When Protest Becomes a Crime

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Feb 16, 2011 Is rudeness a crime, punishable by prison? Yes, says a district attorney as he pursues the prosecution of 11 Muslim students who disrupted a speech by the Israeli ambassador.Is rudeness a crime, punishable by prison? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges: ‘Death of the Liberal Class’ on Book TV

BLANK Feb 9, 2011 Author, journalist and Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges takes his bracing argument from his latest book, "Death of the Liberal Class," about the takeover of U.S. liberal organizations and institutions by the corporate state, to Powell's Books in Portland, Ore., in this Book TV clip. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Elites Are Having a Tea Party

Moshe Adler / Truthdig Nov 11, 2010 Taxes are the best weapon against the kind of self-perpetuating Ivy League elitism so despised by the tea party. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Arizona Superintendent Gets Taken to School

Staff / Truthdig May 14, 2010 CNN is rarely the forum where we hear thoughtful points of view, but Georgetown professor Michael Eric Dyson breaks the mold as he rips apart the befuddled superintendent of Arizona public schools, Tom Horne, over Arizona's decision to ban ethnic studies. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Troy Jollimore on Why Democracy Needs the Humanities

BLANK Apr 23, 2010 In a short and powerful manifesto, renowned philosopher and critic Martha Nussbaum issues a passionate call to resist persistent efforts to reduce education to a tool of the gross national product.Philosopher and critic Martha Nussbaum issues a call to resist persistent efforts to reduce education to a tool of the gross national product. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Yale Imposes Hands-Off Policy for Interactions Between Undergrads, Faculty

Staff / Truthdig Apr 7, 2010 After mulling over the issue for many years, the powers that be at Yale University have decided to ban sexual relationships between faculty members and undergraduate students, regardless of whether those students ever take their classes. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Free Speech Movement Advocate Dies

Staff / Truthdig Mar 20, 2010 A veteran reformer of higher education, an unparalleled Chaucer scholar and an early advocate of the 1960s free speech movement, Charles Muscatine has passed away at the age of 89 in Oakland, Calif. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘3, 6, 9, 12, Budgets Cuts Can Go to Hell’

Staff / Truthdig Mar 6, 2010 In retaliation against California's tuition hikes and education budget cuts, students from across the state kicked off a "Day of Action and Strike in Defense of Public Education" on Thursday with assemblies, walkouts and teach-ins. The action was part of a national protest. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ivy League Musical: Yale Edition

Staff / Truthdig Jan 20, 2010 What would-be matriculators at Yale University might think of this lengthy and cringeworthy musical promotional video, cooked up by a group of the Ivy League school's current undergraduates and recent alumni, is unclear, but we'd like to point out the obvious after enduring a brief run-through of their efforts: Some people have been watching a little too much "Glee." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Age Trumps Youth in UC Tuition Dispute

Yasha Levine / Truthdig Nov 25, 2009 Student protesters may think they are simply battling a wasteful, callous government bureaucracy that is more concerned about bailing out Wall Street banks than supporting a frivolous thing like education. But really the fight is about something much more basic and widespread: It is a fight between the young and the old, between California's baby boomer pensioners and everyone under 49.The fight over the 32 percent tuition hike on University of California campuses is about something much more basic and widespread than student protesters may realize. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Books, Not Bombs

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Nov 25, 2009 With President Barack Obama's Afghanistan war strategy soon to be announced, the juxtaposition of education cuts and military increases is incensing many, and helping to build a movement. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Gender Inequality 101

Staff / Truthdig Aug 19, 2009 Conservatives love to claim we live in a post-racial or post-gender world, but researchers in England are reminding us of the persistent examples of inequality that mark our society. A new study demonstrates that women are less likely than men to be offered enrollment at England's prestigious Oxford University despite having the same grades as, or even better grades than, their male counterparts. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )