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…
Biden Official: The US Is “Not Looking For a Wider War With Iran”
President Biden mets with members of the National Security Council regarding the unfolding missile attacks on Israel in the Situation Room of the White House Saturday night.Adam Schultz/The White House/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A Biden administration official said this morning that the…
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…
Samantha Power Confirms Famine Is Likely Underway in Parts of Gaza
Habboub Ramez/Abaca/ZUMA; Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Famine is likely already underway in parts of Gaza, Samantha Power, the top US humanitarian official, said publicly for the first time on Wednesday. While testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Power, administrator of…