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When We Occupied Columbia in 1978, the University Didn’t Call the NYPD

When We Occupied Columbia in 1978, the University Didn’t Call the NYPD When We Occupied Columbia in 1978, the University Didn’t Call the NYPD

Campus administrators met student demands to divest from apartheid-era South Africa. What’s changed?

May 2, 2024 / D.D. Guttenplan

SHEIN product at a garment factory in Guangzhou, in China's southern Guangdong province.

How SHEIN Took Over Fast Fashion How SHEIN Took Over Fast Fashion

On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Nicole Lipman on how SHEIN exacerbates the fashion industry's labor and environment problems.

May 2, 2024 / Podcast / Paris Marx

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

Pro-Palestinian students celebrating at Brown University

Students at Brown Just Secured a Vote on Divestment. What Happens Next? Students at Brown Just Secured a Vote on Divestment. What Happens Next?

On April 30, protesters disbanded their encampment when the university pledged to vote on divestment from companies affiliated with Israel. This shows a different way of doing thi...

May 1, 2024 / StudentNation / Owen Dahlkamp

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

A pro-Palestinian protester is arrested at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, on April 29, 2024.

The Student Crackdown Didn’t Start Last Week. Months of Repression Got Us Here. The Student Crackdown Didn’t Start Last Week. Months of Repression Got Us Here.

We are witnessing the culmination of a months-long effort by universities to smother pro-Palestinian activism.

May 1, 2024 / Alaa Hajyahia et al.

President Joe Biden speaking at the Dutch Creek Farms as he kicked off his Rural Investment Tour on November 1, 2023.

How Dems Can Win Rural Voters, Plus “Who’s Afraid of Gender?” How Dems Can Win Rural Voters, Plus “Who’s Afraid of Gender?”

On this episode of Start Making Sense, Anthony Flaccavento talks about a Rural New Deal, and Katha Pollitt critiques Judith Butler’s new book.

May 1, 2024 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

Columbia University Hamilton Hall Occupation

Why Students at Columbia University Are Occupying Hamilton Hall Why Students at Columbia University Are Occupying Hamilton Hall

Pro-Palestine students have taken over the same building that anti-Vietnam War and anti-gentrification protesters occupied in 1968.

Apr 30, 2024 / StudentNation / Lara-Nour Walton

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