Trump Is on a National Tirade Against In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students
Currently 23 states and DC give in-state college tuition to undocumented students. Trump is on a rampage against them.
Black-Led, Progressive Homeschool Networks Rise Amid Book Bans, Attacks on DEI
By Ella Fassler / Truthout Earlier this year in San Antonio, Texas, an eight-year-old delivered a fiery, impassioned speech to the office of Republican Sen. Ted Cruz. Introducing herself as…
Keep Immigration Raids Out of Schools
Most Americans oppose ICE raids on schools, which lead to absenteeism, disruption, and long-term threats to learning for all students.
Columbia’s $200M Deal With Trump Administration Sets a Precedent for Other Universities To Bend to the Government’s Will
While Columbia University can afford to pay the government $200 million in order to unfreeze federal grants and contracts it was awarded, many other universities and colleges could not.
‘Bowing Down to Authoritarianism,’ Columbia Agrees to Pay $200 Million in Deal With Trump
"Columbia has effectively waived the white flag of surrender in its battle at the heart of the Trump administration's war on higher education and academic freedom," said Rep. Jerry Nadler.
Trump’s Mass Firings at Department of Education Are Already Harming US Students
Trump’s firing of 1,300 DOE workers is bad news for all student loan recipients and K-12 students alike.
The Militarization and Weaponization of Media Literacy
NATO Invades the Classroom.
Jane Fonda’s 2025 USC Annenberg Commencement Address
Publisher’s note from Robert Scheer: Jane Fonda’s talk was pitch perfect, a critically vital message that both challenged and offered hope to a traumatized student body. Our campus like most…
Harvard Quietly Capitulates to Trump, Guts DEI Office and Affinity Events
Despite publicly opposing Trump, Harvard’s agenda has often converged with that of the White House, one student said.
Why History Threatens Fascist Movements (w/ Jason Stanley)
Yale professor Jason Stanley explains why the censorship of history is crucial to the functioning of authoritarian states.
This Charter School Superintendent Makes $870,000. He Leads a District With 1,000 Students
On paper, Salvador Cavazos earns less than $300,000 to run Valere Public Schools, a small Texas charter network. But taxpayers likely aren’t aware that in reality, his total pay makes…
We Want to Build Communities of Readers, Not Turn Readers into Commodities
Literacy gives us the power to build a collective life – it allows us to see our history with clarity, be critical of our present, and demand the impossible of…
Congress Revives Cold War Tactics With New Anti-Communism School Curriculum
Although sponsored by Republicans, the new Crucial Communism Teaching Act bill enjoys widespread support from Democrats. Focused on China, Venezuela, Cuba and other targets of US empire, critics warn it…
Christian Nationalism Marches on With ‘Bible-Infused’ Texas Curriculum
"What we're seeing here in Texas with these lessons is a larger national push to promote the idea that American identity and Christian identity are woven together, are one in…
Universities in Dark Times: Beyond the Plague of Neoliberal Fascism
Neoliberal ideology, marked by the irrational belief in the ability of markets to solve all problems, has deeply infiltrated public life, depoliticized critical issues and shifted education’s focus to workforce…