There was pushing and shoving as students clashed with police outside a parking garage on the MIT campus.
Pro-Palestinian protesters have tried to force the hands of universities by occupying campuses with tent cities. California Congressman Kevin Kiley wants to put an end to that.
The ongoing pro-Palestinian protests at American universities are more than just youthful expressions of speech freedom. Rather they exemplify the informed views of students repulsed by the genocide in Gaza, which they see every day on television and in the social media. They are motivated by a desire to end the continuing complicity of their More
One feature of the recent rash of campus demonstrations that has received only sporadic attention but needs more attention: A large and maybe preponderant proportion of those demonstrating are women.
Helicopters have been throbbing overhead for days now. Nights, too. Police are swarming the streets of Broadway, many in riot gear. Police vans, some as big as a city bus, are lined up along side streets and Broadway. Outside the gates of the Columbia University campus, a penned-in group of pro-Israel demonstrators has faced off More
Photojournalist Joseph Rushmore was violently arrested while covering a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Texas at Austin. His case is one of many press freedom violations documented by the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker related to campus protests in recent days. Courtesy of Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune. Press freedom violations have soared in recent weeks, as a nationwide protest movement over the Israel-Gaza war has spread across...
How The Campus Protests Could Impact The 2024 Election Authored by Emel Akan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Some Democrats are concerned that the ongoing college protests may jeopardize President Joe Biden’s chances of winning a second term. And there is an ongoing division within the Democratic Party over how to handle these demonstrations. (Illustration by The Epoch Times, Shutterstock, Getty Images) Some want President Biden to take a harder line to quell the protests and...
The student-led protest lasted just over three weeks and led to dozens of arrests.
Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. After days of negotiations between McMaster University and the students who set up a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus, the school now says it will consider making changes to meet some of the demands, but only after protesters pack up their tents and leave. Encampment organizers are not happy with the proposal from the university, saying […]
Recently, when disembarking a flight, the “thank you” I gave the pilot and crew was not perfunctory. Although my gratitude probably didn’t seem effusive from the outside, a depth of emotion touched me after I delivered it. Airline travel is one of the miracles of modern living, requiring human cooperation and coordination. Deeply, I felt
The principle of robust and open debate does not seem to apply when it comes to demonstrations about Gaza. University chiefs are terrified—but they mu
On Tuesday night, UMass Chancellor Javier Reyes sent campus police to disperse and dismantle the pro-Palestinian encampment that was set up by student protesters that day in response to Israeli troops seizing Gaza's vital Rafah crossing.