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Peggy Noonan

Campus Protesters Were Right to Spurn Peggy Noonan, Emblem of Media Obtuseness Campus Protesters Were Right to Spurn Peggy Noonan, Emblem of Media Obtuseness

Our narcissistic media elite doesn’t understand why their lies have made young people wary.

May 6, 2024 / Jeet Heer

The Flag Is Mourning. You May Kill My Body, but You Will Never Silence My Soul.

The Flag Is Mourning. You May Kill My Body, but You Will Never Silence My Soul. The Flag Is Mourning. You May Kill My Body, but You Will Never Silence My Soul.

Graduation gown worn by the artist at Commencement Day 2019, John Jay College.

May 6, 2024 / OppArt

A Left Between Victory and Defeat

A Left Between Victory and Defeat A Left Between Victory and Defeat

How can the left escape burning out?

May 6, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Sam Adler-Bell

Esteury Ruiz of the Oakland Athletics

Former Oakland A’s Player Bruce Maxwell Calls Out the Owner for Vegas Move Former Oakland A’s Player Bruce Maxwell Calls Out the Owner for Vegas Move

Former A’s catcher Bruce Maxwell joins the Edge of Sports podcast to discuss the team’s departure from Oakland.

May 4, 2024 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

Every Day Is Press Freedom Day

Every Day Is Press Freedom Day Every Day Is Press Freedom Day

Optical elusions.

May 3, 2024

EcoHealth Alliance President Dr. Peter Daszak is sworn in during a House Select Subcommittee hearing on the Coronavirus Pandemic on Capitol Hill on May 1, 2024.

During a Heated Covid Origins Hearing, a Scientist Comes in for Questioning During a Heated Covid Origins Hearing, a Scientist Comes in for Questioning

Peter Daszak is a high-profile virologist with close ties to the Wuhan Institute of Virology. That relationship landed him in front of Congress this week.

May 3, 2024 / Jimmy Tobias

New York Police Department officers detain dozens of pro-Palestinian students at Columbia University after they barricaded themselves at the Hamilton Hall building near Gaza Solidarity Encampment earlier in New York, United States on April 30, 2024.

The Week That Student Journalists Put the Rest of the Media to Shame The Week That Student Journalists Put the Rest of the Media to Shame

Young reporters at WKCR showed what real journalism is all about while their cable news counterparts were uncritically passing along propaganda.

May 3, 2024 / Zito Madu

Eric Adams, mayor of New York City, speaks at a press conference on February 8, 2024.

Eric Adams Is the Lying Face of the Campus Crackdown Eric Adams Is the Lying Face of the Campus Crackdown

New York’s mayor is the right man for the job of standing up for the indefensible.

May 3, 2024 / Jeet Heer

A view of the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at Columbia University in New York City on April 23, 2024.

The Student Encampments Aren’t a Danger to Jews. But the Crackdown Is. The Student Encampments Aren’t a Danger to Jews. But the Crackdown Is.

The narrative of protesters endangering Jewish students has been used to justify police repression. But at the Columbia encampment, I saw a commitment to confronting antisemitism....

May 3, 2024 / Hadas Thier

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

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