For more than two weeks, Columbia University graduate student Aidan Parisi has defied the university’s suspension, refusing to vacate his dorm room on the school’s Manhattan campus. The school announced Parisi’s suspension on April 4 following his participation in a pro-Hamas event. And while Columbia leaders have pledged to enforce the suspension, they have yet
The Senate voted late Tuesday by a wide margin to send legislation to President Joe Biden that would require Chinese owner ByteDance to divest TikTok’s U.S. operations within about nine months or face a ban. The measure, passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday, has been driven by concerns that China could access
A sweeping foreign aid package easily passed Congress late on Tuesday after months of delay, clearing the way for fresh Ukraine funding amid advances from Russia’s invasion force and Kyiv’s shortages of military supplies, as well as billions in aid to Israel amid its war against Hamas. The Senate approved by 79 to 18 four
Community Justice Exchange received grants from NFL’s ‘Inspire Change’ program as recently as 2022 An A15 anti-Israel protest on Wall Street, April 15, 2024 (Twitter/@JCAndersonNYC) The left-wing nonprofit that bailed out anti-Israel protesters who blocked bridges and highways across the country last week was a multi-year partner of the NFL’s “Inspire Change program” whose work
‘She has forfeited the privilege to lead this great university,’ said history professor Christopher Brown MANHATTAN—A group of Columbia University professors held a rally Monday to express solidarity with the anti-Semitic students suspended for holding unauthorized protests on campus and to lambaste university president Minouche Shafik for cracking down on them. One faculty member, Columbia
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.), appearing alongside President Joe Biden on Monday, praised the anti-Israel campus protests that have sprung up across the United States. “It is especially important that we remember the power of young people shaping this country today, of all days, as we once again witness the leadership of those peaceful, student-led
Flyer calling on university to end relationship with Hillel may have violated anti-harassment policies Northwestern students fly Hamas flag at pro-Palestine protest (Twitter/@OGAride) Northwestern University is investigating whether a campus protest targeting the school’s Jewish student community center last week violated the school’s anti-harassment policies. A Northwestern spokesman told the Washington Free Beacon that the university