Blue Homeland

Students and activists gathered outside the U.S. Department of Education headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Friday for a “study-in” protest against President Donald Trump’s plan to dismantle the federal agency—an agenda long championed by right-wing groups, including those behind the controversial Project 2025. Protesters arranged school desks on the sidewalk, displaying signs that read “Trump,…

The Trump administration has found a powerful tool to suppress campus protests—financial leverage. By threatening the cash flow of private institutions, the administration can pressure colleges into cracking down on student activism, legally banning protests and expelling demonstrators. At Columbia University, this strategy came with a staggering price tag: $400 million in rescinded federal funding….

The North Carolina Court of Appeals convened on Friday to hear oral arguments in Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin’s legal challenge to the results of the state Supreme Court election, an effort that could potentially disenfranchise approximately 65,000 voters. Griffin, a sitting appeals court judge, lost the November election to incumbent Justice Allison Riggs (D) by…

  On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order mandating the Department of Education’s dismantling, signaling a dramatic escalation of his administration’s ongoing efforts to reduce the scope of the federal government. While the order does not officially dissolve the department, it instructs officials to close it “to the maximum extent appropriate and permitted…