Columbia University Students Are Preparing To Launch A Tuition Strike By Indigo Olivier, In These Times. December 10, 2020 Columbia University Students Are Preparing To Launch A Tuition Strike2020-12-102020-12-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/columbia.png200px200px Above photo: People are seen on the campus of Columbia University during the coronavirus pandemic on April 14, 2020, in New York City. Rob Kim. With an $11 billion endowment, Columbia University has been fleecing students during […]
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Lecturers Show Solidarity With Students Following ‘Racial Profiling’ By Damon Wilkinson, Manchester Evening News. November 18, 2020 Lecturers Show Solidarity With Students Following ‘Racial Profiling’2020-11-182020-11-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/umanch-e1605711342914.jpg200px200px Above photo: Staff read out a statement in solidarity with protesting students. Vincent Cole Manchester Evening News. Staff told students ‘We are with you. We are here for you.’ University of Manchester, UK – Teaching staff held a show of solidarity […]
How Our Biggest ISPs Are Failing Students During COVID-19 By Brandon Forester, Tech Dirt. November 17, 2020 How Our Biggest ISPs Are Failing Students During COVID-192020-11-172020-11-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/somos-e1605644354139.jpg200px200px Above photo: Baltimore Teachers Union, Prince George’s County Educators’ Association, teachers and students hold a car and bike caravan rally from Camden Yards to Comcast’s city headquarter on McHenry Row. Kenneth K. Lam. Early in the pandemic, one of our MediaJustice […]
Students Push To Remove Police By Claudio Rivera, Stephanie Knezz and Shawn Smith, Truthout. November 9, 2020 Students Push To Remove Police2020-11-092020-11-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/nu.png200px200px Above photo: Police investigate a report of shots fired near Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, on Thursday, March 14, 2018. Armando L. Sanchez/ Chicago Tribune. Student movements have always raised our current conception of justice and equity. From the civil rights movement and Vietnam War protests, […]
Idaho’s Brigham Young University has urged students to refrain from purposely infecting themselves with the coronavirus in hopes of cashing in on payments for plasma donations, threatening expulsion for those caught doing so. “BYU-Idaho is deeply troubled by accounts of individuals who have intentionally exposed themselves for others to Covid-19, with the hope of getting the disease and being paid for plasma that contains COVID-19 antibodies,” […]
Students Create Free Tutoring Services To Help During The Pandemic October 13, 2020 Students Create Free Tutoring Services To Help During The Pandemic2020-10-132020-10-13https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/tutor-e1602619153812.jpg200px200px Above photo: A group that includes Annette Yuan, a junior at Irvine High, has expanded beyond Southern California and now tutors students from Seattle to Toronto. StudySmart Youth Services. Alex Yan and Arvin Ding, seniors at Irvine’s Portola High School, have held free weekly […]
Dozens of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are exploring the next phase of decentralized technologies in a bid to put Black students at the forefront of new blockchain protocols. “These schools see it as a way to participate in Web 3.0,” said Tonya Evans, chairperson of the MakerDAO Foundation and visiting professor at Penn State’s Dickinson Law School. “We were not participating in the dot-com […]
A social-media video showing students dancing back-to-back with their partners spurred an avalanche of stunned responses on Twitter amid public weariness over absurd social-distancing rules in the era of Covid-19. The video showed formally dressed students locking arms with their partners from behind as they danced with their backs facing each other in waltz-like steps. While it is unclear where and when the clip was recorded, some […]
Late last month, Arizona State University placed dozens of students and four Greek chapters on interim suspension, pending an investigation of their alleged violations of COVID-19 safety protocols. The photos displayed in a local news broadcast that night—dozens of students packed together, maskless, on a boat; sorority sisters packing together for rush week—were shocking. But even more surprising was the revelation that they hadn’t been unearthed […]
Before actor, model and activist Nyle DiMarco created his new Netflix docusoap, Deaf U, he competed on both America’s Next Top Model and Dancing with the Stars. But even though he won both shows, the experience was not entirely positive for DiMarco; in both projects, he notes, “I was just ‘The Deaf Guy.’” “No one really took the time to really get to know me and […]
