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Schools Like Harvard and Michigan Are Declaring Themselves ‘Neutral’ on Social Issues

Schools from Harvard to the University of Michigan are adopting “institutional neutrality” policies.

Young People From Low-Income Backgrounds Do a Different Kind of Unpaid Labor

It’s often discounted and undervalued.

What’s Going On With Harvard and Bill Ackman?

How one disturbingly wealthy investor dude adopted right-wingers' playbook to oust Claudine Gay — only to go for journalists’ heads when they alleged his wife also engaged in plagiarism.

Right-Wingers Celebrate Claudine Gay's Resignation From Harvard

After accusations of antisemitism and being cleared of “research misconduct,” Harvard president Claudine Gay resigned on Tuesday.

Do American Colleges Have an Antisemitism Problem?

Instances of antisemitism are rising on campuses, but the medicine on offer may be feeding the disease, argues Hadas Thier.

ACLU to DeSantis, Colleges: Pro-Palestine Organizing is First Amendment-Protected Speech

The group sent a letter to over 650 colleges and universities about the campus conflicts on Israel and Palestine.

Harvard Students Doxxed for Israel-Palestine Letter Speak Out

“I think it's just hard to feel safe when not just your face is on a truck, but also… [faces of] people who look like you.”

How Students Can Take Power Back From Their Universities

Universities should belong to young people, not the rich or the far-right.

As Asian American Students, We’ll Keep Fighting for Racial Equity on Campus

The Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling just makes our struggle harder.

SCOTUS Ruling on Affirmative Action Enables Racism to Thrive

"Further limiting access to education for Black students is an attack on Black life."

Meet the Black Harvard Students Renaming Dorms Dedicated to Slave Owners

“Our intention with this project is to highlight history, not to erase history.”

Harvard Police Searched 4 Black Students' Dorm at Gunpoint Over Hoax

“We felt our lives were in danger. We are traumatized.”

A Brief Timeline of School Segregation in the US

From the end of the Civil War to today

Over 100 Harvard Students Walk Out Over Professor Accused of Misconduct

“It’s past time for Harvard to act.”

A Harvard Museum Has Kept the Hair of Native Children for Decades

“Indigenous cultures regard hair as sacred, alive, and an expression of one’s spirit.”

This Radical Attorney Fought to Dismantle Segregation

Pauli Murray didn’t believe in an incremental approach.

Black Students At Harvard Have Always Resisted Racism

Faculty and staff once owned slaves, and professors taught racial eugenics.
SCOTUS

Supreme Court Appears Fully Ready to Gut Affirmative Action

The court's conservatives are expected to roll back decades of precedent. 

How the U.S. Unfairly Targeted Chinese Professors

The controversial China Initiative only formally ended in February.

The Dangerous Conservative Lies About Affirmative Action

43% of all white Harvard students are legacy, athletes, or kids of donors or staff.