My Week Inside Columbia’s Gaza Solidarity Encampment
Pro-Palestinian demonstration encampment at Columbia University on April 26, 2024.Yuki Iwamura/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In the early morning, one can hear the birds perched on trees around the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at Columbia University. Farther off, there are sounds of protest and…
Mike Johnson’s Visit to Columbia Wasn’t a Hit
Anthony Behar/Sipa USA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.When House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) emerged onto the steps of Columbia University’s Low Memorial Library on Wednesday afternoon, he was greeted with a deafening sound: hundreds of booing students. Johnson had just emerged from meetings…
“It’s Just Like McCarthyism”: NYU Students and Faculty Push Back on Protest Crackdown
NYU students and faculty protested in Washington Square Park on Tuesday after university officials brought the NYPD in to arrest 120 protesters the night before.Julianne McShane/Mother Jones Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Less than 24 hours after police arrested 120 people at a pro-Palestine…
Gaza Solidarity Encampments Are Spreading Far Beyond Columbia’s Campus
Pro-Palestine protesters remained in an encampment at Columbia University’s lawn on Monday.Stefan Jeremiah/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A growing number of college students nationwide are staging encampments to protest their universities’ investments in Israeli entities in light of Israel’s war on Gaza, which…
Police Loom as Pro-Palestine Students Occupy Columbia University
Najib Aminy Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.New York City Police gathered in force outside of Columbia University on Wednesday, after students convened in the pre-dawn hours to erect dozens of camping tents on a campus lawn. The demonstration backing Palestine was launched hours…
Iran Launches an Aerial Barrage Against Israel in Retaliation for Embassy Strike
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei photographed on March 1. Khamanei said Israel “must be punished and shall be” after the April 1 attack on Iran’s consular facility in Damascus. Majid Saeedi/Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Israel and its allies were scrambling…