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There are two options: either Israel finally pulls into its defensible and normal borders, or the circles of condemnation will widen, culminating in the inclusion of all Israelis in the maligned group, indiscriminately.

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...

Israel has become a global pariah due to Netanyahu's crime spree. And Trump is a laughing stock among world leaders for his authoritarian policies, his ignorance, his megalomania, and his pathological lies.

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.

Readers Comments: Trump Screwing Country, World, Climate, Gaza, Now Ready to Make Deal with Sex Trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell; McCarthyism and Its Victims: Here We Go Again; Keep ICE Out of MLB Stadiums; Israelis Call for Crippling Sanctions on Israel

It is now obvious that antisemitism was never the real reason for the Trump administration’s attacks on universities. What lessons can we learn from this great exploitation? And now we have Columbia University caving in to Donald Trump.

A professor of Holocaust and genocide studies comes to a painful conclusion about Israel’s actions in Gaza. My inescapable conclusion has become that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people.

Readers Comments: GOP Budget ‘Total Betrayal’ of Working Class; Immigration and Health in Rural America; Story behind removal of Univ of Virginia president - eliminate DEI as fight against anti-Semitism; David Schwartzman-RIP; Announcements; more...

Mamdani’s agenda will face serious obstacles. A massive wave of new voters doesn’t just carry you into office. It shifts the landscape, it creates political capital that can be turned toward other ends; changes political calculations for others...