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Court Rejects Allegedly Anti-Zionist Professors' Claims That University Should Have Stopped Jewish Professors from Filing Religious Discrimination Complaints Against Them

From Lax v. CUNY, decided Friday by N.Y. trial court judge Gina Abadi: Plaintiffs are observant Jewish professors at Kingsborough Community College (Kingsborough), which is part of CUNY [City University of New York]. Defendant Professional Staff Congress (the Union) is the labor union for the faculty. Defendant the New Caucus…

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New York Community College Abruptly Cancels Jewish Student Event

This isn't the first time a student event has been canceled over alleged safety issues.

Reason

Where is Joe Biden’s fury about decapitated Palestinian babies?

Politicians parroted untrue rumors that Hamas had beheaded Israeli babies. When the children are Palestinian, they shrug

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US students blast cancellation of commencements: ‘A slap in the face’

Universities across the US are dropping or shrinking graduation ceremonies as pro-Palestinian protests continue

The Guardian - US

Arrests, Evictions Continue On US Campuses

At Columbia and at the City University of New York, where police cleared out demonstrators overnight, some students decried the police behavior. Donald Trump, on the other hand, voiced his full-throated support for the police response at Columbia. "It was a beautiful thing to watch. New York's finest," he told…

International Business Times

Police Deployed On US Campuses As Protest Unrest Simmers

Dozens of police cars patrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles campus in response to violent clashes overnight when counter-protesters attacked an encampment of pro-Palestinian students. At Columbia University in New York City, police were on standby after officers marched onto campus late Tuesday to end the protests there.

International Business Times

Where are the US college campus protests and what is happening?

Protest encampments have been set up on about 30 campuses across the US over the Israel-Gaza war, with unrest flaring at some after police moved in to clear out protesters

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City College Of New York Vandalized By Protesters

Protesters cause damage at City College of New York. Weapons found on site. Cleanup and repairs ongoing.

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After police crackdown, what’s next for Columbia’s Gaza protesters?

The NYPD arrested around 300 college protesters from Columbia and CUNY after Hamilton Hall was occupied.

Al Jazeera

Police crack down on US campus protests as tensions over Gaza war simmer

Police tore down a protest encampment at the University of Texas on Wednesday, arresting more than a dozen people, as unrest over Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza simmered on US campuses.

France 24

‘Do not bow’: ex-Black Panther praises pro-Palestinian student protesters from prison

Mumia Abu-Jamal tells New York City students they’re on the right side of history by deciding ‘not to be silent and to speak out’

The Guardian - US

US faculty speak up and stand alongside student Gaza protesters

With pro-Palestine students arrested and campus protests broken up, educators are increasingly rallying in support

The Guardian - US

At Occidental College, Upcoming Vote Reflects Rise in Undergraduate Labor Organizing

The organizing effort at the private liberal arts campus is part of a broader “societal shift” in favor of labor unions.

Capital & Main

Private, Shmivate: Sit-ins, Campouts, and True Threats Are Constitutionally Unprotected at Universities, Whether Private or Public

The Wall Street Journal had an editorial this morning called "Defining Free Speech Down on Campus"; I agree that disruptive protests are unprotected by the First Amendment, but I think the editorial erred in its emphasis. The editorial begins by arguing that no First Amendment rights to protest on privately…

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Nuclear waste, river cruises, and an exploding toilet.

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New York college students who support Palestine fear post-9/11-style retaliation

Arab and Muslim students decry lack of leadership on Islamophobia at City University of New York

The Independent UK

Antisemitism policies at public city colleges in New York will be reviewed, the governor says

Antisemitism policies at New York City colleges will be reviewed amid ongoing campus protests over the war between Israel and Hamas

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CUNY Hires Professor CNN Fired For Being Anti-Israel

The City University of New York has hired a professor who made an anti-Israel speech.

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The Conversation

Six books to read this Women In Translation month – recommended by our experts

Only a third of books translated into English are by women authors. August is Women in Translation month, which hopes to address this imbalance by getting more people reading and buying – and publishers translating – books by women. In a bid to do our part we asked a few…

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Graduation Speeches, "Hate Speech," and the CUNY Law Controversy

There's been a good deal of comment about the City University of New York law school student graduation speaker (Fatima Mousa Mohammed) who devoted a good deal of her speech to harshly condemning Israel and "Zionism," as well as capitalism, the New York government, and America more generally. (I include…

Al Jazeera

‘Bullying’ campaign after US graduate speech criticises Israel

Politicians from both US major parties condemn CUNY Law graduation address by young woman critical of Israeli policies.

The Conversation

A 5th generation New Yorker reveals tales of Asian resistance since the 19th century

In this episode of Don’t Call Me Resilient, author and CUNY professor Ava Chin, a 5th generation Chinese New Yorker, discusses her new book, Mott Street: A Chinese American Family’s Story of Exclusion and Homecoming.

Tribune News Service

NYC congressional leaders call on city universities to turn their dorms into migrant housing this summer

New York City universities and colleges should open up their student dorms and apartments to asylum seekers this summer, two of the state’s congressional representatives said Monday as the city continues to struggle to find room for the tens of thousands of migrants who’ve arrived since last year.

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NYC Mayor Eric Adams And I Now Share Something In Common

We were both protested by CUNY Law students.

The Independent UK

'Waste of time': Community college transfers derail students

America's high school graduates are often encouraged to start at a community college before getting a bachelor's degree, but the money-saving move rarely works as planned

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