Students at Columbia Occupy Building—Echoing Protests of the Past
Left: A photo of Students for a Democratic Society’s (SDS) takeover of Hamilton Hall in 1968. Right: A photo of “autonomous” protesters associated with the Gaza Solidarity Encampment who took over Hamilton Hall early in the morning of April 30, 2024.Bev Grant/Getty; Alex Kent/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter…
Judge Fines Trump $9,000 and Threatens to Throw Him in Jail
Donald Trump at Manhattan criminal courtJustin Lane/Pool Photo/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial fined the former president $9,000 on Tuesday for violating a gag order—and he warned Trump that any further violations might result in…
Report: Taxing Fossil Fuel Extraction Could Raise Nearly $1 Trillion for Climate Aid
Flooding in Dhaka, BangladfeshSyed Mahabubul Kader/Zuma This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A new tax on fossil fuel companies based in the world’s richest countries could raise hundreds of billions of dollars to help the most vulnerable nations cope with the escalating climate crisis, according to a…
Parents tote toddlers to D.C. to press for expanded child tax credit, child care funds
Sabrina Donnellan of Girdwood, Alaska, sits with her 13-month-old, Blakely, on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., and talks with Candace Winkler, ZERO TO THREE’s chief development and strategy officer, at the eighth annual “Strolling Thunder,” a child and family issues advocacy event on April 30, 2024, organized by the nonprofit ZERO…
U.S. House speaker leading congressional push to curb campus protests over Gaza
Demonstrators supporting Palestinians in Gaza barricade themselves inside Hamilton Hall, an academic building at Columbia University which has been occupied in past student movements, on April 30, 2024, in New York City. Alex Kent/Getty Images WASHINGTON — U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson argued Tuesday protests on college campuses calling for a ceasefire in Gaza have…
U.S. House Democrats vow to back Speaker Johnson if Republicans try to oust him
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., left, and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talk during a ceremony as the remains of retired Army Col. Ralph Puckett lie in honor during his congressional tribute in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on April 29, 2024, in Washington, D.C. J. Scott Applewhite – Pool/Getty Images WASHINGTON —…