Choose from the menu below to select local, state and national union-related news media clips by division. Opinion pieces, regardless of the relevant membership constituency, are listed separately.
Public Employees & Higher Education News
July 17, 2026
New Haven Independent: Teachers Show Up — School Board Objects — At Anti-Retaliation Hearing
July 16, 2026
ABC 7 News (with video): 3,500 American Federation of Teachers union members gather in DC for convention
July 14, 2026
Forbes Magazine: Anthropic Launches AI For Teachers
July 6, 2026
The Courant: Tensions erupt as CT town’s school administrator union alleges ‘climate of intimidation’
June 30, 2026
The Courant: Officials know education in CT is segregated. The real question is whether it will be changed.
June 29, 2026
The Hill: Democratic Project 2029 calls for child social media ban, strict kids safety rules on tech
June 26, 2026
New Haven Independent: Union Alleges Retaliation Over Proposal To End VP’s “Release” From Teaching
June 22, 2026
The CT Mirror: John Larson steps up attacks on Luke Bronin on labor, fundraising
Public Employees & Higher Education News
July 19, 2026
The Washington Post: Yale caught between Trump administration pressure and a campus that wants to fight
July 17, 2026
Bloomberg Law: DOJ’s Dhillon Tests Supreme Court Precedent in Admissions Probes
July 16, 2026
Yale Daily News: Yale admissions is under investigation. Could it have broken the law?
Yale Daily News: UVA cut diversity programs after a Trump deal. Yale hired the firm it used.
July 15, 2026
The Courant: Yale denounced over claims it’s ‘required’ to be in talks with DOJ amid admissions investigation
The Boston Globe: At Yale, pressure mounts to follow Harvard’s lead against Trump
ABC News (with video): Yale faces backlash for talks with the Justice Department regarding its admissions
July 14, 2026
Yale Daily News: McInnis to meet with undergraduate, graduate student government leaders
Daily News: Breaking silence, McInnis confirms federal talks over admissions probe
Daily Kos – The 19th: The fight over teaching race and gender in college classrooms is escalating
July 12, 2026
MS Now – Connect with Jacob Soboroff (video): ‘Whiff of Jim Crow:’ Yale students and faculty fight to stop deal with Trump’s DOJ
July 10, 2026
Yale Daily News: Yale offers Trump administration second proposal after first is rejected
New Haven Independent: Blumenthal, Elicker Join Yalies In Rejecting Potential Trump Deal
July 10, 2026
The Courant: CT college faculty, alumni, lawmakers plead for Justice Department fight. ‘It’s legacy defining’
Inside Higher Ed: Faculty and Students Demand Yale Not ‘Cave’ to Trump
July 9, 2026
New Haven, CT Patch: ‘Yale, Don’t Fold:’ Blumenthal, Yale Students, Faculty Address Reported Yale-Trump Administration Settlement
The CT Mirror: Yale students, faculty and alumni mobilize against potential DOJ settlement
The Chronicle of Higher Education: Yale Professors Vow to Fight Trump if the University President Won’t
WLRN Public Media (with audio): Next in Florida’s war on ‘woke’: Becoming its own higher ed watchdog
July 8, 2026
Yale Daily News: McInnis emails YCC heads as reported Trump talks face backlash
CT Insider: Some Yale professors threaten legal action if university settles admissions complaint with DOJ
CT Public (with audio): Students, alumni and faculty urge Yale not to reach deal with Trump administration
Higher Ed Dive: Faculty groups question DOJ’s Yale admissions claims, balk at potential deal
The Connecticut Law Tribune: Amid Pressure to Make a Deal With the DOJ, Yale Law Community Urges University Leadership to ‘Defend Its Autonomy’
July 6, 2026
The New Republic: How Unions Can Save Higher Education—and Democracy
July 2, 2026
The Courant: Questions raised about process of independent investigation into CSCU’s response to scandal
June 30, 2026
Yale Daily News: Blumenthal among alumni urging Yale to resist amid reported Trump talks
Inside Higher Ed: Faculty Unions Slam 3-Year Degrees
June 26, 2026
Laramie Boomerang: Turley and Wolfson debate role of universities in a polarized political climate
June 25, 2026
Stateline: Public universities face escalating involvement from state lawmakers
July 8, 2026
The CT Mirror: Yale health system ousted CEO Chris O’Connor following financial woes, failed hospital deal
July 6, 2026
Nurse.org: Nurse Strikes Have Nearly Quadrupled Since 2017. Here’s Why It Keeps Growing
June 25, 2026
New Haven Independent: Shhh!! Lamont, Elliott Address Closed-Door Labor Convention
July 18, 2026
Ms. Magazine – Opinion: Trump’s Education Department Claims It’s Focused on Educator Sexual Misconduct. Is It Real Commitment or Political Messaging?
July 16, 2026
The Contrarian – Column: Academic Freedom Advocates Stand Up at Yale
July 13, 2026
Inside Higher Ed – Opinion: The Uses and Abuses on Campus of the Freedom of Information Act
