SAN FRANCISCO — Wearing a bright safety vest with the words “Safe Passage” on the back, Tatiana Alabsi strides through San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood to […]
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The American paradox of protest: Celebrated and condemned, welcomed and muzzled
NEW YORK — They’re hallmarks of American history: protests, rallies, sit-ins, marches, disruptions. They date from the early days of what would become the United […]
Anti-war protest ruffles University of Michigan as demonstrations collide with graduation season
Protesters chanted anti-war messages and waved Palestinian flags during the University of Michigan’s commencement Saturday, as student demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war collided with the […]
Senate races are roiled by campus protests over the war in Gaza as campaign rhetoric sharpens
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The student protest movement disrupting university campuses, classes and graduation ceremonies over the war in Gaza is also roiling Senate contests across […]
Troops fired on Kent State students in 1970. Survivors see echoes in today’s campus protests
KENT, Ohio — Dean Kahler flung himself to the ground and covered his head when the bullets started flying. The Ohio National Guard had opened […]
Police move in to clear NYU encampment, US campus arrests grow to 2,200 in pro-Palestinian protests
LOS ANGELES — Police began clearing out protesters at New York University on Friday, the latest development in weeks of pro-Palestinian protests at college campuses […]
Arkansas governor says state won’t comply with new federal rules on treatment of trans students
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders declared Thursday that the state won’t comply with a federal regulation that seeks to protect the […]
Student journalists are covering their own campuses in convulsion. Here’s what they have to say
NEW YORK — Ordered by police to leave the scene of a UCLA campus protest after violence broke out, Catherine Hamilton and three colleagues from […]
Biden will speak about student protests over the war in Gaza, White House official says
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will speak about student protests over the war in Gaza on Thursday, according to a White House official, breaking days […]
The Latest | Police break up tent camp at UCLA, take protesters into custody
Police removed barricades, took protesters into custody and began dismantling a pro-Palestinian demonstrators’ camp at the University of California, Los Angeles early Thursday, hours after […]