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Amid growing outrage over Gaza, protests and hunger strikes mark a renewed Palestinian movement determined to bridge division and sustain resistance.

The Palestinian activist discusses the Columbia protests, ICE detention and free speech in the U.S. The government wanted others like him to fear them. It wanted noncitizens and immigrants to stop speaking out. If they could do this to Khalil...

Readers Comments: Not Just Texas, It's Voting Rights and Democracy Under Assault; ICE Block; GOP Cover-Up: Ultra Rich Power Grab and Child Sex Trafficking; Gaza is Time to Remember Hiroshima - War is Not Healthy for Children and Other Living Things;

A study by the Center of Economic and Policy Research has revealed that, between 1971 and 2021, US and EU sanctions killed 38 million people around the world.

“If my ordeal exposed authoritarianism and put a spotlight on the suffering in Gaza, I’m happy to do it again and again.”

In theory, the plan, embraced by the EU and the Arab League, could end the Israeli mass killing in Gaza, remove Hamas from power and begin the implementation of a process for a state of Palestine. The question is whether it has any chance of success.

26 Democrats joined Bernie Sanders in his effort to end certain weapons' sales to Israel - but were blocked by 70 pro-war senators, including every Republican present. Here's how the vote went. The majority of Democratic Senators bucked AIPAC.

Not content to torment the Ivy League, Republicans are seeking authoritarian control over working-class public universities like the City University of New York. The latest salvo: allegedly firing four adjuncts for their support of Palestine.

Columbia University reached agreement with the Trump administration to pay $200 million for "violations;." also agreed to establish a $21 million fund to “compensate employees who may have experienced antisemitism." One professor asks for his share.