The Way Forward For NYU Graduate Students By International Youth and Students for Social Equality at New York University, WSWS.org. October 7, 2020 The Way Forward For NYU Graduate Students2020-10-072020-10-07https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/nyu-e1602081086982.png200px200px Above photo: New York University campus in Manhattan. Break with the unions and turn to the working class! Since July, the Graduate Student Organizing Committee (GSOC), which is affiliated with the United Auto Workers (UAW) union […]
Out of all the universities with blockchain education programs, two stand out by offering students paid opportunities to learn by working. At MIT and Berkeley, students can take accessible and well-paid jobs at blockchain startups, often for part-time arrangements like 12 hours a week. This post is part of CoinDesk’s 2020 university package. See our exclusive ranking of blockchain universities here. MIT Bitcoin Club President Nate […]
Of the colleges and universities that have chosen to hold classes in person this fall, most are not conducting widespread testing of their students for the coronavirus, an NPR analysis has found. With only weeks remaining before many of those schools plan to send students home for the end of the semester, the findings raise concerns that communities around the U.S. could be exposed to new […]
The brutal gang rape and murder of a 19-year-old woman in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh state has triggered a nationwide uproar. The opposition has been demanding the resignation of the state chief over the scandal. Students from India’s top management institute have written to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the Hathras gang-rape, urging him to ensure that the victim’s family is not “intimidated, but […]
As young people from different corners of the United Kingdom, as well as from abroad, descended on university towns across the country, clusters of the coronavirus disease were identified in student halls of residence, sending them into lockdown. At Manchester Metropolitan University, as many as 1,500 students were told on Friday that they would be required to self-isolate in their halls of residence for two weeks […]
Is the prospect of a presidential debate too triggering? Well, the Ohio University hosting the showdown between Donald Trump and Joe Biden has offered “presidential debate support spaces” for students traumatized by the face-off. President Donald Trump and former vice president Joe Biden face off against each other on Tuesday night, in the first of three debates before November’s election. The political slugfest takes place at […]
From shiny red pencils reading “My Attendance Rocks!” to countless plaques and ribbons and trophies and certificates and gold stars: For as long as anyone can remember, taking attendance — and rewarding kids for simply showing up — is a time-honored school ritual. For good reason: Just being there, day in, day out, happens to be one of the most important factors that determines a child’s […]
Often during a recession, enrollment in community colleges goes up. The first numbers for this fall show a decline — down nearly 8% compared with last year. Source link
The UC Berkeley campus sits empty on July 22.The University of California admitted at least 64 students over more qualified applicants due to the students’ connections to university staff or donors, according to a California state audit released Tuesday. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The UC Berkeley campus sits empty on July 22.The University of California admitted at least 64 students […]
Student teams from around the country have partnered with NASA to test prototype tools for upcoming Artemis missions. This week, students remotely directed divers at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab to test their designs, which addressed a variety of NASA’s needs through the Micro-g NExT program. This year’s testing was impacted significantly by the COVID-19 pandemic, delaying the test week from June to September. The student teams […]
At Northeastern University, 11 students were caught hanging out together in one room, in violation of bans on having guests in campus housing, and participating in crowded gatherings. They were all kicked off campus and out of their program for the semester. Tovia Smith/NPR hide caption toggle caption Tovia Smith/NPR At Northeastern University, 11 students were caught hanging out together in one room, in violation of […]
Meet Students Organizing The First Campus-Wide Undergraduate Union By Indigo Olivier, In These Times. September 16, 2020 Meet Students Organizing The First Campus-Wide Undergraduate Union2020-09-162020-09-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/undergrad_workers_union-e1600276568923.jpg200px200px Above photo: Kenyon Student Worker Organizing Committee/Facebook. Inside the groundbreaking student organizing drive at Kenyon College. On August 31, students at Kenyon College, a private liberal arts college in Gambier, Ohio, announced their intent to unionize with the United Electrical, Radio and Machine […]
