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Campus Protests Aren’t Going Away. Colleges Need to Draw Lines.
Student protests across the country continue to escalate, leading to mass arrests and police action. In this conversation with politics…
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What the First Amendment Means for Campus Protests
Encampments? Occupying buildings? Demonstrators cite their right to free expression, but the issues are thorny.
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In a Portland Library, Activists Fortify for a Standoff
At Portland State University’s crescent-shaped library, students can normally peer through floor-to-ceiling windows at the leafy green spaces below. But…
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Eric Adams Seizes Role as Face of the Crackdown on Student Protests
Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday defended the overnight arrests of nearly 300 campus protesters in New York City, praising the…
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Hamilton Hall Has a Long History of Student Takeovers
Hamilton Hall, the building at Columbia University that protesters occupied early Tuesday morning, has been occupied several times by student…
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A Small Campus in the Redwoods Has the Nation’s Most Entrenched Protest
Pro-Palestinian protesters have occupied the administration building at California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt for the past week and forced a…
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N.Y.U. Says It Will Discipline Students Who Remain in Encampment
The university had set a noon deadline for an end to overnight stays at the site, but students remained there…
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Colleges Have Gone Off the Deep End. There Is a Way Out.
I had my head in a law book when I heard the drums. That was the sound of the first…
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‘Decisions Under Fire’: Campuses Try a Mix of Tactics as Protests Grow
Some colleges that initiated police crackdowns on pro-Palestinian protests have since taken a different tack. Others have defended the move.…
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The Student-Led Protests Aren’t Perfect. That Doesn’t Mean They’re Not Right.
On Wednesday morning, on a corner across the street from Columbia University, a man dressed in black, a huge gold…
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