In a struggle that is eerily similar to the battle for the Mexican American Studies a decade ago, teachers, students, and community activists in California are fighting to defend the content and pedagogy of ethnic studies.

We’re excited to introduce the Mondoweiss Book Club. It’s a six-month, go at your own pace program, featuring works of fiction by Palestinian and Arab authors.

Trump’s Education Department lands another blow against free speech.

Palestinian schoolteacher Hanan Al Hroub was recently awarded the “Global Teacher award” for 2016, for teaching students traumatized by violence. Palestinian teachers are carrying on one of the most necessary tasks in any society, despite the everyday violence of the Israeli occupation, the relentless criticism from Zionists around the world who persist in their claims that that “Palestinians teach their children to hate,” and the extreme corruption from their employer, the Palestinian Authority. Under these circumstances, Hroub’s award becomes even more meaningful. It represents the sumoud of a people neglected by its leadership and abused by the world’s leaders. The award is an acknowledgement that, as Rafeef Ziadah put it so powerfully, even when engulfed in unfathomable violence, “We Teach Life, Sir!”