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Columbia students speak out about suspension over pro-Palestine event

The suspensions prohibit the students from attending classes, extracurricular activities, and entering Columbia’s campus without prior arrangements

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4 Min
By: Sravya Tadepalli

Columbia University in legal battle over pro-Palestinian student group suspension

The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) and Palestine Legal have sued Columbia University in New York State court over its suspension of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP). The Columbia chapters of SJP and JVP are student organizations that have organized many of

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5 Min
By: Sravya Tadepalli

Pro-Palestine students at Columbia University speak out about ‘skunk’ attack

At a rally on Jan. 19, protesters affiliated with Columbia University’s chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) said they were attacked with a chemical substance known as “skunk,” leaving numerous participants seeking hospital treatment. According to attendees, two individuals dispersed a

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4 Min
By: Sravya Tadepalli

Columbia University students may call a tuition strike against Israeli apartheid

As the genocide in Gaza rages, a coalition of student groups is threatening to stop the flow of money to the university if officials do not divest from Israel

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4 Min
By: Nayanika Guha

Why journalists must speak out about Gaza

These attacks on journalists are part of a regime of occupation, apartheid, and extermination that dates back to before the 1948 Nakba

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9 Min
By: Tina Vásquez, Lewis Raven Wallace, Rebecca Chowdhury, Aja Arnold, Victoria Bouloubasis, Rae Garringer, Charmaine Lang, Nour Saudi, Irene Vázquez

Columbia University student activists say they won’t be deterred after school suspends pro-Palestine student groups

“The goal is divestment, academic and economic, from Israeli apartheid across the board,” one student activist said

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5 Min
By: Nayanika Guha

Barnard College will offer medication abortion for students beginning next year

As one of the first few U.S. colleges to commit to offering abortion pills to students, Barnard College’s new policy emphasizes the important role campuses can play in providing accessible reproductive care

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4 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

Columbia’s student workers union unveils the university’s hypocritical liberal persona

The strike began Nov. 3, with union members calling for higher wages and more protections for graduate and undergraduate student workers

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5 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

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