Activism

Seven Steps to Repression University

Michael Gould-Wartofsky / TomDispatch May 29, 2024 With college quads beginning to resemble police training camps, the White House seems dead set on creating the ultimate Homeland Security campus. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

Graduation Day?

Peter Kuper May 23, 2024 Dig deeper

Activism

How Will Prosecutors Handle Campus Protestors?

Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg, Ethan Corey, Jerry Iannelli, Meg O'Connor / The Appeal May 23, 2024 In a new study, only four prosecutors and city attorneys out of 117 expressed apprehension about filing criminal cases against students. Dig deeper ( 25 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

Campus Protests

Adam Zyglis May 6, 2024 Dig deeper

Editorial Cartoons

Freedom of Expression Crisis

Osama Hajjaj May 2, 2024 Dig deeper

Politics

Civil Liberties Groups Decry Bill Redefining ‘Antisemitism’

Brett Wilkins / Common Dreams May 2, 2024 The language of the bill conflates legitimate criticism of the Israeli government with bigotry against Jewish people. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

New School Mascot

Christopher Weyant Apr 29, 2024 Dig deeper

Activism

Report: Attacks on Indigenous Land Defenders on the Rise

Sarah Sax / Grist Apr 19, 2024 Indigenous peoples around the world are harassed and killed at alarming rates. Will the world act? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Americas

Free Speech Under Fire in Bukele’s El Salvador

Mneesha Gellman / NACLA Feb 2, 2024 President Nayib Bukele’s slide toward authoritarianism has culminated in an unconstitutional reelection bid. His consolidation of power has cracked down on independent press. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Ear to the Ground

Trimming With the Devil in Green Bay

Jim Knipfel / Truthdig Dec 19, 2023 Who knew the National Railroad Museum was a courageous bastion of free speech? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Opinion

We Must Not Restrict Free Speech on College Campuses

David Cole / ACLU Nov 7, 2023 Calls to punish and silence student activists betray the Constitution and the spirit of free inquiry that is critical to life at public universities. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Activism

Progressives Denounce Potential Prosecution of Activist Indian Author

Brett Wilkins / Common Dreams Oct 11, 2023 Arundhati Roy has been accused of sedition for a 2010 speech in which she advocated for the secession of the brutally repressed Kashmir region. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )