.

Jun 26, 2026 / Ryan Thoreson

The signing of the US Constitution in 1787, in a painting by Junius Brutus Stearns.

Will America Ever Give White-Man Rights to Everyone Else? Will America Ever Give White-Man Rights to Everyone Else?

If we want to make it another 250 years, the Constitution is going to have to do a lot more than protect individual political and civil rights.

Jun 23, 2026 / Feature / Elie Mystal

Children in El Barrio stand before the Young Lords' 1969 Garbage Offensive.

Mapping the Unsung History of Puerto Rican Resistance Mapping the Unsung History of Puerto Rican Resistance

Hunter College students explore the story of El Barrio using the new app Radical Atmospheres.

Jun 23, 2026 / StudentNation / Ana Agudelo

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