Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hailed the anti-Israel protesters at college campuses on Monday, depicting them as “peaceful” despite tense confrontations that forced a rabbi linked to Columbia University to urge Jewish students to stay away.
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized fellow Democratic Representative Jared Moskowitz's social media post on Wednesday about Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, calling it "shameful."On Tuesday in a bipartisan vote, the U.S. Senate passed the $95.3 billion foreign aid package to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan by a vote of 79-18. The House on Saturday approved the bill's individual components following months of gridlock. In total, 210 Democrats and 101 Republicans voted in favor of the aid...
To say that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) knows literally nothing about running a business is to commit the greatest understatement since the Brits referred to the Blitz as "a bit of a bother." AOC, unlike many politicians, has actually had a real job, as a bartender, but her time in Congress has been marked by hostility to all things business-related.
The 2024 election isn’t “a lesser of two evils type of situation,” AOC says as she explains her support for President Biden.
Why would people of the left protest the Democrats’ convention, especially regarding issues where they say they support us, such as on abortion and LGBTQ+ rights? I was asked that question by Neil Steinberg, a page-two columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, regarding our Sunday, August 18th march on the eve of this year’s Democratic Convention More
Inside Minneapolis College, a quiet revolution is taking place as students in recovery find solace and support in their pursuit of education.
The president of Columbia University is facing a possible censure vote for calling the NYPD to arrest students at an anti-war encampment on the school's campus. Chris Jansing spoke to Jacob Schmeltz, who is a senior at Columbia, about his current experience there as a student.
NYU Alumni for Palestine, a group with the support of 2,410 university alumni, and the NYU Palestine Solidarity Coalition announced that they are “organizing to offer legal support” to any students, faculty or other university affiliates at the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” in a shared Instagram post earlier this afternoon. In the post, the groups advised This story Alumni, activist groups to provide legal support for protesters appeared first on Washington Square News.
“There has been this discourse that Columbia is this hotbed of antisemitism, but it’s just a bunch of nerds sitting on the ground playing games, chanting and doing homework,” said one student who has been at the college protest camp.
Once again, Donald Trump made history on Monday, becoming the first American president to ever stand on criminal charges. The former president has been charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in a bid to conceal a hush money payment made to adult film star Stormy Daniels in the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election. The charges on their own are misdemeanours but have been elevated to felonies because Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg says they occurred to violate state or...
After nearly three decades of holding annual silent protests to raise awareness for LGBTQ rights, students across the nation are speaking out Friday spurred by the recent spate of laws aimed at limiting the rights and visibility of LGBTQ Americans. This year, for the first time, the “Day of Silence” – a yearly event where students take a vow of silence to symbolize the impact of homophobia and the LGBTQ voices that are marginalized by bullying – will morph into a day of action called the “Day of...
Popular Iranian Rapper Sentenced To Death For Supporting 'Anti-Hijab Protests' A 33-year old Iranian activist and rapper who has recently been involved in anti-government demonstrations has been handed a shockingly draconian sentence by an Iranian court. Toomaj Salehi was first arrested in Oct. 2022 for publicly backing the so-called 'anti-hijab' protests which swept the ultra-conservative Islamic country. But this week "Branch 1 of Isfahan Revolutionary Court sentenced Salehi to...