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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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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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Why Gaza Protests on U.S. College Campuses Have Become So Contagious

Experts say the partisan political context in Washington is a driver behind the spread of protests at American universities even…

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Emory in Atlanta Is Latest University to Crack Down on Protests

More than 400 demonstrators across the country have been taken into police custody since arrests at Columbia University in New…

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Campus Protests Over Gaza Intensify Amid Pushback by Universities and Police

There were nearly two dozen new arrests, mostly in Texas, as universities moved to prevent pro-Palestinian encampments from taking hold…

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The Ghost of the 1968 Antiwar Movement Has Returned

At the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, anti-Vietnam War protesters clashed with police officers — whose brutal role in…

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I’m a Columbia Professor. The Protests on My Campus Are Not Justice.

Last Thursday, in the music humanities class I teach at Columbia University, two students were giving an in-class presentation on…

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