It looks like Northeastern is admitting that the 'kill the Jews' comment came from a pro-Israel provocateur but they think this still justifies smearing and arresting pro-Palestinian students. I want to know how this is congruent with any concepts of free speech & academic…

It’s hard to compete with this

Why is this ism worthy of that over any other ism? This is a serious question. Also, what is the “decisive action” that would end it that you think would be suitable?

Currently happening outside of the White House Correspondents Dinner:

Entirely predictable.

Ye sued for allegedly discriminating against Black staff, demanding employee to cut off his locs.

“Specifically, Kanye frequently screamed at and berated Black employees, while in contrast, he never so much as raised his tone of voice toward white staff.”

Keep in mind: These are the folks claiming to be colorblind, claiming that DEI focuses too much on race, explicitly saying the real problem is white men in a university system that is at least 75% white in a state that is 90% white need a space that’s racially for them. It’s…

Last night, Ohio State U. officials insisted that of course they would never have rooftop snipers during students' pro-Palestinian protest

Today, they admitted they lied

This in a state where the Ohio National Guard murdered 4 students in 1970, Appalling thelantern.com/2024/04/univer…

The United Nations has called for “a clear, transparent and credible investigation” into the mass graves uncovered at two of Gaza’s major hospitals that had been raided by Israeli troops.

“what struck me most about those who are protesting is how long they waited. the restraint they showed. not the spontaneity, the restraint. they waited and waited for justice. and it didn’t come. no one talks about that...” - Toni Morrison

Brandeis just sent out an email to students with 'guidelines for demonstrators' which among many restrictions allows protest activity 'in a designated area only.' This coming from the university that served as headquarters for the 1970 national student strike against Vietnam...

Students from Loyola & Tulane universities in New Orleans shut down a stretch of St. Charles Ave. for about an hour today in a pro-Palestinian rally. Unlike recent protests in other states, the police kept a distance & made no arrests. NOLA.com

According to information obtained Friday, university spokesperson Ben Johnson said once the troopers began using force on the students around 10 p.m., the state troopers on the roof switched to long-range firearms as part of their protocol.

Read more:
thelantern.com/2024/04/univer…

The medical syringe has become a tool of control during police encounters, a practice that has quietly spread based on questionable science.

Dozens of deaths reveal the risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police, AP finds. apnews.com/article/invest…

Premature Palestinian baby girl rescued from her dead mother’s womb dies in Gaza after 5 days in an incubator apnews.com/article/gaza-i…

Iowa’s 3 public universities are closing their DEI offices

Iowa State’s president said they’ve established learning communities so that ‘a young man, young white man, from rural Iowa, could find the place where they could belong’

kcrg.com/2024/04/25/iow…

In which we learn that Princeton was fine graduating a student who took part in the January 6 assault on Congress but will expel a finishing PhD student for sitting on the grass.

I asked Joseph E. Stiglitz, longtime Columbia University scholar and Nobel-winning economist, what the establishment doesn’t understand about what campus protesters are trying to say.

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Over 1,000 Barnard alums pledge to withhold donations, issue letter to Rosenbury demanding suspended students be reinstated columbiaspectator.com/news/2024/04/2…

From April 2-5, LDF attorneys were in Louisiana representing Black students & their families in Banks v. St James Parish, a case challenging the school district’s motion to be released from federal supervision despite persisting segregation.
naacpldf.org/case-issue/ban…