U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Michigan, criticized American universities on Thursday for responding to anti-Israel protests on campuses across the country where protesters have engaged in antisemitic behavior. "From UM to Vanderbilt to USC to Columbia, students across our country are being retaliated against for using their constitutional rights to protest genocide. It’s appalling," Tlaib wrote on X in response to a post by Isra Hirsi, the daughter of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. Hirsi said she was...
More than 300 more protesters blocked an intersection after the Yale
Around 75 parents and students staged a protest on Wednesday. Some children claimed their 'furry' peers were biting and scratching people. However, a spokesperson for the district slammed the claims as 'untrue'
Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. The balance of free speech rights while protecting Jewish students and faculty on campus is in the headlines today. “We need a reset” – were the words in a statement from Columbia University’s president this morning, as classes across the campus were made virtual for the day. The school says it’s in response to escalating […]
Dozens of college campuses across the US have been taken over by students
It’s time to put a stop to the foolish, dangerous behavior taking place on college campuses.
Colleges across the country are barreling toward crisis as pro-Palestinian student protesters show no signs of relenting, posing growing risks to the schools and threatening to become a major election-year issue. The unrest, which could be coming to a head at Columbia University as demonstrators blow past a school-imposed Monday deadline, has already caused []
Shafaqna English | AI & HI adopted content- Here are some notable examples of student protests to stop wars and their outcomes: Vietnam War Protests (1960s-1970s): The anti-Vietnam War movement, which saw significant participation from university students in the United States, contributed to a shift in public opinion against the
A New York University professor praised the anti-Israel student encampment that has taken over his school’s campus for bringing students and faculty together in a way he’s “never seen before” over the weekend. “I spent two hours at the NYU encampment late last night. It was something I’ve never seen before at NYU: a real […]
Students from universities in Austraila are joining their American peers in
Hundreds of students have been camping on the university lawn, sparking a nationwide wave of campus protests.
In recent days, protests by college students against Israel’s actions in the ongoing war in Gaza have popped up across the country. They are a complicated national phenomenon, like all protest movements containing multitudes of attitudes, personalities, agendas and reactions. But what holds our attention as historians is how surprised some people have been to see college professors standing up to defend their students. For example, at Emory, philosophy department chair Noëlle McAfee was arrested...