As Missouri University reportedly approaches 1, 185 positive cases of the coronavirus, Chancellor and President Mun Choi has blocked students from viewing his Twitter account after they voiced concerns about the school’s handling of the outbreak. It ultimately took a lawsuit threat from one student for Choi to unblock them. The public university, which is conducting half of its fall classes online and the other half […]
Chinese students whose visas were revoked by the US were persecuted for political reasons, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has said, adding that Beijing reserves the right to respond to the move. The visa move by Washington amounts to “outright political persecution and racial discrimination” of Chinese students and a violation of their human rights, the ministry’s spokesman, Zhao Lijian, said. The revocation of visas and other […]
Washington has banned certain Chinese graduate students and researchers from entering the US to supposedly protect “sensitive” research from being “appropriated” by Beijing, as relations between the two nations continue to sour. Adding to mounting tensions, the US has once again accused China of attempts to get its hands on America’s state-of-the-art technologies and innovations, including coronavirus research, as it continued its crackdown on students and […]
A prominent British university is fire-fighting toxic allegations of misogyny, assault, and snobbery Wednesday after a group of male students in a “lads chat” on WhatsApp joked about an alleged competition among “posh lads competing on fucking the poorest girl.” The group at tony Durham University also joked about the “most cost effective way” of getting women drunk to take advantage of them sexually, and are […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/06/1080378999_0:0:3072:1729_1200x675_80_0_0_2452f22d149b1fd9c7230fcf7e3fc4a7.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009061080379029-11-students-of-bostons-northeastern-university-dismissed-for-violating-coronavirus-requirements/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Eleven freshmen have been dismissed from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, for a semester for violating COVID-19 requirements for students, according to the university. “Cooperation and compliance with public health guidelines are absolutely essential. Those people who do not follow the guidelines – including wearing masks, avoiding parties and other gatherings, practicing healthy distancing, washing your […]
Across the country, as college students return to campus with masks and hand sanitizer, fraternities and sororities are doing what they’ve always done: drinking and partying. At the University of Washington this summer, 137 students living in frat houses tested positive for the coronavirus after hosting raucous parties that violated their own internal guidelines. At the University of Alabama, students completed an entirely virtual rush process […]
The Indian government has faced a lot of criticism for allowing several undergraduate exams for medical and engineering students. But quashing a plea challenging the government’s decision, the Supreme Court of India had held that “life must go on”. Examination centres across India started Joint Entrance Examination (JEE)-Main for undergraduate engineering aspirants on Tuesday, despite opposition from students and political parties. The centres featured staggered seating, […]
Graduate Workers: ‘Reopening Endangers Students, Highlights Racial Inequalities’ By Northwestern University Graduate Workers, Daily Northwestern. August 28, 2020 Graduate Workers: ‘Reopening Endangers Students, Highlights Racial Inequalities’2020-08-282020-08-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/nwu-e1598636962223.jpg200px200px Above photo:Graduate students lead a march for equal rights on campus in the spring of 2019. Colin Boyle. It is less than a month before Fall Quarter begins, and despite daily warnings against doing so, Northwestern insists on proceeding with […]
Search terms such as “what is crippling anxiety” increased by 800 per cent via Google amid the exam results fiasco in the UK, according to research conducted by a health management firm. If left unchecked, anxiety and stress can have a serious impact on the mental and physical health of students, a long-time health access advocate tells Sputnik. Google search witnessed an explosion in terms centred […]
The University of Alabama made headlines this week with the shocking announcement that more than 500 students, faculty and staff had tested positive for the coronavirus in the first five days of classes. But professors at the university say they were just as disturbed by emails from the administration telling them not to speak up about outbreaks. In an email to the politics department, professors were […]
The email from the principal had a lighthearted, friendly tone, but the news she delivered was alarming: Three more students at Creekview High School in Canton, Georgia, had tested positive for the coronavirus—the fourth such letter sent to parents that week. That out of the way, she then moved on to what she called a “distraction,” noting that the high school volleyball team would be playing […]
