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Campus Turmoil: The Gaza Protests at Columbia
More from our inbox: The Airstrikes Between Israel and IranThe ‘Ludicrous’ Impeachment of MayorkasStudent protesters at Columbia University, before the police stepped in.Credit...C.S. Muncy for The New York TimesTo the Editor: Re “Colleges Warn of ...
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Hamas Hostages and Families of Captives Sue Red Cross in Israeli Court
Dozens of people who were kidnapped from Israel by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7 or are related to hostages have sued the International Committee of the Red Cross in an Israeli court, arguing the organization has not fulfilled its obligation to assist ...
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Trump Pushes Pro-Police Agenda, With a Big Exception: His Criminal Cases
Long a loud supporter of the police, Donald Trump is floating new protections for them. At the same time, he is raging against law enforcement officials who have brought felony charges against him.
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They Fled Climate Chaos. Asylum Law Made Decades Ago Might Not Help
First came the hurricanes — two storms, two weeks apart in 2020 — that devastated Honduras and left the country’s most vulnerable in dire need. In distant villages inhabited by Indigenous people known as the Miskito, homes were leveled and growing ...
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Here’s What We Know About the Israel-Hamas Deal
A deal between Israel and Hamas for a temporary cease-fire is expected to go into effect on Friday. Here is a closer look at the agreement, mediated in part by Qatar, and how it is expected to play out. What’s in the deal? The agreement is for at ...
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Why Must Palestinians Audition for Your Empathy?
I’ve moved back to the United States twice since my birth. Once as a child, after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Then again for graduate school. I’d had the privilege of a youth — adolescence and young adulthood — in countries where being Palestinian ...
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Arts
What Does It Mean to Be a Witness?
In his new story collection, Jamel Brinkley investigates the impact of seeing and being seen.
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How to Treat Loneliness (and Should We?)
Readers offer their suggestions, including group therapy and psychedelics, but also question the need for solutions.
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The Struggle to Explain the ‘Gender Well-Being Gap’
Just in time for Mother’s Day comes new research analyzing surveys that show that women around the world are more likely than men to say they are depressed, lonely, anxious, downhearted, tense, frustrated, sad and experiencing restless sleep. In ...
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Your Email Does Not Constitute My Emergency
One morning last summer, I sent a rough draft of a speech to a colleague for feedback. Even though it was a long read and she was away at a conference, she sent me her initial comments that very evening. “Sorry for the delay,” she wrote. I hadn’t ...
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