Police arresting students. Helicopters buzzing over New York City. Demonstrators shouting and lawmakers condemning university officials. Videos of the campus protests, shared widely on TikTok, X and elsewhere, are spreading on social media and show the most visceral aspects of the demonstrations. Much like the war in the Middle East itself, the images can inform
With help from Shawn Ness. New from New York Happening now: Columbia University is now a gathering place for protesters and political leaders. A new push for wage parity between upstate and New York City. The sanitation union is calling for better health care for their workers. A new leader for the Alliance for Clean
Leaders across the continent who have embraced aggressive climate policies are facing a political backlash as the programs drive up the cost of electricity, home heating and even ordinary goods. In New York, Washington, Pennsylvania and California — and even Canada — concerns about the costs of curbing greenhouse gas emissions are fueling voter revolts
With help from Shawn Ness New from New York Happening now: Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams continued their post-budget happy tour. Police are unhappy the budget didn’t take further steps to toughen bail laws. Adams said Donald Trump might want to look at the crime stats before blasting his native
PITTSBURGH — Few Democrats would seem to be more vulnerable to the political fallout of the Israel-Hamas war than Summer Lee. The first high-profile progressive House member to face a contested primary this year, her Pittsburgh-based district is home to a tight-knit Jewish community that is grappling with the effects of the war. Last month,
With help from Shawn Ness New from New York Happening now: Gov. Kathy Hochul visited Columbia University amid the rancor there. A new bill aimed at curbing consumption of single-use plastic is being pushed on Earth Day A dispatch from Columbia University amid the protests there. And a report outside the trial of former President
Republican Sens. Tom Cotton and Josh Hawley called on President Joe Biden to send the National Guard to Columbia University as pro-Palestinian demonstrations that saw over 100 people arrested last week roil the campus. The senators issued the appeal for federal action as Monday marks the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Passover. Over the