The Harvard ‘Die-in’ That Set Off a Debate Over Protest and Punishment

An Israeli American student said he was assaulted during a protest. Two years later, Republicans continue to raise the episode in their campaign to force schools to punish the student protesters.

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U.S. Argues That Detained Protesters Can’t Seek Release in Federal Court

A federal appeals court heard arguments over whether noncitizens subject to deportation have the right to challenge their detentions using one of the oldest legal precepts.

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Judge Rules Trump Unlawfully Targeted Noncitizens Over Pro-Palestinian Speech

In a blistering opinion, a federal judge in Boston said the Trump administration used the threat of deportations to systematically intimidate certain campus demonstrators into silence.

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We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself

As China threatens to overtake U.S. leadership in science and technology, America has responded by sabotaging its own engines of progress.

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Nemat Shafik, Columbia President During Protests, Takes Another Tough Job

Dr. Shafik, who came under fire for her handling of pro-Palestinian campus protests last year, is now the chief economic adviser to Britain’s prime minister.

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A Critic of Universities Is Rallying to Defend Them in the Trump Era

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression has long been a critic of progressive campus culture. Now it’s taking on new, and surprising, targets.

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Suit Accuses N.Y.P.D. of Continued Aggression at Protests Over Gaza

The case, brought by civil rights lawyers, asks a judge to issue an order stopping the Police Department from “violently disrupting” pro-Palestinian demonstrations in New York City.

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The Head of the A.D.L. on Antisemitism, Anti-Zionism and Free Speech

How Jonathan Greenblatt thinks about the line between legitimate protest and anti-Jewish hate.

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The Trump Administration Tried to Silence Mahmoud Khalil, So I Asked Him to Talk

The Palestinian activist discusses the Columbia protests, ICE detention and free speech in America.

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Georgetown Scholar Reaches Deal to Return to Work While Fighting Deportation

In a settlement, the government agreed to reinstate Badar Khan Suri’s legal status amid litigation over the Trump administration’s efforts to deport him.

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