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City University Of NY To Address Discrimination Complaints

City University of New York takes steps to address discrimination complaints related to Israel-Hamas conflict protests.

Top News · Jun 17, 2024

US Gaza protests put student journalists in spotlight

Student journalists were thrust into the spotlight this week, covering pro-Palestinian protests taking place at universities across the United States. They were plugged into the story in ways that national media organisations couldn't be. We discuss the media coverage of the protests and the challenge of reporting on them. FRANCE…

France 24 · May 3, 2024

Arrests, Evictions Continue On US Campuses

At Columbia and at the City University of New York, where police cleared out demonstrators overnight, some students decried the police behavior. Donald Trump, on the other hand, voiced his full-throated support for the police response at Columbia. "It was a beautiful thing to watch. New York's finest," he told…

International Business Times · May 2, 2024

CUNY Hires Professor CNN Fired For Being Anti-Israel

The City University of New York has hired a professor who made an anti-Israel speech.  

Zenger · Aug 24, 2023

Ama Ata Aidoo: the pioneering writer from Ghana left behind a string of feminist classics

Prolific author and former Ghanaian education minister Ama Ata Aidoo passed away on 31 May 2023 at the age of 81. News of her death reverberated around the world, proof of her towering influence in literary, feminist and political spaces.

The Conversation · Jun 7, 2023

Graduation Speeches, "Hate Speech," and the CUNY Law Controversy

There's been a good deal of comment about the City University of New York law school student graduation speaker (Fatima Mousa Mohammed) who devoted a good deal of her speech to harshly condemning Israel and "Zionism," as well as capitalism, the New York government, and America more generally. (I include…

Reason · Jun 2, 2023