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Wednesday, 7 June 2017 - 10:59pm
Emile Nakhleh
On the morning of June 5, Saudi Arabia and four of its regional friends decided to sever diplomatic, economic, and transportation ties with Qatar and its ruler Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. Such a feud within the Gulf Cooperation Council—which comprises Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Oman—is not new, especially between Qatar and its most immediate neighbors, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.
Wednesday, 7 June 2017 - 10:28pm
Jake Johnson, staff writer
In an event that could significantly escalate security concerns and sectarian tensions in a region beset with civil war and spreading terrorist violence, several gunmen and a suicide bomber carried out two separate attacks in Iran on Wednesday, killing at least 12 and injuring dozens more.
Wednesday, 7 June 2017 - 9:01pm
We run through the headlines and key implications of this year's influential HEPI/HEA student experience survey.
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Wednesday, 7 June 2017 - 11:51am
Common Dreams staff
A day after her arrest was announced publicly by the U.S. Justice Department, Reality Winner, the 25-year-old alleged source of a leaked National Security Agency document detailing Russian hacking efforts, has found a vocal ally in the world's best known whistleblower of the contemporary era: Edward Snowden.
Wednesday, 7 June 2017 - 9:03am
The current government’s argument that student loans widen participation is misleading, argues Claire Callender, whose new research finds that debt aversion is stopping the poorest from applying to university.
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Wednesday, 7 June 2017 - 9:02am
Students' unions are higher education's "sector within a sector". Having spent most of her career working in the student movement, Kate Little reflects on her recent wonk-move to a university.
The post From students’ unions to universities – reflections of a defector appeared first on Wonkhe.
Wednesday, 7 June 2017 - 9:01am
There is more than one path to teaching excellence, and collaboration between universities can drive improvement across the sector. Sam Grogan introduces the new Teaching Excellence Alliance.
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Wednesday, 7 June 2017 - 7:05am
Wednesday, 7 June 2017 - 6:45am
Common Dreams staff
In order to confront what they consider a frontal attack on the Internet by the Republican Party and the powerful telecommunications industry, defenders of net neutrality joined with some of the web's most influential companies on Tuesday in announcing a new campaign and global day of action designed to defend rules enshrined by the Federal Communications Commission just two years ago.
Wednesday, 7 June 2017 - 6:02am
HDS Greenway
Watching Donald Trump on TV whipping up his base of supporters at a rally in Harrisburg, Pa., I had a sudden feeling I had seen this all before. I remembered a speech I had seen on YouTube. It was a speech Mussolini had given in Milan in 1932. I watched it again, and it was all there. The chin thrust, the pouts, the hand gestures, the adoring base cheering every word.
Wednesday, 7 June 2017 - 5:19am
Internet activists and major websites have announced an “Internet-Wide Day of Action to Save Net Neutrality” scheduled for July 12th to oppose the FCC’s plan to slash Title II, the legal framework for net neutrality rules that protect online free speech and innovation.
Wednesday, 7 June 2017 - 4:58am
William Astore
Jump into your time machine and let me transport you back to another age.
Wednesday, 7 June 2017 - 4:48am
The American Civil Liberties Union and more than 30 organizations will hold a “Don’t Cap Our Care!” rally on Capitol Hill today in opposition to the effort to undermine Medicaid in the American Health Care Act (AHCA).
Wednesday, 7 June 2017 - 4:46am
Wednesday, 7 June 2017 - 4:36am
Jon Queally, staff writer
As the United Nations this week warned the world's ocean are "under threat as never before" from global warming and other human activity, Bolivian President Evo Morales took direct aim at President Donald Trump by saying his decision to withdraw from Paris climate agreement proves the United States is now the "main threat to mother Earth and life itself."
Wednesday, 7 June 2017 - 4:23am
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Court documents show that all defendants, including the 14 sentenced to death, were held in pretrial detention for more than two years before their trial began."
Wednesday, 7 June 2017 - 2:47am
Jon Queally, staff writer
After giving the world a series of symbolic insulting gestures since taking office in January, the administration of President Donald Trump is now facing literal middle fingers as people around the world appear increasingly willing to show the U.S. leadership how they really feel about their agenda.
Wednesday, 7 June 2017 - 2:28am
Jake Johnson, staff writer
Wednesday, 7 June 2017 - 12:03am
LeeAnn Hall
The GOP health bill won’t just roll back Obamacare – it will end Medicaid as we know it.
For thirty years, I’ve helped people fight for health care. In one of my proudest moments, I worked with people in small towns across Idaho to expand Medicaid for children. So I’ve seen what people can accomplish when we demand that elected representatives do the right thing.
Together, we can save lives.
Tuesday, 6 June 2017 - 11:50pm
Eugene Robinson
The statements President Trump issued on Twitter in recent days lead to a chilling conclusion: The man is out of control.
I know that is a radical thing to say about the elected leader of the United States, the most powerful individual in the world. And I know his unorthodox use of social media is thought by some, including the president himself, to be brilliant. But I don’t see political genius in the invective coming from Trump these days. I see an angry man lashing out at enemies real and imagined — a man dangerously overwhelmed.
Tuesday, 6 June 2017 - 11:50pm
Jake Johnson, staff writer
Tuesday, 6 June 2017 - 11:44pm
Elizabeth Sawin
Less than a week after President Trump announced the United States’ withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, cities and states across the US have adopted the goals of the agreement as their own. Supporting those cities and states (and the grassroots coalitions that hold them accountable) provides a significant opportunity for progress on climate change and for making gains on health, equity, and economic vitality.
Tuesday, 6 June 2017 - 11:38pm
Diane Ravitch
Donald Trump and Betsy DeVos’s proposed budget for the US Department of Education is a boon for privatization and a disaster for public schools and low-income college students. They want to cut federal spending on education by 13.6 percent. Some programs would be eliminated completely; others would face deep reductions. They want to cut $10.6 billion from existing programs and divert $1.4 billion to charter schools and to vouchers for private and religious schools.
Tuesday, 6 June 2017 - 11:32pm
Katrina vanden Heuvel
“It’s an unbelievably complex subject,” President Trump said in February, discussing the Republican plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Tuesday, 6 June 2017 - 11:24pm
William E. Connolly
Dear Donald Trump:
I write this short note to you shortly after you have moved to cancel participation of the United States in the Paris Climate Accord. I know that many believe you are a stumbling, bumbling narcissist who does not think deeply about anything but himself and the mood of the base he is so eager to maintain. But I see things just a bit differently.
Tuesday, 6 June 2017 - 11:17pm
John de Graaf
When Hillary Clinton gave the commencement speech at her alma mater Wellesley College on May 26, her message of “Onward Together” reflected that of another Wellesley icon, Katharine Lee Bates, the woman who wrote the words to America the Beautiful. I believe that the story of Bates and her song can inspire, inform and unite us in these harsh and polarizing times.