Documentary Chronicles Students’ Fight For Black Rights During ‘Freedom Summer’ : NPR Documentary Chronicles Students’ Fight For Black Rights During ‘Freedom Summer’ Freedom Summer, now streaming on PBS, focuses on the 1964 movement to get Black people to vote in Mississippi. Director Stanley Nelson and organizer Charles Cobb discussed the film in 2014. Source link
Kendra Mendoza’s son, Joshua, has cerebral palsy. She says he loves school, but got little of the therapy he needed this spring. Scott Alario for NPR hide caption toggle caption Scott Alario for NPR Kendra Mendoza’s son, Joshua, has cerebral palsy. She says he loves school, but got little of the therapy he needed this spring. Scott Alario for NPR For Sarah McLaren, who lives in […]
At least 41 schools in Berlin say that hundreds of their students and teachers are in quarantine, less than two weeks after schools reopened their doors in the German capital. Elementary schools, high schools and trade schools are all affected, the daily Berliner Zeitung wrote on Friday, and city education authorities confirmed these figures to AP. The reopening of schools and the possible risks of virus […]
Students move into dorms on Monday at the University of Georgia in Athens. Elissa Nadworny/NPR hide caption toggle caption Elissa Nadworny/NPR Students move into dorms on Monday at the University of Georgia in Athens. Elissa Nadworny/NPR The excitement in the air at the University of Georgia is palpable, with move-in days for the fall semester finally here. There are packed cars, overstuffed suitcases, a white shag […]
Jerry Falwell, Jr. poses with President Trump during Liberty’s commencement on May 13, 2017 in Lynchburg, Va. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images Jerry Falwell, Jr. poses with President Trump during Liberty’s commencement on May 13, 2017 in Lynchburg, Va. Alex Wong/Getty Images Students at Liberty University are returning to school in Lynchburg, Va. in the coming days in the midst of […]
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, neither A-level nor GCSE students in the UK were able to sit public exams this year, with the exams regulator for England suggesting that teachers grade pupils based on homework assignments, mock exams and recorded pieces of the student’s performance, with assessments subjected to external standardisation processes. Thousands of students have been left without places at their chosen universities after the […]
Patricia Lopez, right, with her daughter, Yamely Alfaro Lopez, 11, and son, Kevin Alfaro Lopez, 3, in Everett, Wash. Jovelle Tamayo for NPR hide caption toggle caption Jovelle Tamayo for NPR Patricia Lopez, right, with her daughter, Yamely Alfaro Lopez, 11, and son, Kevin Alfaro Lopez, 3, in Everett, Wash. Jovelle Tamayo for NPR When the pandemic hit the state of Washington, it took Patricia Lopez’s […]
Grad Students And Faculty ‘Die In’ To Protest Reopening August 8, 2020 Grad Students And Faculty ‘Die In’ To Protest Reopening2020-08-082020-08-08https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/georgia-e1596892948618.jpg200px200px Above photo: Getty images. The University of Georgia staff and graduate students held a silent “die-in” demonstration Friday to protest plans for the campus reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly 50 demonstrators lay scattered 6 feet apart wearing face coverings on the lawn outside the […]
UK Students Fighting For Universities To Cut Ties With Israeli Apartheid By Michael Arria, Mondoweiss. July 31, 2020 UK Students Fighting For Universities To Cut Ties With Israeli Apartheid2020-07-312020-07-31https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/an-apartheid-off-campus-bus-stop-action-e1596161203151.png200px200px Above photo: An “Apartheid Off Campus” bus stop action. “We need to be working bottom-up, because we know that top-down will just not work anymore.” Apartheid Off Campus is a newly-formed student network fighting to sever the ties between […]
De’Andre Arnold appearing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in January following his suspension from high school because of a grooming policy forbidding long hair in boys. Arnold refused to cut his dreadlocks and was barred from attending his high school graduation ceremony and senior prom. Courtesy Ellen Digital Ventures hide caption toggle caption Courtesy Ellen Digital Ventures De’Andre Arnold appearing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in […]
There’s a lot Andy Tu was looking forward to as a freshman at Claremont McKenna College, a small private college in California. He imagined having intellectual debates on the quad and meeting “highly motivated, open-minded friends.” Coming from an environment that’s “intolerant of unconventional ideas,” he says he was looking forward to being able to express himself freely on campus. He’d even been daydreaming about learning […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/10/1079908109_0:0:3025:1703_1200x675_80_0_0_6e20c718fe0de83698a250979375a6ee.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007161079908164-trump-administration-reportedly-exempts-european-students-from-covid-19-travel-ban/ WASHINGTON, July 17 (Sputnik) – International students from Europe are exempt from US travel restrictions imposed due to concerns with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Wall Street Journal reported citing a memo the State Department sent Congress. The report said on Thursday that foreign students from Europe, including some family members of visa holders in the United […]
