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Opinion: Today's protests are tamer than the campus unrest of the 1960s. So why the harsh response?
Los Angeles Times· 3 days agoCritics of the recent student protests have often erred by comparing them to the mass demonstrations...
What 1960s Antiwar Protesters Think About Today’s Unrest on College Campuses
The Wall Street Journal· 5 days agoProtesters on college campuses in the 1960s and ’70s are watching a familiar story play out. Back...
'Maximize chaos.' UC academic workers authorize strike, alleging rights violated during protests
Los Angeles Times· 2 days agoThe potential walkouts, which are still being planned, were approved by 79% of the 19,780 members of...
Students Killed In 1970 Jackson State Shooting Remembered
Mississippi Free Press· 1 hour agoJust before midnight on May 14, 1970, Jackson State University student Gailya Porter and a friend...
Do the pro-Palestinian protests signal a generational shift in U.S. attitudes about Israel?
The Columbian· 6 days agoThe relationship between the United States and Israel has been a tight embrace almost ever since the...
After 12 day-encampment, UW-Madison protesters reached deal. Why? And what's next?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 4 days agoStudents 60 years ago had more self-interest in protesting, with friends...South Africa in some way....
California university will heed student call to boycott Israel institutions
Al Jazeera· 2 days agoThe decision, announced on Tuesday, comes after a recent wave of campus protests spread across the...
Revisiting the protest movements at the University of Texas
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 day agoProtests have been a century-long tradition at UT-Austin, and The Daily Texan, the student...
College Graduations Avoid Major Disruption as Tensions Abate
The Wall Street Journal· 1 day agoCommencement ceremonies have largely gone off without a hitch. What’s less clear is how protests and...
Echoes of Kent State ring true today
The Day· 5 days agoFour persons were killed and eleven wounded when National Guardsmen opened fire. On April 30, 1970, President Richard Nixon announced the invasion of...