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'Maximize chaos.' UC academic workers authorize strike, alleging rights violated during protests
Los Angeles Times· 1 day agoThe union representing 48,000 graduate student teaching assistants, researchers and other academic...
College Graduations Avoid Major Disruption as Tensions Abate
The Wall Street Journal· 21 hours agoCommencement ceremonies have largely gone off without a hitch. What’s less clear is how protests and...
It was once unthinkable. Now some universities tiptoe toward divestment from Israel - The Boston...
The Boston Globe· 4 days agoAfter a nationwide student protest movement with echoes of the antiwar movement of the 1960s, and...
"It exposes a contradiction": Can colleges rocked by campus protests recapture a spirit of activism?
Salon via Yahoo News· 3 days agoWe're certainly not there, despite what sensational public voices have been saying. Kent State took...
Do the pro-Palestinian protests signal a generational shift in US attitudes about Israel?
Stars and Stripes· 6 days agoThe relationship between the United States and Israel has been a tight embrace almost ever since the...
Opinion: Today's protests are tamer than the campus unrest of the 1960s. So why the harsh response?
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 3 days agoPolice helmets and zip ties are never going to convince students to moderate their rhetoric and...
Mayor Johnson at one year in office: Former activist grapples with being the boss
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 days agoMayor Brandon Johnson paused to soak in the scene as row after row of longtime union members and...
Abcarian: Antiwar protests helped change U.S. for the better
The Columbian· 7 days agoWhen did it become fashionable to diminish the accomplishments of Vietnam War-era protesters by accusing them of inflated self-regard and delusions about what their activism accomplished? In ...
Dartmouth’s Leader Called in Police Quickly. The Fallout Was Just as Swift.
New York Times· 4 days agoLocal law enforcement went in just a couple of hours after a protest encampment went up. As the...