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Students Confront Ashcroft

Staff / Truthdig Dec 1, 2007 Some 150 students donned hoods and turned their backs in silent protest of former Attorney General John Ashcroft at Cornell University on Thursday. Cornell law student and protest co-planner Michael Siegel told Truthdig the demonstrators were meant to represent "the detainees who were arrested and imprisoned without due process under Ashcroft's leadership." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Vote for an iPod: A Fair Exchange?

Staff / Truthdig Nov 15, 2007 Oh dear -- file this one under "further evidence our democracy's in deep trouble": The Politico reports that, according to a recent poll of over 3,000 NYU undergraduates conducted by an on-campus journalism class, two-thirds said they would give up their right to vote in the next presidential election in exchange for a year's tuition at their school, while 20 percent said they'd swap it for an iPod touch. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Student Protesters Clash With Police at Venezuelan Rally

Staff / Truthdig Nov 2, 2007 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez projects a certain confidence in his leadership prowess to the rest of the world, but this video of a student rally in Caracas indicates that not everyone in Chavez country is on board with his program. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Maine Middle School to Offer Birth Control

Staff / Truthdig Oct 18, 2007 While the nation's tweens and teens are taught the laughable "abstinence only" government-sponsored curriculum about sex, one middle school in Maine is taking a more realistic approach to the matter, offering a range of birth control options in an effort to curb a troubling trend toward teen pregnancy among its students. Yes, you read that right: This is a middle school we're talking about here. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

MIT Student With ‘Hoax Device’ Arrested at Airport

Staff / Truthdig Sep 21, 2007 First came January's "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" faux bomb scare, and now this Boston-area "hoax device" news: MIT sophomore Star Simpson was arrested at gunpoint at Logan Airport on Friday for wearing a computer circuit board and wiring on her black sweatshirt, with "Socket To Me" written on the back. Oops. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Student Tasered at Kerry Event

Staff / Truthdig Sep 18, 2007 Guess he wasn't in the "free speech zone": University of Florida student Andrew Meyer apparently went on too long while asking Sen. John Kerry about his 2004 presidential run (among other questions) and was Tasered and arrested on Monday. Did the police overreact? That's where Internet video comes in handy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Russians Get a Lead in Beheading Case

Staff / Truthdig Aug 17, 2007 Russian authorities have arrested a student for allegedly posting a video of the apparent execution of two men by a neo-Nazi group, although authorities still don't know who recorded the video or carried out the attack. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Making the Grade

Sharon Scranage / Truthdig Aug 7, 2007 Students aren't the only ones who worry about grades -- teachers also have to meet performance standards and follow curricula dictated by their districts. However, as educator Sharon Scranage points out, teachers working with socioeconomically disadvantaged children have to deal with even greater challenges without the aid of a specific "core" curriculum to address their students' special needs. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Two Races, Two Systems of Justice in Louisiana

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Jul 18, 2007 Last week in Detroit, the NAACP held a mock funeral for the N-word. But a chilling case in Louisiana shows us how far we have to go to bury racism. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Deadly Shootout at Islamabad’s ‘Red Mosque’

Staff / Truthdig Jul 3, 2007 A clash between Pakistani police and students associated with the Lal Masjid ("Red Mosque") in Islamabad resulted in nine deaths Tuesday, and 140 were reported wounded, according to the BBC. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Field Trip From Hell

Staff / Truthdig May 14, 2007 A school in Tennessee recently staged a drill with a fake gunman during a week-long field trip that left students terrified and in tears. The sixth-graders were told a teacher dressed in a hooded sweatshirt was a shooter on the loose and that it was not a drill. The school's principal said the incident "involved poor judgment." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Firestorm Over Attack on Yale Singers

Staff / Truthdig Jan 14, 2007 Nearly two weeks after a group of San Francisco high school students assaulted the members of a Yale all-male a capella singing group -- leaving two hospitalized -- charges of homophobia, a police cover-up and local political indifference are making headway in the national news media Comprehensive coverage Cops finish questioning singers (two weeks late) . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )