DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mamdani.
Meghnad Bose
Meghnad Bose is an award-winning investigative journalist. He is a professor at the University of Memphis, where he heads the MA program in Open Source Investigative Reporting.
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Chilling Dissent
Columbia Gives Big Money to Pro-Israel Groups — But Not to Pro-Palestine Ones
Groups like the ADL and AIPAC’s charity arm received cash from Columbia over the past three years, as the school cracked down on student protests.
The War on Immigrants
Two-Thirds of People Arrested by ICE in Minnesota Surge Had No Criminal Records, New Data Reveals
The White House had said all the thousands of people arrested were “dangerous criminal” immigrants.
The War on Immigrants
Columbia Flouted Its Own Policies and Let ICE Into University Buildings
The policy has been in place for at least a year — but school security keeps letting ICE agents in.
The War on Immigrants
Inside the Somali-Led Resistance to Trump’s Assault on Minneapolis
Somalis are fighting back, from homemade sambusas for protesters to foot patrols on the lookout for ICE.
Chilling Dissent
Accepted at Universities, Unable to Get Visas: Inside Trump’s War on International Students
With interview slots vanishing and arbitrary visa denials, the U.S. could see 150,000 fewer international students this fall.
Chilling Dissent
How Columbia’s Leadership Refashioned the University in Trump’s Image
Columbia University President Claire Shipman said the school retained full independence, but it gave in to virtually all of Trump's demands.
Chilling Dissent
Columbia Trustee Got Sued for Securities Fraud — Then Left Her Pharma Firm Under a Cloud
Shoshana Shendelman is reportedly part of a hard-line pro-Israel faction on the Columbia board of trustees.
Chilling Dissent
Students Studying at Columbia Library Were Suspended for Protest They Took No Part In
After being threatened with losing their housing, several students who weren’t involved in the protests had their suspensions lifted.
Israel’s War on Gaza
Inside Columbia’s Betrayal of Its Middle Eastern Studies Department
Columbia reassured its Middle Eastern studies scholars behind the scenes — then, to appease Trump, threw them to the wolves.