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Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Hazing Still Kills College Students
A Washington state mother navigates tragedy, working alongside anti-hazing advocates to raise awareness about fraternity and other group initiation practices that can turn deadly.
Posted inWorking in America
NYU Professors Vote to Strike After Bosses Stonewall for Months
The decision by Contract Faculty United at New York University comes as more workers walked off the job in 2025 to win higher pay, stronger benefits, and other gains.
Posted inPolitics
Whitening American History
Trump’s efforts to remove Black people from America’s story have been countered by scholars, activists, judges—and history itself.
Posted inTAP
Resistance Comes to Higher Education
Trump’s threat to revoke universities’ accreditation meets a political and legal dead end.
Posted inSports
How Congress Refused to Save the NCAA From Itself
Colleges want exemptions from antitrust and labor laws, so they can continue to hoard billions in cash from sports and deny the players their rights. So far, they’ve failed.
Posted inEducation in America
The Student Loan Report the Trump Administration Didn’t Want Published
Read the CFPB report the Trump administration cut and scrubbed, which includes information on a higher-education surveillance pricing scheme.
Posted inEducation in America
GOP Forcing Eight Million Student Loan Borrowers Into Repayment
The most affordable of all the federal repayment programs is ending sooner than planned after Trump conspired with red-state attorneys general to kill it.
Posted inEducation in America
The Continuing Community College Conundrum
These schools can complement four-year institutions, but some students aren’t always set up for success when they transfer.