Nearly two weeks after a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles, was attacked by counterprotesters, university officials still have not explained why security officers stood by for …
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Befitting a campus synonymous with student protest, the graduation ceremony at the University of California, Berkeley, on Saturday blurred the lines between pomp and pro-Palestinian activism. When the university chancellor, …
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After weeks of tumult over protests, many college administrators prepared themselves for disruptions. But several ceremonies unfolded without major incident.
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Paul Manafort, Trump’s Former Campaign Chairman, Returns to the Republican Arena
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesPaul Manafort, the longtime Republican strategist who was chairman of Donald J. Trump’s 2016 campaign, helped stave off efforts to thwart his nomination at the convention, went to prison and …
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After a meeting that lasted for hours, the Shenandoah County school board voted early Friday morning to restore the names of three Confederate officers to schools in the district. With …
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UCLA Meeting to Consider Rebuking Chancellor After Calls for Resignation Ends Without Vote
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe Academic Senate at the University of California, Los Angeles, failed to come to a vote on Friday on whether to formally rebuke the school’s chancellor, Gene Block, after pro-Palestinian …
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U.S.C. Valedictorian Graduates Without a Speech, but With Cheers
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesFor weeks, Asna Tabassum, the valedictorian at the University of Southern California, has been at the center of a maelstrom that upended the school’s longstanding commencement traditions and left campus …
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U.S. Military’s Plea to Israel: Do More to Protect Gazans in War Zone
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesFor months, the Biden administration has pleaded with Israel to do more to protect Palestinian civilians, who have borne the brunt of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s campaign in Gaza to …
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The Philadelphia Police Department cleared an encampment of pro-Palestinian demonstrators off the campus of the University of Pennsylvania early Friday morning, making arrests and bringing an end to a two-week …
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Hillary Clinton Accuses Protesters of Ignorance of Mideast History
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesHillary Clinton on Thursday criticized campus protesters, saying young people “don’t know very much” about the history of the Middle East. “I have had many conversations, as you have had, …