Republicans are launching a probe into the federal response to 'pro-Hamas' college protests that have 'failed' to prevent threats and violence against Jewish students.
Dozens of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) students gathered at Monroe Park on Thursday to condemn the university’s handling of the pro-Palestinian protests Monday night.
Early Tuesday morning, Columbia student protesters took over a building on campus, pledging not to leave until their demands—for the university to divest from Israel, financial transparency from Columbia’s endowment, and amnesty for pro-Palestinian protesters—are met. The group of “autonomous protesters” took over Hamilton Hall, an academic building on the Morningside Heights campus, shortly after midnight, […]
The anti-monarchist movement, Republiek, organized a demonstration in Emmen on King's Day calling for the Dutch king's earnings to be slashed, and saying that he should be subject to income tax, inheritance tax, and gift tax like everyone else. They think King Willem-Alexander should only be allowed to earn the maximum amount that may be paid to public servants in the Netherlands, a standard named for former Prime Minister Jan Peter Balenende.
Student activists have successfully pushed Columbia to divest from several other areas in the past.
Students protested what they saw as injustice and demanded change
By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — College students taking up space and making demands for change. University administrators facing pressure to get things back under control. Police brought in to make arrests. At other schools: students taking note, and sometimes taking action. Columbia University, 2024. And Columbia University, 1968. The pro-Palestinian demonstration
WABC, CNN By Clare Duffy and Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — One of the core demands over the past week by the pro-Palestinian student groups at Columbia University has been for the school to withdraw investment funds from what they describe as companies profiting from Israel’s military action in Gaza. Columbia’s endowment is worth
WABC, CNN By Clare Duffy and Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — One of the core demands over the past week by the pro-Palestinian student groups at Columbia University has been for the school to withdraw investment funds from what they describe as companies profiting from Israel’s military action in Gaza. Columbia’s endowment is worth
WABC, CNN By Clare Duffy and Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — One of the core demands over the past week by the pro-Palestinian student groups at Columbia University has been for the school to withdraw investment funds from what they describe as companies profiting from Israel’s military action in Gaza. Columbia’s endowment is worth
Columbia Law students want their final exams canceled in the name of Palestine.
Republicans accuse president of weak response, but prominent Democrats claim he ‘has been very strong from the beginning’Some Democrats rallied to the defense of Joe Biden on Sunday as the president came under increased criticism over his response to pro-Palestinian student protests and his handling of Israel’s war on Gaza.Republicans have seized on Biden’s response to the protests, which have seen more than2,000 people arrested around the country, accusing him of a weak response. But prominent...