UNC protesters heckled police when they returned the American flag to the top of the flagpole (UNC SJP/Twitter) Students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill replaced the American flag in the center of campus with a Palestinian flag, as protests continued at the school Tuesday despite dozens of arrests and detainments. UNC
President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced the approval of more than $6.1 billion in student loan debt relief for nearly 317,000 borrowers who were enrolled at any Art Institute campus from January 2004 until October 2017. The Art Institutes was a private for-profit system of art schools in the United States that faced a host
The People’s Forum’s operations are made possible in large part by a $12 million donation from Goldman Sachs’s charitable arm. Student protesters hoist “Intifada” banner from Hamilton Hall. A New York City nonprofit that received more than $12 million from Goldman Sachs’ charitable arm encouraged anti-Israel activists to re-create the violent protests of “the summer
It’s unclear how much Rep. David Trone’s stake in Indiana Fine Wine & Spirits is worth, but it’s enough that the Maryland Democrat pledged it as collateral for a loan worth up to $25 million in August 2020. But you wouldn’t know that from Trone’s financial disclosures. In both 2020 and 2022, Trone didn’t even
‘IT IS TIME TO ESCALATE,’ student group wrote as cops approached campus Police enter Hamilton Hall. (Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images) MANHATTAN—New York City police officers entered Columbia University on Tuesday night to arrest students who seized a school building, a move that came after president Minouche Shafik declined for days to bring police to campus as
MANHATTAN—The student takeover of Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall continued into Tuesday afternoon, hours after protesters stormed the building and barricaded its entrance. While the exact number of students inside is unknown, Columbia communications head Ben Chang said “dozens” are occupying the hall, while a student protest leader put the number at 60 during a Tuesday
Bill faces opposition from Dems who prefer definition crafted by progressive activists (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The U.S. House could vote to codify an official and widely accepted definition of anti-Semitism as early as Wednesday, but some Democratic lawmakers are objecting. They prefer a far narrower definition crafted by progressive critics of Israel. The Antisemitism Awareness