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Columbia, Free Speech and the Coddling of the American Right
As a journalist, you usually go to the front line to find the news. But sometimes the front line finds you. This happened to me not once but twice on Thursday, as an epic battle over freedom of expression on college campuses unfolded from one end ...
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Campus Turmoil: The Gaza Protests at Columbia
More from our inbox: The Airstrikes Between Israel and IranThe ‘Ludicrous’ Impeachment of MayorkasStudent protesters at Columbia University, before the police stepped in.Credit...C.S. Muncy for The New York TimesTo the Editor: Re “Colleges Warn of ...
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Republicans Wanted a Crackdown on Israel’s Critics. Columbia Obliged.
This article has been updated to include new information about the number of arrests at Columbia University on Thursday. Columbia’s exceptionally poised president, Nemat Shafik, clearly has no intention of going down like the former heads of Harvard ...
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A protest 56 years ago became an important part of Columbia’s culture.
Columbia University is no stranger to major student protests, and the uproar that unfolded at the institution on Thursday had echoes of a much bigger revolt in 1968 — another time of upheaval over a war many students deeply believed was immoral. That ...
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4 Takeaways From the Hearing on Antisemitism at Columbia University
Four Columbia University officials, including the university’s president and the leaders of its board, went before Congress on Wednesday to try to extinguish criticism that the campus in New York has become a hub of antisemitic behavior and thought ...
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How Columbia’s President Has Avoided Fallout Over Israel-Hamas Protests
Protests over the Israel-Hamas war roiled Columbia’s campus for weeks. Then, the campus and its president receded from attention — for now.
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Columbia Faces Protests After Banning 2 Pro-Palestinian Groups
Hundreds of students rallied after the university banned two groups from holding campus events, and faculty members said they would walk out in protest.
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Under Pressure, Columbia Pledges $100 Million to Patients Doctor Abused
The institution said it “failed these survivors” in a letter on Monday apologizing for its role in the decades-long abuse by the gynecologist, Robert Hadden.
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Columbia University Postpones a Fund-Raiser as Divisions Over War Deepen
Columbia has said it should be a space for “moral and intellectual conversations” about the Israel-Hamas war, but as those conversations harden, the choice may affect its finances.
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How Columbia Sportswear Is Loosening Its Ties to Asia
Confronted with the U.S.-China trade war and disruptions in the shipping industry, the company is shifting some production to Central America.
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