“Antisemitism” vs. “Anti-Semitism”: The Style Debate Is Settled, But the Hate and Harm Are Rising
Mother Jones; Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty, Jeff Swensen/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.“Is it antisemitism or anti-Semitism?” a Mother Jones reporter asked me last week, a question freshly in focus as campus protests grow. It’s been six months since the FBI announced that antisemitism…
Aid Groups Warn of “Bloodbath” After Israeli Forces Seize Rafah Crossing
People inspect destroyed houses following Israeli attacks in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah.Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Israeli forces announced on Tuesday that they had seized control of the Rafah border crossing, a vital passageway for transporting aid into Gaza,…
Many Universities Calling in Police Today Also Celebrate Campus Protests of the Past
A student protester at Columbia University is forcibly removed from the campus on April 30, 1968, by a New York City police. The students occupied buildings and were ejected by the police.Dave Pickoff/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.When Columbia students began occupying Hamilton…
Columbia Just Triggered a Massive Campus Crackdown. Now the NYPD Will Stay for Weeks.
A phalanx of NYPD cops descended on Columbia University on Tuesday night and began clearing Hamilton Hall, the administration building that student protesters began occupying in the morning.Julius Motal/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Police cleared and arrested protesters occupying Hamilton Hall at Columbia…
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…
“Shame On You!”: Anti-War Protesters Picket White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Protesters boycotted the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Saturday night.Probal Rashid/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Before guests could get inside last night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, they had to wade through a crowd of pro-Palestinian protesters who reminded them of the journalists who have…