by Maura Finkelstein | Jun 19, 2026 | Antisemitism, Higher Education, Hillel, Israel, Op-Ed, Palestine, Students, Universities, Zionism
U.S. colleges and universities across the United States are using trainings, programming, and campus rules designed to “combat antisemitism” to directly contribute to a larger Zionist, right-wing trend that normalizes racism, Islamophobia, and the silencing of radical political thought rooted in liberation. The latest example of how this works was seen on June 5, when The Guardian broke the story…
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by Eleanor J. Bader | May 2, 2026 | Adjunct Faculty, Connecticut, education, faculty, Higher Education, Interview, labor, Labor Organizing, Maine, Massachusetts, National Labor Relations Board, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, NLRB, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, shared governance, solidarity, Students, Unions, Vermont
When East Coast members of Higher Education Labor United (HELU) got together in January, they set their sights on developing a national plan to improve working conditions for university and college faculty and staff, enhance learning conditions for students, and build lasting partnerships with local communities to promote the common good. Together, they drafted a document called the Amherst…
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by Chris Mills Rodrigo | Apr 29, 2026 | Activism, Chicago, civic engagement, CTU, ICE, International Workers Day, Interview, May Day, protest, Students
This May Day, workers, students, and families across the country are set to turn out in the thousands or even millions to make their voices heard against the growing power of the billionaire class. May Day, often referred to as International Workers’ Day, has a long legacy in the labor movement. In the late 1800’s — an era of extreme wealth concentration much like our own — American workers…
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by Eman Basher | Apr 25, 2026 | Book Excerpt, education, Excerpt, Gaza, Israel, Palestine, Peace, Students, War
I used to be an English teacher. My classroom walls seemed to breathe with the wind, and the light depended on the mercy of the sun; a very eco-friendly setup, if you think about it. Who needs electricity when the sun graciously decides to show up for class? For eight years, I taught in Beit Hanoun Prep School for young girls; a place where optimism stubbornly thrived in conditions that would…
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by Jillian Kestler-D’Amours | Mar 5, 2026 | Canada, education, Gaza, immigration, News, Palestine, Students, visas
For Khaled and Raneen, daily life in the Gaza Strip is marked by the steady hum of Israeli military drones buzzing over the central city of Deir al-Balah that they now call home. The Palestinian couple from northern Gaza has been displaced more than 10 times since Israel’s war on the enclave began in 2023. And despite a United States-brokered ceasefire that was enacted in October…
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