Higher Education Can Be Free: A Statement From Strike Debt
...ines. He recently posted an online petition asking people to support his “bold new approach” to college funding. Based on a plan called “Pay It Forward,” developed in [...]
UK Students Facing Violence, Intimidation and Arrest for Opposing Privatization of their Universities
...pose. At around noon on 2nd April, 30 bailiffs, 80 police officers, 20 private security guards, 13 police vans, Police CCTV and Dog teams and a police helicopter surrounded Bramber House and [...]
Student Loan Interest Rates Double – American Youth Still Fucked
...still have to be approved by the Republican-controlled House, which could bring the debate back to square one again. The approaching deadline and eventual interest rate hike rightfully sparked [...]
CUNY Wars: Petraeus, ROTC, Student Center Closing & Police Conflict
...sarcastic; approximately 100 students had turned up to show their support. “It’s my goal to get suspended before I graduate,” quipped a [...]
DePaul University Student Body Votes To Divest From Israeli Occupation
...investments from corporations that profit off of the illegal occupation of Palestine and the human rights abuses these companies help perpetuate. For more information, visit dpudivests.org . [...]
The Renaissance of Student Activism
...nsulted attorneys, and collected piles of research. The legislature didn’t pass the bill. Indeed, despite the uptick in activism, those in power—from lawmakers to school [...]
Decolonizing Society: The Legacy Of 1968
...your modernism is nothing but the modernization of the police. New Left activists across the Atlantic questioned the hierarchy and authoritarianism of liberal capitalist societies and [...]
Black Study, Black Struggle
...luding Brandeis, Yale, Princeton, Brown, Harvard, Claremont McKenna, Smith, Amherst, UCLA, Oberlin, Tufts, and the University of North Carolina, both Chapel Hill and Greensboro. These [...]
Myths About Teachers: We Need More Police In Our Public Schools
...t forces. Armed police officers at Sandy Hook could have prevented that horrific massacre. Public schools are paid for with tax dollars. The community has a right to expect that their tax money [...]
Number Of Americans Defaulting On Student Loans Reaches 4.2 Million
...tudents are utilizing government programs intended to ease the repayment process. There is nothing that even remotely resembles something “good” reflected in the report. The only [...]
Obama Administration Hits Back At Student Debtors Seeking Relief
...out loans later in their work life,” the lawyers added. Murphy took out several loans to send his three children to college, but he lost his job at a manufacturing company in 2002 and [...]
A Generation’s Call: Student Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement
...icles in the Crimson and other outlets, and made divestment one of the most prominent issues on campus: the Crimson named divestment one of the top ten issues of 2013. And resistance from [...]
Student Artists, Activists Aim for Fossil-Free Investment At Washington University
...the wherewithal to opt for more sustainable investment alternatives. Students are calling on Chancellor Mark Wrighton to freeze investments in fossil fuel companies. In [...]
Illinois To Sue Predatory Student Debt Settlement Corps
...avings were devastated by the financial crisis, are still struggling to pay off their student loans well into their 50s. For the debt settlement industry, all this means a [...]
For-Profit College Scam These Students Are Still Paying For
...their chances in an increasingly precarious job market. And yes, Social Security can be garnished to pay down student debt. For someone like Stevens, living on that payment, [...]