Bernie’s Tuition Plan Is Doomed To Fail
...orrower a couple of thousand dollars on average, and that will decrease as federal interest rates rise (which they will). This is insulting, given that the average undergraduate borrower is [...]
Student Organizers Win Transgender Equality Battle In Maryland
...oked federal guidance that said transgender students have the right to use public school restrooms that match their gender identity, a group led by van Kuilenburg went to the [...]
Meeting Needs Of Homeless Youth: Public Schools vs. Government
...s themselves. Still, since two-thirds of the 2,000 students enrolled are eligible for two free meals a day, staff have their work cut out for them. Kris Barta, the [...]
‘It Is Our Duty…’: Dispatches From A Week Of Anti-Trump Protests
...communities and help each other.” (Brandon Soderberg) On Monday, hundreds of students staged a walk-out protest at Towson University organized by Towson’s [...]
Bad-Ass Transgender Student Took His Transphobic School To Court
...that it violated his rights under Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause. The federal government currently interprets Title IX to bar anti-trans discrimination in education, requiring [...]
Yes, There Is An Antiwar Movement
...lso host of a public access TV show called This Issue that currently runs in 13 Maine communities. Brenna Gautam was selected to receive the Kroc Institute’s 2015 Yarrow Award, given [...]
Chile’s Feminists Inspire A New Era Of Social Struggle
...f patient conditions, public health education workshops and the decriminalization of abortion. In the language of the Chilean left, sectors are defined areas of struggle, such as labor, [...]
Venezuela: Maduro Announces 9 New Public Universities
...enezuela.” Venezuelan student leader also presented a list of proposals to “stregthen the rights” of students and to work for the future of [...]
Calls To Eliminate School Police Intensify Amid Protests
...e value of other student services such as counselors, psychologists and social workers. “There certainly have been times when it has been helpful to have a police [...]
Belgian Student Climate Protests Snowball
...done anything,” said Julian Rume, 17. “In 20, 30 years, we will all be migrants, we’ll all be moved out of our planet.” The demonstrations are part of a broader [...]
Iranian Student Deported From Boston Despite Court Order; Federal Judge Dismisses Case
...ani a stay in order to review the decision of CBP,” Markey said in a statement released Tuesday afternoon. Doyle said that CBP officials claim Abadi was planning on staying in the U.S. [...]
Students Assert Their ‘Right To Dissent’ In India
...sts seems to be faltering too with the high court criticizing the police on Kumar’s arrest. The students, on the other hand, want to continue to build on the national [...]
Initial Reflections On ‘Debt Jubilee’, MMT, And Limits Of Monetary Policy
...pse of private debt markets’ price values and, in turn, mean a major loss of asset values for capitalist investors. So the latter resist that as well. A progressive government might be [...]
Students Across The Country Are Going On Strike
...tion of an opt-in pass/fail system, with the dean of studies writing in an e-mail to students that “faculty members do not accept the premise that the best solution for [...]
I’m A Youth Organizer. Stop Getting In My Way
...the phrase, “You’re so well-spoken for a teenager!” I would be in the top 10 percent for income. That’s age prejudice at work. As a well-off white person, I see from [...]