Columbia University moved all Monday classes online as the week-long Jewish holiday of Passover begins amid widespread anti-Semitic protests on campus. “To deescalate the rancor and give us all a chance to consider next steps, I am announcing that all classes will be held virtually on Monday,” Columbia president Minouche Shafik said in a Monday
Chaotic protests, violent clashes, and explicit calls for terrorism plagued Columbia University over the weekend, with the school’s president, Minouche Shafik, facing pressure to restore order—or resign. Jewish students were subject to another night of violent demonstrations Saturday, just days after Shafik testified before Congress about the school’s response to campus anti-Semitism. A group of
Former attorney general Eric Holder rallied behind Columbia University’s student protesters on Thursday as the New York Police Department swooped in and tried to clear the campus green of disruptive protesters acting in violation of university policy. Holder, a Columbia College and Columbia Law School graduate, said in a tweet on Thursday that campus “unrest”
Senate Democrats hailed President Joe Biden’s pick for the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts as a committed advocate for criminal justice. As a defense attorney, Brian E. Murphy defended rapists and violent criminals while leading a firm that touted its ability to protect the “reputation” of convicted sex offenders. Murphy & Rudolf, a criminal defense
Washington Free Beacon editor in chief Eliana Johnson appeared on NewsNation on Sunday with Chris Stirewalt, where she discussed whether former president Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York will benefit his campaign in the court of public opinion. “If Trump takes the stand … the defense’s key witness in this is Michael Cohen,” Johnson said,
NEW HAVEN, Conn.—Pro-Palestinian protesters at Yale University this weekend occupied a World War II memorial, tore down an American flag that flew there, and sent a Jewish student to the hospital as administrators stood by and refused to break up the protest, which violated several university rules. The protest on Beinecke Plaza—a quad in the
This rich and sometimes compelling book touches on multiple newsworthy themes, but its central thesis will come as no surprise to anyone who closely follows U.S. politics. Joe Biden “ran for president as a staunch moderate,” but since taking office he has “applied his pragmatic moderate branding on a far more left-wing set of policy