The Trump administration has dropped a proposed policy that would have seen thousands of international students deported if their schools were offering only online courses in the fall, following a massive lawsuit. US District Judge Allison Burroughs announced Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology had reached a settlement with the administration on Tuesday to cancel the new policy, which required non-resident international students to take […]
Pedestrians in Harvard Yard in 2019. Schools and businesses have gone to court to stop the Trump administration from barring online-only international students from entering or staying in the United States. Charles Krupa/AP hide caption toggle caption Charles Krupa/AP Pedestrians in Harvard Yard in 2019. Schools and businesses have gone to court to stop the Trump administration from barring online-only international students from entering or staying […]
Children around the world stopped going to class as schools shuttered their doors in an effort to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. A new study anticipates that nearly 10 million of them may never go back. The report, titled “Save Our Education” and published by London-based organization Save the Children Fund (SCF), states that by early April, more than 1.6 billion students, or 91% of all […]
The teachers union in New Jersey plans to traumatize children by demanding weekly COVID-19 tests and mandatory face masks. All students must be tested for COVID-19 in the weeks prior to returning to school. All students must take WEEKLY COVID-19 tests. Door-to-door mandatory face masks for all students. “Cloth masks must be worn ‘door to door’” the teachers union said in its demands. Students will be […]
A school in Russia’s second-largest city has turned to the police after a rainbow flag was hung from a school flagpole during exam period. The LGBT pride banner is highly controversial in modern-day Russia. The leadership of St. Petersburg school number 511 contacted law enforcement on July 9 after two students raised the flag outside the building. According to the online publication Paper, two girls hung […]
California has joined several Ivy League schools in challenging immigration rules that would send foreign students back if they can’t attend classes in person, claiming such a requirement would only spread Covid-19. Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced on Thursday that the state will file a legal challenge against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), over their recent clarification of […]
Lamenting declining minority enrollment, California State University’s faculty union has called for tuition-free education for nonwhite students, nixing a ban on affirmative action, and… segregating students and faculty by color? The California Faculty Association has published a list of demands aimed at “redress for systemic anti-Black racism in the CSU,” insisting that black faculty, students and staff are “criminalized both on CSU campuses and in our […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202007071079815642-bus-carrying-students-crashes-into-reservoir-in-southwest-china—video/ According to the Global Times, the bus hit a guardrail in Anshun, in Southwest China’s Guizhou Province at around noon. There are no immediate details about the number of casualties in the incident. A bus carrying students has crashed into a local reservoir in China’s Guizhou Province, the Global Times reported on Tuesday. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source link
US immigration authorities have warned foreign students at colleges offering online-only courses that they must transfer to schools with in-person classes or face deportation. The rule has students and many professors up in arms. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has ended the temporary exceptions it granted foreign students during the spring semester, leaving some students whose schools have gone online-only for fall facing removal from the […]
Natalia Marques was supposed to be touring apartments with her friend this week, in preparation for her final year at Sonoma State University. Instead—thanks to a new order from Immigration and Customs Enforcement—the 25-year-old economics major spent most of Monday contemplating how to pack up four years of her life and move back to Brazil in the middle of a global pandemic. “I am so close […]
