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History geeks may want to check out the Free Speech Movement Digital Archive, a collection of documents from, and writing about, the historic Berkeley protests of 1964-65.
We’ve added the link to our collection at left.
From Details magazine, of all places, comes a profile of gay 21-year-old Marquette University undergrad Jason Rae, the youngest superdelegate to this month’s Democratic National Convention.
We met a bunch of amazing folks at the USSA Congress last week, and we’ll be passing along news about the great work they’re doing in the days to come. To start the ball rolling, here’s a blog that a student from Massachusetts clued us in to: For Student Power. It’s not updated all that frequently, but the stuff that does go up is worth the wait.
If any of our new readers (or old friends) have suggestions for links, pass them along in comments. Thanks!
The United States Student Association Congress is underway this afternoon in Madison, Wisconsin. I’ll be arriving there late tonight, and staying through until the bitter end. If any of my readers are going to be there and would like to meet up, keep an eye out, or have one of the USSA staff point me out.
I’m hoping to get a chance to post on the Congress from the scene. If I don’t, look for a wrapup after I return, and increased posting frequency thereafter.
An essay on free-speech rights in high schools from a First Amendment scholar:
After 12 years of censorship and regimentation, many high school students will graduate this spring with little or no idea about what it means to be a free, active and engaged citizen in a democracy. When they march across the stage to get their diploma, let’s hope someone slips them a copy of the First Amendment – with instructions on how to use it.
Far too many public school officials are afraid of freedom and avoid anything that looks like democracy. Under the heading of “safety and discipline,” administrators censor student religious and political speech, shut down student newspapers and limit student government to discussions about decorations at the prom.
Fortunately, a growing number of brave students defy the odds and take seriously what they hear about free speech in civics class…
studentactivism.net 
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