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Gaza Solidarity Encampment Removal Protest

Scenes From the Gaza Solidarity Encampments Scenes From the Gaza Solidarity Encampments

We asked five student writers to talk about the pro-Palestine protests at their schools, how their administrations have responded, and what the next steps are for organizers.

May 3, 2024 / StudentNation / StudentNation

A large crowd of NYPD officers in riot gear on the Columbia campus.

Columbia’s Violence Against Protesters Has a Long History Columbia’s Violence Against Protesters Has a Long History

An overlooked history of selective policing at Columbia has undermined the safety of those within as well as beyond campus walls.

May 3, 2024 / T. M. Song

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange (L) and former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan (R)

If Joe Biden Really Wants to Celebrate Press Freedom, He Should Free Julian Assange If Joe Biden Really Wants to Celebrate Press Freedom, He Should Free Julian Assange

Joe Biden will celebrate World Press Freedom Day tomorrow. But it is a safe bet that he'll have nothing to say about Assange or Imran Khan, both behind bars for defying the US.

May 2, 2024 / Charles Glass

NYPD officers load protesters calling for a cease-fire in Gaza onto MTA buses on April 23, 2024.

MTA Bus Drivers Don’t Work for the Cops MTA Bus Drivers Don’t Work for the Cops

The six bus drivers who walked off the job rather than transport protesters slowed the city’s mass-arrest machine by sticking to their union-negotiated contract.

May 2, 2024 / Sophie Hurwitz

At the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis, a few hundred people gathered outside Coffman Memorial Union to call for a cease-fire in Gaza before setting up an encampment on the lawn Monday afternoon, April 29, 2024.

The Abolitionist Roots of Anti-War Encampments The Abolitionist Roots of Anti-War Encampments

From Minneapolis to Manhattan, the encampments now spreading across college campuses are built on the same principles as abolitionist spaces like George Floyd Square.

May 2, 2024 / Alyssa Oursler and Anna DalCortivo

Donald Trump at a podium in front of an American flag.

Donald Trump Is Scared of Women Voters on Abortion Donald Trump Is Scared of Women Voters on Abortion

He evaded Time magazine’s abortion questions repeatedly. What can we learn? He will do anything that benefits him.

May 2, 2024 / Joan Walsh

The Police Take City College

The Police Take City College The Police Take City College

Scores of people were arrested at the City University of New York on Wednesday—a scene "very reminiscent of the 1968 police crackdowns" at Columbia University, said one protester....

May 1, 2024 / Nicolas Niarchos

Harvey Weinstein Court Hearing - Los Angeles, CA

Harvey Weinstein’s Reversal of Fortune Harvey Weinstein’s Reversal of Fortune

Though the movie mogul’s acquittal stunned the New York media, anyone who attended the trial without blinders could have seen it coming.

May 1, 2024 / JoAnn Wypijewski

NYPD officers in riot gear march onto Columbia University campus, where pro-Palestinian students are barricaded inside a building and have set up an encampment, in New York City on April 30, 2024.

This Is How Power Protects Itself This Is How Power Protects Itself

The decision to sic the police on peaceful protesters is evidence that people in charge are panicking. They’re terrified of the strength of the movement for Palestine.

May 1, 2024 / Jack Mirkinson

Killing Them Not Softly

Killing Them Not Softly Killing Them Not Softly

Throw pillow for the NRA.

May 1, 2024 / OppArt / Michèle Colburn

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