Office for Civil Rights is investigating ‘widespread antisemitic harassment’ at Columbia, Berkeley, and Northwestern (Getty Images) The Department of Education on Monday opened investigations into “widespread antisemitic harassment” at Columbia University and four other schools in the wake of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas massacre of Israeli civilians. The probe stems from an executive order
‘The Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism is the first step in giving life to President Trump’s renewed commitment to ending anti-Semitism in our schools,’ task force head Leo Terrell says (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) The Trump administration is forming a multi-agency task force “to root out anti-Semitic harassment in schools and on college campuses,”
‘The university has made its position clear by platforming and empowering a known radical antisemite to indoctrinate impressionable minds,’ writes Avi Friedman (Alex Kent/Getty Images) Columbia Business School professor Avi Friedman has resigned, citing the university’s decision to appoint a Hamas-praising professor, Joseph Massad, to teach a course on Zionism, according to a letter obtained
President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Tuesday withdrawing the United States from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and cutting funding to UNRWA, the U.N. relief agency for Gaza, which has been widely criticized following reports that its staffers were involved in terrorism. The order, which will reinstate policies
The ‘fascist takeover’ has begun Liberal journalists are crying again after the Department of Defense took away their special cubbies at the Pentagon. Last week NBC News, the New York Times, NPR, and Politico were ordered to vacate their dedicated workspaces in an effort to “broaden access … to outlets that have not previously enjoyed the
Cardi B had said she paid ‘out of pocket’ for Harris campaign appearance Cardi B speaks during a campaign rally for Kamala Harris (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Kamala Harris’s campaign paid nearly $100,000 to a shell company for former president Barack Obama to travel to events and roughly $60,000 to rapper Cardi B, who said she “didn’t get a dollar” to appear alongside the
Multiple universities have started dismantling DEI programs in wake of Trump policies University of Minnesota logo (Facebook), Donald Trump (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The University of Minnesota is “reassessing” its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs amid President Donald Trump’s crackdown on DEI initiatives in the federal government and higher education. “In the last few weeks the