Category: Local

Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian protester arrested at Columbia University nine days ago, wrote that he was a “political prisoner” in a letter sent from a Louisiana detention center. Khalil was arrested March 9 by ICE and has been threatened with deportation for leading activities that the Trump administration says were “aligned to Hamas.” He was […]

A U.S. Justice Department task force will seek redress for victims of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, in the latest Trump administration move aimed at demonstrating support for Jews and Israelis. The task force, announced Monday by Attorney General Pam Bondi, will bring together federal attorneys and FBI agents and intelligence analysts to […]

Joe Rogan, who hosts one of the most popular podcasts in the country, invited a Holocaust revisionist to his studio just over a week after interviewing someone who spreads antisemitic conspiracy theories. Rogan’s interview of so-called “historian” Darryl Cooper on Thursday followed his interview of conspiracy theorist Ian Carroll last week. In Carroll’s interview on […]

Immigration authorities have arrested a second Palestinian involved in protests at Columbia University, the Department of Homeland Security announced on Friday. A third person who was involved in pro-Palestinian protests at the school, a current graduate student, “self-deported” earlier this week after having her visa revoked, according to the department. The announcement comes as Columbia […]

It was supposed to be settled: Strike the hyphen from “anti-Semitism” and use “antisemitism” instead. Public debate heated up in 2020 and by 2024, nearly everyone had made the switch: Jews and gentiles; academics and journalists; government officials and private citizens; right-wingers and left-wingers. Then Trump took office and made “anti-Semitism” hyphenated again. It’s the […]

Near the beginning of his first radio show in more than a decade, Anthony Cumia complained about how he can no longer say offensive things on air. “It’s the angry mob of people with phones, with the ability to email your boss and the board of directors and everyone else that you said something that […]

Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian activist arrested at Columbia University, will remain in the United States and in ICE custody following a brief, highly anticipated court hearing on Wednesday. The arrest of Khalil, a permanent U.S. resident who led anti-Israel protests at Columbia, has drawn national attention. Critics of the arrest have expressed alarm over the […]

Acting on decades of Republican ambitions, the Trump administration is dramatically scaling back the federal education department, including its civil rights office— which has gone into high gear addressing antisemitism allegations at colleges and public schools. Staffing at the Office of Civil Rights, which handles complaints filed under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, […]