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ICE Seizes Palestinian Columbia Student After Summoning Him for Citizenship Test
Immigration officials called him in for what was supposedly his final interview to become a US citizen.
DHS Announces It’s Surveilling Immigrants’ Social Media for “Antisemitism”
“You are not welcome here,” read a chilling statement from a top DHS official.
History of Hollywood Red Scare Offers Insight Into Trump’s Free Speech Attacks
The book “Policing Show Business” shows how Trump’s attacks on “radical leftists” are like a sequel to the Red Scare.
Boards and Administrators Won’t Defend Higher Ed From Trump. It’s Up to Us.
To fight fascism, university faculty, staff and students must show our power.
Amid State Abductions, Trump’s Fascism Is No Longer Creeping — It’s Here
Masked plainclothes police abducted a graduate student without filing charges. Her apparent “crime”? Writing an op-ed.
Columbia’s Acquiescence to Trump Was Disgraceful. As Faculty, We Demand Better.
We cannot conduct business as usual if Columbia’s administrators won't defend academic freedom or student rights.
Mahmoud Khalil’s Attorney: “This Is the McCarthy Era All Over Again”
The US government is weaponizing antisemitism as an excuse to kidnap and deport even lawful permanent residents.
Tufts Student Activist Rumeysa Ozturk Abducted by ICE on Her Way to Iftar
Chilling footage shows Ozturk being arrested and taken away by six people in plain clothes.
K-12 Leaders Rejected Weaponization of Antisemitism Claims. Why Won’t Higher Ed?
Columbia has capitulated in what one scholar calls “an ideological battle to shut down any dissent” against Trump.
Setting Ominous Precedent, Court Tells Greenpeace to Pay $660M to Pipeline Firm
The March 19 ruling from a jury in North Dakota sets a chilling precedent that could erode protest rights in the US.