Neve Gordon Israel’s Universities: The Crackdown Last October, Palestinian students and academic staff in Israel faced unprecedented penalties for their speech. Now the repression persists. June 5, 2024
Kim Phillips-Fein The CUNY Experiment The City University of New York has long stood at once for meritocratic uplift and for civil disobedience. May 23, 2024
Walter Johnson In Harvard Yard Civil discourse and critical inquiry are not abstract concepts in the encampment. They are active principles. May 8, 2024
Nadia Abu El-Haj ‘The Eye of the Beholder’ Administrators at Columbia and other US universities have been cracking down on student protest against the war in Gaza—even as right-wing politicians demand they go further. December 24, 2023
Carey Baraka The Political Education of William Ruto Kenya’s new leadership got their start in the 1980s in the youth ranks of Daniel arap Moi’s authoritarian regime. Will they repeat the sins of their mentors? March 8, 2023
Hannah Appel Tenant, Debtor, Worker, Student In their historic strike, academic workers at the University of California took on one of the biggest employers, landlords, and financial actors in the state. February 8, 2023
Sherrilyn Ifill When Diversity Matters During October’s marathon argument in a pair of affirmative action cases, the most racially diverse Supreme Court in US history debated the value of diversity. January 19, 2023 issue
David Cole The University and Freedom of Expression It is no mere academic matter if Georgetown Law succumbs to pressure to fire Ilya Shapiro over a pair of offensive tweets. February 15, 2022
Dan Chiasson College Cuts in the Green Mountain State Citing enrollment “data,” the University of Vermont is the latest to cancel humanities programs. Isn’t it time to value liberal arts education another way? December 17, 2020