Outcry after ICE violently detains US citizen walking to high school: ‘I thought they were going to kill me’

Agents pinned down Erik Zepeda, a 20-year-old with disabilities, and left him with a broken wrist in latest example of ICE brutality as activity surges in California…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/05/ice-california-detention-santa-maria

 

Palestinian teen bullied by teacher over Pledge protest wins legal settlement

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1Pkr8qSoBNc

 

College student deported when flying home for Thanksgiving, despite court order

A college freshman trying to fly from Boston to Texas to surprise her family for Thanksgiving was instead deported to Honduras in violation of a court order, according to her attorney...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/28/college-student-deported-boston-flight-thanksgiving

 

DeSantis Consequences CRASH Down As Student's Racist Paper Blows Up In Florida

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Kd8Mykv4Gk

 

High school student detained by ICE for days speaks out after release

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLb1WLw3VoE

 

Viral attack on Tim Walz features fake former student making false claim - The Washington Post

Hawaii man who attended a school where Walz taught — but says they never met — was dismayed to see person in video using his name to make a false allegation against the vice presidential candidate…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/10/21/tim-walz-matthew-metro-video/

US Supreme Court sidesteps fight over transgender student bathroom access | Reuters

In the Indiana case, A.C. is a transgender boy who was a seventh grade student in 2021 when his mother brought a lawsuit on his behalf against the school district and his school's principal. A.C. sought unspecified money damages and a court order to be allowed to use bathrooms for males. 

U.S. District Judge Tanya Pratt in 2022 ruled in favor of A.C., ordering the school to allow bathroom access corresponding with the student's gender identity. The 7th Circuit affirmed Pratt's ruling, prompting the school's appeal to the Supreme Court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority...

https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-court-snubs-fight-over-transgender-student-bathroom-access-2024-01-16/

10-Year-Old’s Stand on Racism Stuns Redmond, Oregon Council Meeting

After Evelyn thanked citizens for their support, other members of the community took to the dais. However, it was 10-year-old Gavin who shook the room into unprecedented applause. 

"Why should us Black people suffer from racism when there are other races doing murders and [robberies] when us Black people are showing respect and [are] kind, but we still get treated like crap," he said. "We should not have to get treated like this." 

Gavin, who is in the fourth grade, detailed his traumatizing racial experiences in school. He said he has repeatedly been called racial slurs and equated to a monkey, a racist caricature of Black people. 

"One girl said to me, 'I would hit you, but that's called animal abuse,'" Gavin claimed. "We should not get treated like this," he added. "We should get treated equally. This is not fair to us Black people." …

https://www.thedailybeast.com/10-year-olds-stand-on-racism-stuns-redmond-oregon-council-meeting

Cape Cod Town of Sandwich Fumes Over Black Student Ras Russell’s Fight With Alleged Racist Bully

"Sandwich continues to prioritize the learning needs of bullies over victims, and repeatedly refuses to see its own complicity in the ongoing harassment and bullying of minority identity children and families," Tompkins-Hughes wrote...

https://www.thedailybeast.com/cape-cod-town-of-sandwich-fumes-over-black-student-ras-russells-fight-with-alleged-racist-bully

Jewish student reprimanded for revealing class' Nazi salute | AP News

A Jewish high school student said he couldn't believe what was going on when a history teacher in a wealthy Alabama school system had classmates stand and give a stiff-armed Nazi salute during a lesson on the way symbols change…

https://apnews.com/article/alabama-birmingham-mountains-4bf6ac1e79705124e57eba6978127212

‘I’m hopeful’: Jerome Foster, the 18-year-old helping to craft US climate policy

"I thought 'I'm done convincing people. We're just going to work around you.' We don't have time to be slowed down by people that don't understand and don't acknowledge the science. It's far beyond that. You got 50 years to read the papers. You had 50 years to understand this crisis and you still are doing nothing. So we're done spoon feeding you. We're moving on, next step, next phase."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/13/jerome-foster-us-biden-climate-crisis

This California teen started a nonprofit to help kids learn about science. He just got accepted into Stanford - CNN

... "I want kids to know that science is all around us, it doesn't need to be in a super fancy lab, with millions of dollars of equipment," he said. "It can be with the battery that you find in your smoke detector, or in the leaves of the trees outside, or in a potato."...
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/25/us/cali-teen-science-stanford-trnd/index.html

Black graduate student target of racist rant while walking in New York

A Black graduate student said she was the target of a white woman's racist tirade that she silently recorded Saturday afternoon in New York City. She is asking the public's help in identifying the woman.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/black-graduate-student-target-racist-rant-while-walking-new-york-n1231759

U.S. Deports Iranian Student With Valid Visa, Despite Judge’s Ruling | HuffPost

The removal raises renewed concerns that Iranian students are being targeted amid increased U.S. tensions with Tehran. ...
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/iranian-student-deported-customs_n_5e27d823c5b6779e9c2a0553

DACA student hits back at Trump over tweet saying recipients are 'far from angels' | TheHill

A student who is a recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is pushing back against President Trump’s latest claim that young undocumented immigrants protected under the policy are “far from angels” and some are “hardened criminals.” ....
https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/470318-daca-student-hits-back-at-trump-over-tweet-saying-recipients-are-far-from-angels

University of Arizona Suspends Two White Men Accused of Beating Black Student in Racist Attack - The Daily Beast

The victim was near a residence hall when two students screamed at him, repeatedly called him the n-word, and punched him in the head "five times," according to a police report.....
https://www.thedailybeast.com/university-of-arizona-suspends-two-white-men-accused-of-beating-black-student-in-racist-attack

Illinois student arrested for hate crime after allegedly hanging noose in elevator - The Hill

A University of Illinois student was arrested on felony hate crime charges Monday after allegedly hanging a noose in an on-campus elevator.....
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/459798-university-of-illinois-student-arrested-for-hate-crime-after

Federal judge awards over $700,000 to former American University student targeted in neo-Nazi ‘troll storm’ - The Washington Post

Taylor Dumpson, the first black woman to serve as AU's student government president, sued Andrew Anglin, founder of neo-Nazi website the Daily Stormer, alleging he initiated a racist “troll storm” against her that made her fear for her life and disrupted her ability to pursue her education.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/federal-judge-awards-700000-to-former-american-university-student-targeted-in-neo-nazi-troll-storm/2019/08/10/f73dca84-bb7f-11e9-bad6-609f75bfd97f_story.html

Officer Pulls Gun on Student Picking Up Trash Outside of Dorm Building |...

https://youtu.be/Q9SZlypyK-4

Chinese student activists are disappearing as Communist Party cracks down on dissenters - The Washington Post

The video opens with the 21-year-old sociology student facing the camera. His voice quivers as he recounts his interrogation — his humiliation — for days at the hands of Beijing police. The officials pressured him to quit labor activism and drop out of Peking University, he says. They slapped him until blood streamed from his nose. They jammed headphones into his ears and played hours of propaganda at full volume. On the last day, he alleges, they had him bend over a table naked and spread his buttocks, joking darkly that they would teach him how to insert a listening device...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/if-i-disappear-chinese-students-make-farewell-messages-amid-crackdowns-over-labor-activism-/2019/05/25/6fc949c0-727d-11e9-9331-30bc5836f48e_story.html