A trip up Broadway recently showed that all was quiet at Columbia University’s main gate at 116th St. But the day before, the first day of classes […]
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Will democracy be restored after Bangladesh’s autocratic leader ousted?
by Elizabeth Shackelford Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was once a sign of democratic hope and prosperity for Bangladesh, but with time and power, she turned autocratic. Her […]
Get ready bosses — today’s protesters are tomorrow’s workers
by Beth Kowitt Corporate America would very much like its employees to be quiet now. Executives have had enough of the bring-your-whole-self-to-work and speak-up-at-the-office grand experiment of […]
Will Columbia pro-Palestine protesters achieve their goals?
by Stephen L. Carter I fear that the current round of campus protests is wearing out its welcome. This isn’t a conclusion I reach lightly. In my […]
Lessons from other campus protests
The year was 1966 and Ronald Reagan was running for governor of California. A major part of his platform was to “clean up the mess at Berkeley” […]
Those campus rallies aren’t justpro-Palestinian. They’re anti-colonial
by LZ Granderson Abe Baker-Butler, a junior at Yale University, was working on an essay in the library on Oct. 7 when his phone began buzzing and […]
Sept. 10 letters to the editor
‘The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on’ I am the widow of a professor emeritus of the former Department of Foreign Languages at West Virginia University. […]
Potential abolition of morality police is not freedom
Add to the chaotic nature of street protests and heavy-handed government response that have overtaken Iran is the confusion now over if the country will be rid […]
Need another hero like the man from Tiananmen Square
History will never forget a Chinese man who stood alone to block a line of tanks in Tiananmen Square. It was June 5, 1989, and the world […]
It’s a perilous moment for our rights
by Robin Abcarian Last week, I got an earful from readers who were angry that I defended peaceful protests at the homes of three conservative Supreme Court […]
