Youth and Students

‘1619 Project’: Progressive educators oppose reactionary legislation

By Andy Terhune Right-wing lawmakers in 15 states are passing legislation that will require public school teachers to teach a…

May 27, 2021

On the picket line

Nurses organize National Nurses United reported the nurses at Maine Medical Center successfully voted to unionize. The 2,000 nurses will…

May 13, 2021

Stop legal lynchings!
Remember George Stinney Jr.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled April 22 that juveniles — those under the age of 18 — are not exempt…

May 11, 2021

Seeking justice for Mikayla Miller, Black lesbian teen 

Hopkinton, Mass. May 6 — The death of 16-year-old Black lesbian Mikayla Miller under mysterious circumstances in mid-April has ignited…

May 10, 2021

New York union protests racist austerity

New York City A New York State budget that underfunds education was denounced as racist austerity by union members and…

May 7, 2021

Middle school students in Grants Pass, Oregon, protest anti-transgender school staff

Portland, Ore. In Grants Pass, Ore., a North Middle School assistant principal and a seventh-grade teacher started a petition calling…

April 23, 2021

Outrage over child detention center reopened over toxic dump

Plans to reopen a migrant detention facility on top of toxic military waste in Homestead, Fla., have sparked anger. Located…

March 19, 2021

The mysterious death of Kendrick Johnson

Atlanta A videotape shows 17-year-old Kendrick Johnson walking down a hallway and entering the gym in the Lowndes County High…

March 18, 2021

International campaign to free Palestinian students

Over 320 organizations have signed onto the international Palestinian Students Solidarity Campaign to free Palestinian Students. Hundreds of university and…

March 10, 2021

Tunisia’s Arab Spring 10 years old, people again in the streets

Ten years ago the Arab Spring — a vast mass movement that swept through the Arab world, shaking up all…

January 27, 2021