Activism

Seven Steps to Repression University

Michael Gould-Wartofsky / TomDispatch May 29, 2024 With college quads beginning to resemble police training camps, the White House seems dead set on creating the ultimate Homeland Security campus. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Opinion

War Culture Versus Ethical Passion

Norman Solomon / TomDispatch May 9, 2024 In praise of the young people insisting that a culture of doublethink and death is unacceptable. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Activism

Students Are Horrified by What They’re Seeing — Just as in ’68

Mark Rudd / Waging Nonviolence May 3, 2024 An organizer of the 1968 Columbia University protests on why the message against war, then and now, is the same. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Opinion

Edward Said Warned Us About Anti-Palestinian McCarthyism

Seraj Assi / Common Dreams Apr 25, 2024 The Columbia professor’s legacy is a scathing condemnation of the hypocrisy and moral corruption of U.S. liberal institutions. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Media

The Attack on Gaza Protests Threatens Free Expression for All

Ari Paul / FAIR Apr 22, 2024 If state actors and media pundits can push universities to silence students and faculty, what’s next? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

DEIB

The Uncounted

Betsy Ladyzhets, Rachel Monahan and Shaena Montanari / Texas Observer Dec 30, 2022 People of color are dying at much higher rates than covid data suggests. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Court to President: Blocking Twitter Critics Is Unconstitutional

LARRY NEUMEISTER / The Associated Press Jul 9, 2019 According to the ruling, using a social media account for official purposes and then excluding critics violates free speech. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Climate Change Tied to Accelerating Economic Inequality

Dmitri Lascaris / The Real News Network May 1, 2019 A new study from Stanford University finds that rich countries have gotten richer as poorer nations have born the brunt of global warming. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Mention of Climate Change Scrubbed From National Parks Report

Elizabeth Shogren / Reveal Sep 10, 2018 An investigation reveals officials were instructed to remove language the Trump administration regarded as "sensitive." Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Kofi Annan, Former U.N. Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Dies at 80

JOHN HEILPRIN and FRANCIS KOKUTSE / The Associated Press Aug 18, 2018 Annan was one of the world's most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations who rose through its ranks to become its first black African leader. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Judge Rules That Trump Can’t Block Twitter Critics

LARRY NEUMEISTER / The Associated Press May 23, 2018 Her decision stops short of ordering the president to quit preventing critics from viewing his Twitter account, saying it is enough to point out that his practice is unconstitutional. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Cult of Violence Always Kills the Left

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Apr 16, 2018 In an interview, Mark Rudd looks back with regret on his advocacy of violence as a young radical, and he offers up some advice for today’s activists: “The thing about nonviolence is that it works.” Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )