Columbia University

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  Opinion

  There’s a bleak historical explanation for why Columbia’s capitulation to Trump is so concerning

  There’s a long history of authoritarians cracking down on their country’s universities

  By Marianne Hirsch Mar 24, 2025 | 3 min read
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  News

  Jewish Columbia student: ‘I don’t want Trump involved in my school’ but ‘nothing was changing’

  A student who spent years trying to spotlight campus antisemitism is questioning what victory really looks like

  By Benyamin Cohen Mar 24, 2025 | 4 min read
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  Fast Forward

  Columbia bans face masks in protests and acquiesces to other Trump administration demands

  The changes are a bid to regain federal funding cut to penalize the school for its pro-Palestinian protests

  By Philissa Cramer Mar 23, 2025 | 3 min read
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  Fast Forward

  In jailhouse letter, Mahmoud Khalil urges renewed student pro-Palestinian protests

  The protest leader from Columbia University says he is a “political prisoner” since being arrested by ICE last week

  By Ben Sales Mar 19, 2025 | 2 min read
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  Opinion

  Trump’s crusade against Columbia is ripped straight from Hungary’s anti-Soros playbook

  Viktor Orbán went after a university founded by George Soros in ways that now look awfully familiar

  By Emily Tamkin Mar 17, 2025 | 4 min read
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  Opinion

  Is Mahmoud Khalil the new Emma Goldman?

  A WWI-era attorney general exploited Goldman’s notoriety to target thousands of legal immigrants. Trump seems to be doing the same with Khalil.

  By Larry Cohler-Esses Mar 14, 2025 | 7 min read
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  Opinion

  Voltaire knew what to say about would-be despots like Donald Trump

  The Mahmoud Khalil affair calls to mind the anti-democratic excesses of the 18th century

  By Robert Zaretsky Mar 14, 2025 | 5 min read
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  News

  ‘Nobody can protect you,’ Columbia dean warns foreign students after Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest

  Experts had mixed feelings about Jelani Cobb cautioning foriegn students not to publish articles about Gaza or Ukraine

  By Arno Rosenfeld Mar 13, 2025 | 3 min read