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The Ghost of the 1968 Antiwar Movement Has Returned
At the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, anti-Vietnam War protesters clashed with police officers — whose brutal role in…
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I’m a Columbia Professor. The Protests on My Campus Are Not Justice.
Last Thursday, in the music humanities class I teach at Columbia University, two students were giving an in-class presentation on…
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Columbia Offers Remote Classes for the Last Days of the Semester
Tensions have rippled out to other schools. Protesters were arrested at Yale and New York University. And new protest encampments…
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The Circus Trump Wanted Outside His Trial Hasn’t Arrived
With support from demonstrators in Lower Manhattan spotty so far, Donald Trump issued a call to “rally behind MAGA,” and…
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Scenes of Protests at Columbia, Yale, M.I.T. and N.Y.U.
Demonstrations and arrests spread across some of America’s most influential universities on Monday, as administrators struggled to defuse tensions on…
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What We Know About the Protests at Columbia University
Demonstrations outside the school gates have added to the upheaval, with protesters who appear unconnected to the university targeting Jewish…
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Columbia, Free Speech and the Coddling of the American Right
As a journalist, you usually go to the front line to find the news. But sometimes the front line finds…
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A protest 56 years ago became an important part of Columbia’s culture.
Columbia University is no stranger to major student protests, and the uproar that unfolded at the institution on Thursday had…
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Protests Intensify at Columbia, Forcing Difficult Choices for Leaders
A university with a proud history of protest told student demonstrators camping on the lawn that they had to leave.…
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At Venice Biennale, Israel’s Show Is Halted, but Protests Go On
The country’s exhibition was already closed after its artist refused to exhibit her work until there was a cease-fire and…