8 h. ago Teachers hand out ‘know your rights’ leaflets to students as Trump ramps up deportation drive

The Department of Homeland Security said it has arrested 1,000 people in the area

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3 d. ago Trump is weighing selling off government’s $1.6 trillion student loan debt. Here’s what it means for borrowers

Borrowers could be thrown into ‘even more chaos’ under this plan, a student loan policy expert warns

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1 week ago Judge takes down Trump in brutal ruling on free speech and reveals threat sent to him by MAGA fan

Reagan-appointed judge rebukes top officials for targeting pro-Palestinian activism on college campuses

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2 w. ago Megyn Kelly yells: ‘That’s a blatant lie!’ at student who suggests Trump’s rhetoric contributes to political violence

The student argued that Trump’s comments about hating his enemies were just one example of him heightening political tensions

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2 w. ago Judith Butler is being targeted by the US government. We must stand up | Joel Swanson

What is happening to Judith Butler – a Jewish intellectual – in the name of fighting ‘antisemitism’ is outrageousAmid all the other breaking news consuming the United States this month, the University of California, Berkeley, arguably the nation’s most elite public university, gave the Trump administration a list of 160 names of faculty, staff and students, as part of an investigation into “alleged antisemitic incidents”.While all the names on this list are significant, one name in particular that UC Berkeley handed over to the Trump administration stands out: Judith Butler, the eminent queer theorist, literary theorist and philosopher, and one of the most famous public intellectuals in the United States today.Joel Swanson is professor of Jewish studies at Sarah Lawrence College Continue reading...

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3 w. ago They managed to get accepted to US universities. But they’re still stuck in Gaza

Gaza students hoped to resume US studies after war, but Trump’s visa ban crushed their plansWithin days of 7 October 2023, much of Maryam’s world had been wiped out: her home in Gaza City, her children’s schools, and the Islamic University of Gaza, where she was a graduate student in physics, were all destroyed by airstrikes. In early December, Maryam’s mentor – Sufian Tayeh, a prominent Palestinian scientist and president of the Islamic University of Gaza – was killed along with his family in an Israeli strike.The professor has been a “father figure” to her, Maryam told the Guardian. When she learned of his death, she remembers closing the physics notebooks she had grabbed as she fled her home and thinking her studies would be over. “My entire world had collapsed,” she said. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago University of California students, professors and staff sue the Trump administration

University of California faculty, staff and student organizations and labor unions have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, saying the federal government is using civil rights laws to wage a campaign against the university to curtail academic freedom and undermine free speech

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3 w. ago ‘Hundreds of students’ could walk out in protest at Trump state visit

Adam Gillman, a national organiser at Socialist Students, said 30 local protests are planned on Wednesday.

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3 w. ago International students’ college dreams shattered by Trump’s travel ban

Thousands of students who planned to attend US universities this fall are among those impacted by President Donald Trump's travel ban on 19 countries

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3 w. ago Trump's travel ban keeps international students from coming to the US for college

Thousands of students who planned to attend U.S. universities this fall are among those impacted by President Donald Trump's travel ban on 19 countries

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4 w. ago UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move

Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’ The University of California, Berkeley has given the Trump administration the names of 160 faculty members and students as part of an investigation into “alleged antisemitic incidents”, a move a targeted scholar likened to a “practice from the McCarthy era”.UC Berkeley, a top-ranked public institution, sent a letter to affected members of campus last week disclosing that university lawyers had included their names in reports to the Department of Education’s office for civil rights (OCR). The education department has been targeting colleges across the country as part of Donald Trump’s aggressive crackdown on pro-Palestinian activism, international students and academic freedom. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Trump's speech on Charlie Kirk slammed as AI sleuths spot 'disappearing finger'

Charlie Kirk, 31, who founded the influential and Trump-backing right wing student movement Turning Point, was brutally shot dead as he spoke in front of 3,000 students

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last month Teachers sue over Trump's immigration crackdown, saying students are staying home

Labor unions representing educators and school employees are suing President Donald Trump's administration over its immigration crackdown

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