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University of Montana Missoula summer campus scene showing University Hall and a sculpture of the UniversityÍs grizzly bear mascot, The University of Montana has about 11, 000 students and is in the city of Missoula. Photo by: Don and Melinda Crawford/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Politics and Movements: US

Neoliberal policy hollowed out universities. now they are collapsing.

by Reshmi Dutt-Ballerstadt August 19, 2026August 19, 2026

Administrators treat their universities like businesses — that’s why they’re failing.

COLLEGE PARK, MD - NOVEMBER 9: Hundreds of University of Maryland students gather on Hornbake Plaza for a pro-Palestine walk-out and protest on Thursday, November 9, 2023. Julia Nikhinson/For The Washington Post via Getty Images

Politics and Movements: US

The student movement for Palestine is not going away, but it is adapting to a new political reality

by Maximillian Alvarez August 14, 2026August 14, 2026

Economy and Inequality

Black cops, Latino ICE agents, and the ‘overseer class’

by Maximillian Alvarez June 23, 2026July 8, 2026

A pro-Palestine protester holds a placard that says, "No more research for IOF (Israeli Occupation Forces)" during the rally. Rallies and protest camps persist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) campus as student demonstrators demand divestment from Israeli military ties. Photo by Vincent Ricci/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Politics and Movements: US

Higher education must not become a research arm of militarized power

by Henry A. Giroux June 9, 2026June 9, 2026

Pro-Palestinian protesters confront supporters of Israel outside The New School in lower Manhattan as tensions over the war in Gaza continue on campuses and inside of colleges and universities throughout the city on May 02, 2024 in New York City. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Politics and Movements: US

The New School investigates student leaders who voted to strip Hillel of funding over genocide complicity

by Biplob Kumar Das June 5, 2026June 5, 2026

Cambridge, MA - April 21: Dozens of unionized graduate students at Harvard University picket the Harvard Science Center on April 21, 2026. Photo by John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Amid Trump attacks and Epstein scandals, 4,000 graduate students strike at Harvard University

by Maximillian Alvarez May 12, 2026May 12, 2026

St. John's University, Astor Place, New York City, New York, USA. Photo by: GHI/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Politics and Movements: US

Faculty fight anti-union tactics at St. John’s University in New York

by Eleanor J. Bader April 2, 2026April 2, 2026

Miami, Florida, Biscayne Boulevard, Miami-Dade County Public Schools building exterior. Photo by: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Politics and Movements: US

This fall, Florida students will be forced to take ‘anti-communist’ classes

by Eleanor J. Bader March 12, 2026March 12, 2026

NYPD officers arrest protestors who blocked traffic on Broadway as they protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at Columbia University on February 05, 2026 in New York City. Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

The Marc Steiner Show

Columbia University is doing Trump’s anti-constitutional dirty work

by Marc Steiner February 24, 2026February 24, 2026

University of Michigan Police talk to a participant and ask him to remove the flag pole, as Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gather for a mock trial against the University of Michigan's Board of Regents on the university's campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on April 21, 2025. Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images

Campus life is unrecognizable in the Trump era: ‘There’s so many cops everywhere’

by Maximillian Alvarez November 6, 2025November 6, 2025

Paulo Friere, 1963. Public domain/Arquivo Nacional Collection.

Stories of Resistance

Paulo Freire and education for freedom

by Michael Fox September 19, 2025September 19, 2025

Parents, educators, community leaders, and elected officials attend a rally outside the U.S. Capitol to defend public education ahead of Secretary of Education nominee Linda McMahon’s confirmation hearing on February 12, 2025 in Washington, DC. Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for National Education Association

Politics and Movements: US

Sotomayor: Supreme Court expedites Trump ‘lawlessness’ with Education Department decision

by Jessica Corbett July 15, 2025July 15, 2025