WASHINGTON — Senior Biden administration officials are increasingly concerned about where protests on college campuses over the war in the Gaza Strip will expand to next and view a potential cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas as perhaps the only development that could quell some of the political blowback over President Joe Biden’s handling of the conflict. The White House has for months been pursuing a cease-fire deal to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas, but the current round...
Across the U.S. antiwar protests on college campuses are causing controversy.
Young bodies are filled with highly processed foods while their minds are filled with poisonous thoughts on colonialism and gender propaganda.
Tensions appeared to have eased Sunday at USC after pro-Palestinian protesters returned with tents and reestablished an encampment in Alumni Park, prompting a large police response as officials closed the campus to the public Saturday night. USC officials said campus property, including the Tommy Trojan statue, was vandalized. Shortly after 8 p.m. Saturday, the campus was closed to all except residents and their registered guests, with access over the weekend restricted, according to USC alerts...
Mackelmore’s newest single “Hind’s Hall” is inspired by the pro-Palestinian activism seen at Columbia University and across college campuses around the world.
Dynamic scenes of massive encampments, vocal demonstrations and building occupation have now been playing out on private and public college properties.
KENT, Ohio (AP) — Dean Kahler flung himself to the ground and covered his head when the bullets started flying. The Ohio National Guard had opened fire on unarmed war protesters at Kent State University, and Kahler, a freshman, was among them. M1 rifle rounds hit the ground all around him. “And then I got […]
The House has passed legislation that would establish a broader definition of antisemitism for the Department of Education to enforce anti-discrimination laws
The House has passed legislation that would establish a broader definition of antisemitism for the Department of Education to enforce anti-discrimination laws
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed legislation Wednesday that would establish a broader definition of antisemitism for the Department of Education to enforce anti-discrimination laws, the latest response from lawmakers to a nationwide student protest movement over the Israel-Hamas war. The proposal, which passed 320-91 with some bipartisan support, would codify the International Holocaust Remembrance []
In an open letter, Virginia Commonwealth University faculty and staff respond to the college's actions to a pro-Palestinian protest held outside of the James Branch Cabell Library Monday night.
“I question whether college administrators and trustees of colleges have learned any lessons from the ’70s,” Kahler said in an interview at his home outside Canton, Ohio. “I think they’re being a little heavy handed, a little over the top."