Not a dark chapter of history. This is happening now. 310 bodies reportedly found in mass graves around destroyed Gaza hospitals after IDF withdrawal. Some allegedly had their hands tied while others were bound and stripped. From ⁦The Guardian⁩ theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

Keep thinking of the doctors at Al Shifa who were executed after refusing to abandon their patients.

NYU organizers say over 128 faculty, students, and community members have been arrested.

'We will not back down and we will stand united. We will fight to keep each other safe from the NYPD, NYU administration, anti-Palestinian racism, anti-Muslim rhetoric, and antisemitism.'

My Columbia Journalism students are out reporting non-stop: working sources they've built over months, navigating the campus unlike any outsider, and adding much-needed context, humanity and depth to coverage.

If you're an editor looking to commission them, get in touch.

Censoring starvation: 'Israel has been remarkably successful in limiting independent press access to Gaza of the sort that brought the haunting images of [famine in ] Biafra to the attention of the world more than 55 years ago.' foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/22/gaz…

AI-drafted police reports will absolutely result in mistakes enshrined as facts.

This will permanently impact peoples' lives & freedom.

Statement from faculty via the American Association of University Professors in response to NYU’s statement on the use of violent police response to disperse the Gaza Solidarity Encampment, detailing how an outsized NYPD response caused safety problems — not the students.

Why does that matter?

Vending licenses and permits have been capped for decades.

Just a few thousand are available for the 20k+ vendors in the city, mostly working class immigrants.

Waitlists are in the tens of thousands.

It can take years to get one, if ever.

'Disturbing reports continue to emerge about mass graves in Gaza in which Palestinian victims were reportedly stripped naked with their hands tied, prompting renewed concerns about possible war crimes amid ongoing Israeli airstrikes,' said UN OHCHR. news.un.org/en/story/2024/…

Last night I saw some of the most heavy-handed NYPD tactics since 2020. Truly out of pocket.

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NYU released a statement explaining that because a bunch of people stood in an open plaza without asking for permission, the school had no choice but to call the cops who in riot gear maced, beat, and violently mass arrested people.

nyu.edu/about/news-pub…

Nearly 300 bodies found in mass grave outside Gaza's Nasser hospital, according to civil defence workers. Some found with hands and feet tied - 'there were signs of field executions'. edition.cnn.com/2024/04/22/mid…

NYC Sanitation officials promised not to target street vendors just because they don't have a license.

But ticketing data tells a different story.

OVER HALF of the 1,400 tickets they issued were for vending without a license or permit.

gothamist.com/news/nyc-stree…

precise, rigorous reporting by student journalists at all these universities.

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On its homepage, the The New York Times website currently has four (4) prominently-displayed pieces about American college protests and zero (0) pieces about the nearly 300 bodies (some with their hands and feet bound) found in a mass grave at a hospital in southern Gaza.

NEW: 54 Columbia Law professors sent a letter to President Shafik, the board of trustees, and deans condemning the mass arrest & suspension of students.

Noting they don't all agree on issues at hand, the faculty urge 'respect for basic rule-of-law values.'theintercept.com/2024/04/22/gaz…

Read it here first: Jacob Beacher, 24, has been arrested after vandalizing and breaking into the Center For Islamic Life At Rutgers University. He is being charged with a federal hate crime. Those details and more with Matt Shuham huffpost.com/entry/rutgers-…

Yes, there have been individuals making vile statements on & around campus. This is wrong, evil & unacceptable. Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine has publicly & clearly disavowed this. To let a minority of vile voices drown out the true message of the majority of student protesters is irresponsible.

Antonia Hylton NBC News I am also concerned by reports that don't show the diversity of Jewish voices on campus. Yes, an Orthodox rabbi urged students to leave campus. But the Columbia/Barnard Hillel said the opposite. You can't report one without the other.