What civil rights enforcement cuts mean for students with disabilities – fewer staff, closed offices, longer waits

By David Edward DeMatthews, Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy, The University of Texas at AustinSeptember 25, 2026

Filing a civil rights complaint with the Office of Civil Rights can be parents’ last stop. Following cuts and restructuring, this federal office is no longer serving that same resource.

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Episode 192: Maya Kornberg on How Money, Media, and Violence Prevent Change in Congress

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The Conversation

The ICJ prepares a landmark ruling on the Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar

The International Court of Justice is expected to deliver its ruling in the genocide case against Myanmar next month.

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The Conversation

From ‘Fear Factor’ to Beast Games: Why watching people suffer for money still makes compelling TV

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Tiara Sukhan, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Information & Media Studies, Western UniversitySep 27, 2026

ProPublica

Across the Country, Youth Prisons Are Closing. This State Is Building More.

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Aliyya SwabySep 25, 2026

ProPublica

The Federal Agency That’s Supposed to Protect Consumers Just Made Another Business-Friendly Move

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Joel JacobsSep 23, 2026

Public Books

The Last Graduate Students?

“I began writing this as a record of what it felt like to be a student then, as collective attachments to values—long recognized as fraying, with the knell of the next scapegoat, or horrifying spectacle—face the final chopping block: public good, responsibility to others, democracy itself.” The post The Last Graduate Students? appeared first on Public Books.

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