Harvard’s task forces combating antisemitism and anti-Muslim bias have asked the university to address pervasive discrimination against both Jewish and Muslim students on campus. They have highlighted concerns over a culture of exclusion towards supporters of Palestine and Israel, giving examples of harassment and intimidation. Harvard’...
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has blocked the establishment of America’s first taxpayer-funded religious charter school. The ruling against St. Isidore of Seville Virtual Catholic Charter School marks a significant victory for advocates of church-state separation and public education. Attorney General Gentner Drummond led the legal challeng...
Khan Yunis, Occupied Palestinian Territories — AFP Teenagers across the Gaza Strip should have been taking their final exams this month, a last hurdle before university and lifelong dreams, but Israel’s brutal war imposed upon the battered Palestinian territory has crushed those hopes. According to the education ministry in the Gaz...
Havana, Cuba — AFP Thousands of miles from Gaza, medical student Samar Alghoul is supposed to be living her dream in Cuba, where she and hundreds of other Palestinians have been given the opportunity to study for free. But, like the Palestinian diaspora all around the world, she is ridden with anxiety watching the decimation […]
Louisiana has enacted legislation requiring the display of the Biblical Ten Commandments in all public-school classrooms. Governor Jeff Landry signed the Republican-backed law, emphasizing the commandments’ foundational role in legal principles. The law mandates poster-sized displays in classrooms from kindergarten through university, ci...
The University of Minnesota has halted the employment of an Israeli historian as director of Holocaust and Genocide Studies. The decision comes within two days of Raz Segal being hired. Segal currently is a professor at Stockton University in New Jersey. In a recent article he authored, titled “A Textbook Case of Genocide,” he said […...
Five students backed by the NAACP have filed a lawsuit against the Shenandoah County School Board for restoring Confederate names to several schools. On May 9, the school board voted to rename Mountain View High School and Honey Run Elementary School back to Stonewall Jackson High School and Ashby Lee Elementary School, respectively. The lawsu...
Sen. Bernie Sanders has praised the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) forthcoming rules to exclude medical debt from credit reports. He called the move “an important step in the right direction.” Sanders criticized the current system where families face evictions and wage garnishments due to medical debt, despite the health c...
Billions of taxpayer dollars are being channeled into religious schools across the nation through rapidly expanding state voucher programs. Critics say this is blurring the line between public education and religion. According to a Washington Post investigation, while vouchers can be used at any private school, the majority of funds are direct...
Students at Columbia University have started a new peaceful protest named Welfare Rebellion following the dismantling of the Gaza Solidarity Camp by New York police. A number of alumni have backed their cause. Due to limited campus access, students held a news conference criticizing the university’s security measures. Mahmoud Khalil, spe...
