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Nahid Islam, a student protester who was sworn in as a minister in Bangladesh's interim government in 2024, in Dhaka.

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  • Asia

As Bangladesh gears up for election, a new political player emerges

Last year, Gen-Z uprising in Bangladesh helped bring down Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Student activists continue to be central figures in shaping the future of Bangladesh's political landscape.

March 27, 2025
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By:
  • Shamim Chowdhury
Mahmoud Khalil is shown on the Columbia University campus in New York at a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on April 29, 2024.

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  • Politics

ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests

Mahmoud Khalil was inside his university-owned apartment Saturday night when several Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents entered and took him into custody.

March 10, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A New York City police officer looks over the center of Columbia University ahead of a large graduation ceremony in May, following weeks of pro-Palestinian protests.

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  • National

3 Columbia deans ousted for texts that 'touched on ... antisemitic tropes'

The three were texting each other during a panel discussion on Jewish life on campus last May, mocking and disparaging students’ complaints of antisemitism.

July 09, 2024
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By:
  • Tovia Smith
Protesters seen in tents on Columbia University's campus on April 24. The school later suspended protesters who didn't leave, and called New York City police to arrest those who occupied a building on campus.

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  • Education

Columbia and Emory universities change commencement plans after weeks of turmoil

Columbia cancels its main ceremony, while Emory's events will now take place in the suburbs outside its Atlanta campus. The moves come after weeks of protests against the war in Gaza.

May 06, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Pro-Palestinian encampment at Columbia University. Eurovision 2024.

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  • Politics

An inside look at the campus protests; plus, Israel at Eurovision

Pro-Palestinian protests have been popping up at universities around the world, and in the last few days things have escalated at a number of those campuses. Columbia University called on police to shutdown the encampment on their university lawn and 300 people were arrested. At University of California Los Angeles, about 200 pro-Israel counter-protestors raided a pro-Palestinian encampment. To get first hand accounts of the protests, Brittany talks to two student journalists: Shaanth Nanguneri, an undergraduate reporter at UCLA, and Claire Davenport, a graduate reporter at Columbia University in New York.

Then, Eurovision may seem like a quaint, quirky event to Americans but it's a huge cultural event that easily surpasses the Super Bowl in terms of global viewership. And for an apolitical event, Eurovision can teach us a lot about geopolitics. This year, all eyes are on Israel, which is not European but has been a competitor since the 70s. With Israel's ongoing conflict in Gaza, there's a lot of politicking for and against its inclusion at the song contest. Brittany chats with Eurovision scholar Paul David Flood about Israel's controversial song and dance at Eurovision... and why Americans might want to pay attention.

May 03, 2024
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By:
  • Barton Girdwood,
  • Alexis Williams,
  • and 5 more
Using a tactical vehicle, New York City police enter an upper floor of Hamilton Hall on the Columbia University campus in New York on Tuesday, after protesters took over the building earlier in the day.

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  • Education

New York police arrest 300 people as they clear Hamilton Hall at Columbia University

New York police arrested pro-Palestinian demonstrators on two campuses Tuesday night, as officers cleared out a Columbia University building occupied by protesters.

May 01, 2024
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Dozens of tents are seen on a lawn inside the Columbia University Campus after students refused to take down the encampment by the 2 p.m. EDT deadline given to students protesting by Columbia President Minouche Shafik.

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  • National

As student protesters get arrested, they risk being banned from campus too

Students continue to protest at campuses across the country, despite the risk of arrest. Some schools now threaten demonstrators with disciplinary action, while others promise the opposite.

April 29, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman,
  • Brian Mann,
  • and 1 more
Students protest the Israel-Hamas war at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. Protests and encampments have sprung up on college and university campuses across the country to protest the war.

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  • National

Nearly 300 people arrested at campus protests against the war in Gaza this weekend

Police took more than 250 protesters into custody in Arizona, Indiana, Massachusetts and Missouri this weekend, as the war in Gaza continues to embroil campuses across the nation.

April 28, 2024
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By:
  • Luke Garrett
Activists and students participate in an encampment protest at the University Yard at George Washington University on Thursday.

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  • Education

Across the U.S., pro-Palestinian campus protesters risk arrest and suspension

Hundreds of students have been arrested. Columbia says progress was made in negotiations with protesters, while at GWU, students are flouting orders to clear encampments.

April 27, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman,
  • Ayana Archie,
  • and 2 more
Georgia State Patrol officers detain a demonstrator on the campus of Emory University in Atlanta during a pro-Palestinian demonstration on Thursday.

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  • Education

Mass arrests roil college campuses amid pro-Palestinian protests

The University of Southern California canceled its main commencement ceremony after dozens of campus arrests. Meanwhile, students at several schools around the country set up solidarity encampments.

April 25, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman and
  • Ayana Archie
Students occupy the campus Columbia University on Friday, calling for the school to divest from companies with ties to Israel.

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  • Education

Columbia University shifts classes to remote-only after a wave of protests on campus

Yale University, Emerson College and New York University are among the few schools where students are staging encampments calling for divestment from Israel.

April 23, 2024
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By:
  • Juliana Kim

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