Siraj Khan Informed Comment On 15 June 2026, the latest Education Under Attack report was launched, presenting the most comprehensive global picture yet of violence against students, learners, educators, and…
Juan Cole Informed Comment Academics For Peace on Instagram posted my video for Historians for Peace and Democracy, protesting the refusal of the Council of the American Historical Association to…
Jeremy Varon Dissent The New School’s workforce cuts, executive power grabs, and assault on tenure show how authoritarian management is spreading far beyond Washington. It has been tough times for…
Austin Sarat ScheerPost While the Trump Administration has suffered numerous defeats in its effort to punish America’s leading universities, it has succeeded in many ways in changing the prevailing culture…
Alexandra Martinez Prism A federal judge has temporarily blocked Florida International University (FIU) from enforcing its blanket ban on expressive activities inside university buildings. The ruling favored students who challenged…
Austin Sarat ScheerPost At the start of his second term, President Trump opened fire on some of America’s most prestigious universities. His administration cut off or threatened to cut off…
Chris Walker Truthout This article was originally published by Truthout For some of the inquiries, “there was little to no factual predicate justifying opening them,” the complaint states. A whistleblower…
By Reshmi Dutt-Ballerstadt This article was originally published by Truthout Administrators treat their universities like businesses — that’s why they’re failing. If education is indeed the great vehicle of social…
By Marianne Dhenin This article was originally published by Truthout Educators in the country’s second-largest school district are facing repression in the wake of a new California law. Teachers in…
Ana Vracar, BreakThrough News. Health professionals face ongoing restrictions when presenting on Gaza and Lebanon in academic settings. With pro-Israel groups playing a significant role in promoting censorship. Since the…
Chris Brady The Electronic Intifada Times are tough for the academy. The message from Washington has been clear: the college campus is a new political battleground. Comply or lose federal…
Robin D. G. Kelley, Substack Most academics in the U.S., as well as activists resisting the genocide in Gaza, are familiar with the case of Professor Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, a renowned…
Committee on Academic Freedom Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association of North America | – Letter to the Chancellor of the University of California, Irvine, concerning threatened…
Austin Sarat Writing in the wake of the 2016 presidential election and anticipating what American life would be like under Donald Trump, M. Gessen offered some rules for surviving autocracy.…
Austin Sarat On July 6, the New York Times published an editorial entitled “A Great University Undermines Its Mission.” I turned to it eagerly, expecting to see a stirring defense…
