Demographic crashes and rising costs threaten an entire segment of higher education.
Education in America
Posted inLaw and Justice
Student Loan Rulings Highlight Unaccountable Judicial Power—Again
Two judges this week invalidated part of a program that’s been in place for 30 years. The rulings contradict each other and seem unworkable in practice.
Posted inEducation in America
A Small-Town Texas Librarian’s Big Stand Against Book Bans
In Llano County, a local librarian fought back against censorship, prompting a federal court fight and national recognition but losing the job of her dreams.
Posted inTAP
Louisiana Hangs Ten
Today on TAP: A law signed yesterday mandates displaying the Ten Commandments in every classroom. First Amendment? Feh!
Posted inTAP
Teachers in the South Go Union
Today on TAP: It’s not just autoworkers who are unionizing in the non-union South. In Virginia, schoolteachers are successfully organizing, too.
Posted inThe Good Life
Locating Ourselves in the Wreckage of Neoliberalism
Democracy Schools and other community listening sessions can bring together people of different experiences around common themes.
Posted inPolitics
The Support Our Public Services Briefly Had—and Still Need
And how President Biden can make that goal a better campaign theme
Posted inLaw and Justice
‘Brown’ at 70
The rhetorically modest but functionally powerful ruling that ended segregation shouldn’t be misused to forestall other efforts at racial equality.
Posted inPolitics
Can We All Get Along?
A Q&A with Eman Abdelhadi, a Palestinian University of Chicago professor, about encampments, dialogue, and mutual respect
Posted inEducation in America
All Quiet on the Western Front
Bay Area students organize effectively, but haven’t heard back from university administrators.
