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How Underage Ragers Fought a Fake ID Bust—and Won
Rumors of FBI raids. A targeted takedown of one of the biggest ID scanner companies in the country. Inside a complex fight for the right to party.
‘It’s Scary’: Students Fear Going to College in Red States After Roe
“Location has never before been more important to me,” said Ashley Huynh, 17, a rising high school senior in Montgomery County, Maryland.
The Oral History of ‘PCU’, the Culture Wars Cult Classic
The 90s comedy skewered campus politics, featured John Favreau in dreadlocks, and got George Clinton to cover Prince. Obviously, we had questions.
Free Community College in the US Is Officially Dead
“Congress hasn’t passed the Build Back Better legislation yet. And free community college is no longer a part of that package,” first lady Dr. Jill Biden said Monday.
We Asked Actual Academics to Review Netflix’s ‘The Chair’
“It was hilarious and unnervingly true to my experience as an Asian American woman English professor. It's like they peeked in my brain.”
Thank Us Later for This List of Stuff That’ll Make College Life Way Better
From vacuum bags to the best lubed condoms, here's what you should bring to college that your folks—and the school’s packing list—won’t suggest.
Nikole Hannah-Jones Declining UNC’s Tenure Offer Is a Win for HBCUs
The ‘1619 Project’ journalist accepted a position at Howard University after a long-standing battle to be approved for tenure at UNC Chapel Hill.
Biden Promised Student Debt Relief. Where the Hell Is It?
Can’t he just issue an executive order telling the Department of Education to start shredding that debt?
I Get Paid to Do Homework for Students Around the World
“I was once asked by a student to log in and take his online exams.”
How to Get a Fake College Letter or Degree Off the Internet
If you’re looking for something nice to hang on the wall of your totally legit “accounting” office, here’s how it’s done.
Your College Is Probably Evil. Here’s How to Pressure It Into Doing Better
Schools are doing annoying, tragic, discriminatory stuff all the time. If you don’t like it, there are ways to get them to listen.
India’s COVID Crisis Means Its Gen Z is Missing Out on Its Best Years
The country with the largest youth population is now home to a Gen Z that is exhausted, unemployed and struggling to be hopeful about its future.