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...
University of Chicago students boycotted the school’s graduation ceremony on Saturday. This was for the college’s refusal to grant degrees to four students involved in peaceful Free Palestine protests. Youssef Haweh, one of the seniors affected, emphasized the cause over his diploma. The boycott led to a disruption, with calls to end Israel’s...
Urif, Palestinian Territories — AFP A rusty barbed wire fence towers above the students entering Urif high school in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, where increased violence by illegal Israeli settlers since October 7 has struck fear into Palestinians. “We tell the students … to come to school together and not on their own, b...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – Free Palestine movement protesters vowed Friday to ignore a University of Toronto notice to pack and leave by 8 a.m. Monday. If the protesters remain past the deadline, they will face “consequences under university policies and the law,” according to a statement posted online by the school. Those who remain could [...
