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SWAT Goes to College

Even in an era of police militarization, there’s something shocking about seeing cops in riot gear on college campuses.

Reason

Civil disobedience and calls for financial divestments ‘have an important place in democracy’—but many schools also have donors to worry about

Faced with student protestors’ demands, donors, and managing their reputations, educational institutions are finding themselves between a rock and a hard place.

Fortune

Hidden recession? Mental illness costs the US a staggering $282B annually, shows new study

Research claims to be the first integration of economic modeling and psychiatric literature.

Fortune

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Student activism: Here's how it works

My years as a student activist at Columbia shaped me — and most of what we fought for, we won eventually

Salon

Nobel laureate Joe Stiglitz on the ‘myth’ of the American Dream, the economic noose hanging around Gen Z’s neck—and what business leaders really think about Donald Trump

The economist says the Columbia-led protests definitely hit home and he still believes in something besides “freedom for the wolves and death for the sheep.”

Fortune

Leaders of Northwestern, UCLA and Rutgers to testify before Congress on campus protests

House Republicans have summoned the leaders of Northwestern University and Rutgers University to testify about concessions they gave to pro-Palestinian protesters to end demonstrations on their campus

The Independent UK

Judicial Boycotts of Non-Elite Schools

In April 2009, a law student at American University asked Justice Scalia how a student from her school could become "outrageously successful" without "connections and elite degrees." (The clip begins around 52:00.) Scalia laughed out loud. He answered, "Just work hard and be very good." But then he digressed to…

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“There’s nothing I like more than finding our back catalogue in the prog section alongside Yes and Genesis… we wanted to show off every aspect of what we could do as artists”: Call them what you like, but Chicago know they’re a prog band

One of the few groups to ever get away with releasing a double-album as a debut, they’d started out as a covers band who’d rebuild and extend every song they played

Louder

Giants’ Dante Miler has ‘no doubt’ he can succeed at NFL level

New York Giants running back Dante Miller, nicknamed "Turbo," has no doubt he can succeed at the NFL level.

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Is this the "right" way to protest?

Politicians and the public largely oppose the student protests. But activists say that's missing the point

Salon

The Israel-Hamas war is testing whether campuses are sacrosanct places for speech and protest

Colleges and universities have long been protected places for free expression without pressure or punishment

The Independent UK

Ohio State men’s tennis survives Colombia to advance to NCAA semifinals

Survive and advance. #GoBucks

USA Today Sports Media Group

International students risk immigration status to engage in Gaza protests

Reliant on visas to remain in the US, foreign students face heightened consequences for involvement in campus protests.

Al Jazeera

Finance and business moguls held Zoom with Eric Adams urging him to bring in police on Columbia protesters

A private WhatsApp group of high-profile, powerful financiers, business leaders and CEOs received briefings from Israeli officials, and discussed shaping public dialogue around Israel crisis

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Columbia Arrests Raise Concerns Over Student Injuries

Conflicting reports surface over injuries during Columbia University arrests amid Israel-Palestine tensions, prompting calls for transparency and accountab...

Fortune

‘Banks continue to become increasingly less relevant’: the professor who sees a $2 trillion hole in the economy predicts a thinning of the herd

Small-to-mid-size banks will be the first forced out of business, he says. “There are quite a few banks in the United States right now that have very similar risk characteristics [to Silicon Valley Bank]."

The Guardian - US

Are US campus protests antisemitic? Jewish students weigh in

We asked Jewish students at US universities what they think about pro-Palestinian demonstrations. Our panel responds

Salon

"It exposes a contradiction" on campus

Author Alex Vitale on the "deeper truth" about universities as "an important part of America's imperial program"

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US students, once again, have led the way. Now we must all stand up for Palestinians

Campus protests in solidarity with the people of Gaza have braved abuse and police raids but history will be kinder

The Guardian - US

Campus protest crackdowns claim to be about antisemitism – but they’re part of a rightwing plan

Accusations of antisemitism are the tip of the spear in a frightening illiberal project serving an autocratic agenda

Al Jazeera

Are US graduation ceremonies the latest battleground for Gaza protests?

Here’s how pro-Palestine campus protests and encampments are affecting graduation ceremonies at US universities.

The Guardian - US

‘Police raids are nothing new’: student protesters from 1960s see history repeating itself

Anti-Vietnam war activists from Tariq Ali to the Weather Underground on the remarkable parallels with today’s pro-Palestinian uprising

Salon

What gets lost in the campus protests

The "media's focus on the mechanisms of the protest movement and its repression has taken the focus off of" Gaza

Reason

"A Message from Jewish Students at Columbia University"

"Contrary to what many have tried to sell you – no, Judaism cannot be separated from Israel. Zionism is, simply put, the manifestation of that belief."

Reason

Nico Perrino: When Does Protesting Become a Crime?

Executive VP of FIRE Nico Perrino discusses the history and legality of campus protests.

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