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, headquartered in Washington, D.C., announced a new set of rules for nonimmigrant students in light of the coronavirus pandemic. International students cannot enter or stay in the U.S. if their college offers courses only online in the fall semester. Eva Hambach/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Eva Hambach/AFP via Getty Images U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, headquartered in Washington, […]
The University of Tennessee has become the first one to require students and faculty to receive vaccines for the flu and Covid-19 that is yet to be developed sparking “push back” from critics. The mandate was pushed through as an emergency rule by the university’s Board of Trustees, with the promise that it will soon become a permanent requirement. “There may be some push-back, but we […]
If you’re wondering where all these radical leftists in America came from, look no further than the nearest college campus. Academia has been spoon feeding a steady diet of leftism to American students for generations. Now they are beginning to see the fruits of their labor. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, students are now demanding the removal of a campus statue of Abraham Lincoln. TRENDING: Black […]
Milo Greer from Brooklyn drew himself and his friend because he “misses him so much.” Courtesy of Melissa Greer hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of Melissa Greer Milo Greer from Brooklyn drew himself and his friend because he “misses him so much.” Courtesy of Melissa Greer Milo Greer’s postcard had us emoji-face crying, too. Courtesy of Melissa Greer hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of Melissa Greer […]
This didn’t work out so well.Apparently, the Ukrainians are not as “woke” as their colleagues in the West. A group of five African students held a Black Lives Matter protest in Tarnopil, Western Ukraine. Following the demonstration the Deputy Chair of the City Council asked for their names so he can deport them. Via Based Poland: TRENDING: UPDATE — FULL BODYCAM VIDEO Reveals Atlanta Police Being […]
A member of the school’s security staff in a Chinese city has gone on a stabbing spree, wounding dozens. One student and the principal are in critical condition. The attack took place at around 8:30am local time at the school in the city of Wuzhou in China’s southern Guanxi province. Around 40 students and staff members were hospitalized with injuries. One student, the principal, and a security […]
Atlanta Officers Charged After Students Pulled From Car June 2, 2020 Atlanta Officers Charged After Students Pulled From Car2020-06-022020-06-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/800-e1591144964736.jpeg200px200px Above photo: Attorney Mawuli Davis, left, speaks on behalf of Taniyah Pilgrim, center, and Messiah Young, right, during a press conference by the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office in Atlanta, Monday, June 2, 2020. Six Atlanta police officers have been charged after a dramatic video showed authorities pulling […]
VT: Paul Howard, the Fulton County District Attorney has ordered the arrest of 6 Atlanta police officers who assaulted two African American students, Taniya Pilgrim and Messiah Young, without cause. Charges against police are: Aggravated assault Aggravated battery Criminal damage to property Brandishing a firearm (with intent) Originally two rogue cops were fired and three more put on administrative restriction. However, all involved plus one more […]
US 23:08 GMT 02.06.2020(updated 23:36 GMT 02.06.2020) Get short URL Georgia’s Fulton County District Attorney’s Office has charged six current and former officers of the Atlanta Police Department (APD) with a litany of charges following their escalation of a traffic stop that has been denounced by the city and the police chief. Fulton County District Attorney Paul L. Howard Jr. held a news conference on Tuesday, […]
The people behind Advanced Placement (AP) tests would like to make one thing very clear: they are not secretly posing as a teenage Redditor named “Dinosauce313” in a plot to catch kids cheating on their exams. The high-pressure tests, which help decide who gets into America’s elite colleges, are not being used for entrapment-style stings. But as the APs—like every other aspect of schooling—move online amid […]
Staying home and sheltering in place can be stressful for everyone. But for some college students who identify as LGBTQ, returning to family environments can be very difficult and even psychologically damaging, psychologists say. “A lot of young people when they make it to college are able, for the first time, really, to live their truth,” says psychologist Megan Mooney who works with children, teens and […]
Secretary of Education Betsy Devos, seen on March 27, has released new rules for sexual assault complaints on college campuses. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Secretary of Education Betsy Devos, seen on March 27, has released new rules for sexual assault complaints on college campuses. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images New federal regulations on how schools – […]