Education
Knowledge Collapse
AI companies are racing to mechanize mathematics. Where does that leave human understanding?
The Claims of Close Reading
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
The Right to Be Hostile
Crackdowns on pro-Palestinian protest force a reckoning with inflated definitions of harm and harassment.
Letter to Columbia President Minouche Shafik
You are keeping no one safe, except for your donors, trustees, and the university’s endowment.
The Real Scandal of Campus Protest
It’s not that there has been too much student protest. It’s that there has not been much, much more of it.
Can Divestment Campaigns Still Work?
Decades after apartheid South Africa, student activists face a new obstacle: the financialization of university endowments.
The Silencing of Fred Dube
Forty years ago, the exiled South African activist dared to teach Zionism critically. A furious backlash ensued.
The Future of Speech on Campus
Private universities should respond to the charge of hypocrisy with a maximalist approach to free speech.
There Can Be No Critique
Not only does censorship allow the slaughter of Palestinians to continue; it also serves as the mirror and justification for state violence.
An Open Letter from Faculty at West Virginia University
The crisis here spells disaster for the future of public education.
The Long Reach of Campus Politics
The university plays a central role in broader struggles over economic and political power.
The Neoliberal Superego of Education Policy
Institutional reform is no match for pervasive structural inequality.
Flowers for Farah
In her scholarship, mentoring, and activism, Farah Jasmine Griffin brings a praxis of radical love to an unequal academy.
Public Trust Is a Political Problem—Not Just an Epistemic One
It won’t be solved through fact checking.
The Inflated Promise of Science Education
Building public trust requires far more than the conveyance of facts and instruction in scientific thinking.
Father Knows Best
“Don’t Say Gay” laws can be traced to the Reagan-era crusade to put “parents’ rights” before the interests of children.
Who Gets to Be American?
During the Cold War, El Paso public schools taught the children of former Nazis how to be white Americans.
Are Harvard’s Admissions Practices Racist?
–and other questions, as the controversial case is set to go before the Supreme Court.
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