Columbia expels and sanctions pro-Palestine students amid increased pressure from Trump administration
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Columbia expels and sanctions pro-Palestine students amid increased pressure from Trump administration

University sanctions 22 students in ongoing persecution of pro-Palestine protest, including graduate student union president

Natalia Marques
March 14, 2025
Trump administration fires 1,300 Department of Education workers
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Trump administration fires 1,300 Department of Education workers

The mass layoffs by the Trump administration effectively gut the Department, cutting departmental staff by nearly one third

Natalia Marques
March 12, 2025
Momentum builds behind calls for release of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil from ICE detention
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Momentum builds behind calls for release of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil from ICE detention

Federal judge orders that the recent Columbia graduate not be deported while the court considered a challenge brought by Khalil’s lawyers

Natalia Marques
March 11, 2025
Trump denies student loan relief to nonprofit workers who are at odds with his political agenda
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Trump denies student loan relief to nonprofit workers who are at odds with his political agenda

Trump’s latest executive order directs the Education Department to exclude student loan forgiveness for workers at certain organizations.

Natalia Marques
March 10, 2025
Trump intensifies threats against pro-Palestine student movement
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Trump intensifies threats against pro-Palestine student movement

Trump administration continues crackdown on pro-Palestine student movement, with threats to jail students “for years”

Natalia Marques
March 6, 2025
Trump’s trade war escalates, Canada responds with retaliatory tariffs
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Trump’s trade war escalates, Canada responds with retaliatory tariffs

Analysts lay out proposals “beyond Canadian counter-tariffs”, Trump grants one-month exemption on auto imports

Natalia Marques
March 5, 2025
Death of New York inmate Robert Brooks is the tip of the iceberg of prison brutality
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Death of New York inmate Robert Brooks is the tip of the iceberg of prison brutality

New York State prison guards went on a wildcat strike following some of their own being held accountable for the inmate’s death

Natalia Marques
March 5, 2025
“Migration is not a crime!”: Workers and students protest Trump’s mass deportation efforts
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“Migration is not a crime!”: Workers and students protest Trump’s mass deportation efforts

Students and workers mark “Day without Immigrants” in protest of escalating ICE detentions and raids

Natalia Marques
March 3, 2025