September 2025

Censorship at Harvard

Scholars slam canceling of Harvard journal issue on Palestine By Jessica Corbett As Israel continues its U.S.-backed annihilation of the Gaza Strip and Harvard University weighs a deal with the Trump administration, the Ivy League…


A Scholarship for Student Activists

Founded in 1961 by Horace B. (“Hockey”) Davis as a memorial to his wife, Marian, a teacher and political activist who had died of breast cancer the previous year, the Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund has awarded…


Armed Responses Meet Student Protests in Uganda

By Nakisanze Segawa KAMPALA, UGANDA — In April, dozens of students gathered at the Kyambogo University’s student center. The then-student council president, Akiso Benjamin, called the meeting to address growing frustrations with the university’s ad­ministration…


What We Could Learn from Serbia

Commentary by Roo Luo, MAIPD ’25 People swarmed from every direction. They flooded the streets of the Serbian capital, Bel­grade, flags on their shoulders, emblems raised high toward windowsills and beyond. Their rhythmic chants of…


‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Must Close

But the fight isn’t over By Miacel Spotted Elk The Miccosukee Tribe makes its home in the Florida Ever­glades, where a tribal village sits only a few miles from the federal immigration detention center called…


USC Hotline Helps Move Hearings Online

By Sophie Sullivan A group of volunteers based out of a USC Dornsife program established a free hotline to help those with in-person immigration hearings file motions to move their appointments online. The service is…


The Real Reason the West Is Warmongering

Against China By Jason Hickel and Dylan Sullivan Over the past two decades, the posture of the United States towards China has evolved from economic cooperation to outright antagonism. US media outlets and politicians have…


Guilty by Affiliation

Commentary by Mohammed El-Kurd The Israeli murder of heroic Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif was bookended by accusations that he was part of Hamas. For many of our allies, the instinct is to prove his innocence…


A Revolutionary Shift Is Underway

Francesca Albanese addresses the Hague Group Conference in Bogatá Excellencies, Friends, I express my appreciation to the government of Colombia and South Africa for convening this group, and to all members of the Hague Group,…