Four CUNY Professors Say They Were Fired for Supporting Palestine
As Congress grills CUNY’s chancellor, the terminated Brooklyn College faculty say Palestine activism is “the only thing we have in common.”
As Congress grills CUNY’s chancellor, the terminated Brooklyn College faculty say Palestine activism is “the only thing we have in common.”
Like other schools moving the goalposts, Swarthmore College recently changed its policies to ban “loud chanting.”
Shoshana Shendelman is reportedly part of a hard-line pro-Israel faction on the Columbia board of trustees.
The school later told staff it had provided the Trump administration with personal contact information for faculty members.
“There’s a very good chance that they will fire me,” said Katherine Franke, a tenured professor who has defended students protesting for Gaza.
The last big protests cost $150 million in NYPD overtime — with tens of millions more in lawsuit settlements.
When police attacked student protesters, a lone trash can was the only damaged property I saw around City College of New York.
A mass movement against the Trump administration is essential, but no one should take an Iraq War booster’s advice.
From pro-Palestine students to Charlie Kirk commenters, the immigration system is being weaponized against people whose views Trump doesn’t like.
Stiglitz, perhaps the most renowned Columbia professor, gave an exclusive interview to The Intercept on academic freedom, deportations of students, and more.
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