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Police Violently Crack Down on Emory University’s Gaza Solidarity Encampment
Police used tear gas and stun guns to break up the encampment as they wrestled people to the ground.
Across the US, Campus Protests for Palestine Face Intensifying Police Crackdowns
Student protests calling for university divestment from Israel and the US arms industry continue coast to coast.
Administrators Are Trying to Strip Decision-Making Power From Faculty
Scholar DeShana Collett discusses the threats to shared governance at her university and, by extension, other schools.
Climate Activists Blockade HQ of World’s Second-Largest Funder of Fossil Fuels
Activists from around the world gathered in New York this week to condemn Citigroup’s environmental racism.
Cops Raid Palestinian Solidarity Encampments, Arrest Protesters at Yale and NYU
The encampment at Columbia University is entering its seventh day despite mass arrests of protesters there last week.
We Can’t Trade a Path to Legalization in Exchange for More Border Militarization
Author Silky Shah says immigration enforcement and the prison-industrial complex are intertwined systems of oppression.
Historic Gaza Protests Spread to Campuses Across the Country
Meanwhile, Columbia University canceled in-person classes Monday as campus protests enter a sixth day.
Israeli Police Arrest Renowned Feminist Scholar Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian
More than 100 professors around the world released a statement calling for her immediate release.
Meet the Pro-Palestinian Valedictorian Whose Commencement Speech Was Canceled
Asna Tabassum's speech was dropped by the University of Southern California after an online hate campaign.
Nobody “Earns” a Billion Dollars. We Need a Wealth Tax.
Economist James K. Boyce analyzes new data on US disparities and frames environmental degradation as a class issue.