Columbia University’s student union has been in a yearlong contract dispute with the Ivy League school, demanding everything from massive raises to dismantling ties to Israel. The union is also demanding an article protecting so-called academic freedom, which the union suggests could prohibit disciplinary action against teaching assistants…
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Harvard To Borrow Another $675 Million as Applications Plunge
Harvard is going to try to borrow more money, issuing $675 million in tax-exempt bonds with the help of the state of Massachusetts, according to a preliminary official statement dated March 27, 2026. The 102-page document, a draft offering document used to help line up buyers for the…
Politico Publishes Cartoon Depicting Trump, Republicans Wearing Blood-Covered Jewish Prayer Shawls, Yarmulkes Amid Bags of Money
Politico published a cartoon on Friday featuring anti-Semitic imagery in an attempt to criticize the war in Iran. The image depicts President Donald Trump, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Republican members of Congress wearing blood-covered Jewish prayer shawls and yarmulkes. The cartoon, drawn by former New York…
‘They Have Been Just Beat to S—’: Iranian Regime ‘Begging’ for Ceasefire Deal, Trump Says
President Donald Trump said Thursday that the Iranian regime has “been just beat to s—” and is now “begging to make a deal” to end the conflict in the Middle East. “The reason they want to make a deal is they have been just beat to…
Harvard Business Professor Who Protested at Library Now Teaching Israel Divestment ‘Case’ in Class
A Harvard Business School professor who participated in a library protest in favor of student anti-Israel protesters is planning to teach a “case” in her class on Friday about divesting from Israeli and other companies because of “their possible complicity in the crisis in Gaza.” A copy of…
Columbia Slaps Socialist Student Group with Interim Suspension Following Free Beacon Report
Columbia University has placed its Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) chapter on interim suspension in the wake of a Washington Free Beacon report highlighting the group’s plans to “liaise with Columbia University Apartheid Divest” (CUAD), the banned student organization that wished “death to America” amid the U.S. military operations in Iran. Those plans appeared to violate…
Trump Postpones Strikes on Iranian Energy Infrastructure for Five Days ‘Subject to the Success’ of Negotiations
President Donald Trump announced that he will postpone U.S. airstrikes on Iranian energy infrastructure while the two sides engage in talks aimed at ending the ongoing military engagement, indicating later Monday morning that “a very serious form” of regime change is coming to Iran. “I AM…
‘Plainly Wrong’: Berkeley Law Dean Accused of Violating Settlement Agreement Over ‘Anti-Zionist’ Student Group Bylaws
A Jewish legal advocacy group is accusing the University of California, Berkeley’s law school dean of violating the terms of a just-announced settlement that resolved a lawsuit challenging student group bylaws that barred speakers based on their Jewish, Israeli, or Zionist identities. The Louis D. Brandeis Center for…
Columbia’s Socialist Students Vow To ‘Liaise’ With ‘Death to America’ Group, Contradicting School’s ‘Zero Tolerance’ Policy
Columbia-Barnard Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA), a recognized student group, says it is working “to plan actions and liaise with Columbia University Apartheid Divest [CUAD],” the student organization that wished “death to America” after President Donald Trump initiated military operations against Iran last month and that organized…
Scalia Ascendant
Antonin Scalia’s jurisprudential legacy has flourished far beyond what anyone might have reasonably imagined at the time of his death 10 years ago. By keeping his Supreme Court seat open through the 2016 presidential election, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell gave lots of conservatives who were leery of…