Austin, Texas – “It didn’t feel real.” That’s how Alishba Javaid, a student at the University of Texas at Austin, describes the moment when she saw roughly 30 state troopers walk onto the campus lawn. Javaid and hundreds of her classmates had gathered on the grass, in the shadow of the campus’s 94-metre limestone tower, …
What to Know The NYPD moved in late Tuesday to clear protesters from Columbia University’s occupied Hamilton Hall and an encampment on the school’s lawn, donning riot uniforms and tactical gear to make entry 3 injuries were reported; Police said 109 people were arrested, including around 40 in the hall. Those in the hall face …
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Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Authorities arrested 79 people during the second police crackdown on pro-Palestinian demonstrators at the University of Texas at Austin since last week, according to the Travis County Sheriff’s Office. The protesters were arrested …
The University of Florida declared that it is “not a daycare,” in response to the arrests of anti-genocide campus protestors. Nine students were arrested Monday evening by the University of Florida Police Department and Florida Highway Patrol after students set up their encampment at the university’s plaza, last Wednesday, in an act of solidarity with …
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine feels like a really pivotal moment in this narrative. In the autumn of 2022, energy prices in the UK were skyrocketing, and yet the response of Liz Truss, prime minister at the time, was to double down on oil and gas exploration and refuse to ask people to cut down their …
PRINCETON, N.J. (CBS) — Two Princeton University students were arrested for trespassing on Thursday at a pro-Palestinian protest, a university spokesman said. A pro-Palestinian student group at Princeton announced on social media that it was launching a “Gaza Solidarity encampment” at the university’s McCosh Courtyard at 7 a.m. Thursday, demanding the university divest from Israel …
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Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A student walkout at the University of Texas at Austin in support of Palestine turned chaotic Wednesday when police officers tried to disperse protesters using horses and riot gear, resulting in the arrest …
Pro-Palestinian encampments have started on more than a dozen American college campuses, including New York University (NYU), Yale University and Columbia University. Dozens of students have been arrested or suspended for participating in these protests. On Monday night, the NYPD arrested more than 100 protesters at NYU, including faculty—who formed a human chain around the …
Students protesting the violence in Gaza have brought the Mideast conflict home with an encampment occupying the steps of Sproul Plaza on the Cal campus in Berkeley, and they say they’re not leaving until their demands are met. Overnight, the UC Berkeley campus once again became a place of occupation. Cal students protesting the bloodshed …
Demonstrators block highways and shut down travel in Illinois, California, New York and the Pacific Northwest. Pro-Palestinian protesters have blocked major roads in the states of Illinois, California, New York and the Pacific Northwest, temporarily preventing travel into some of the United States’s most heavily used airports, onto the Golden Gate and Brooklyn bridges and …