Actor Michael Douglas and activist Natan Sharansky talk Jewish identity Ariel Liu February 4, 2016 32 Comments Actor Michael Douglas and Jewish activist Natan Sharansky held a conversation titled “Jewish Journeys” on Tuesday night in CEMEX Auditorium. The talk focused on the changing face of Jewish... Read More »
Students gather for vigil mourning Israeli and Palestinian lives lost Yael Lederman November 6, 2015 0 Comments Gathered in the midst of White Plaza on Wednesday evening, an interfaith group that included Jewish, Muslim and Catholic students stood together mourning the lives lost to the recent violence in... Read More »
Students protest Palestine occupation, recent violence Abigail Schott-Rosenfield October 19, 2015 39 Comments Black duct tape over their mouths and cardboard signs bearing slogans in their hands, students gathered silently on the White Plaza stage Friday to protest the occupation of Palestine and the recent... Read More »
The case against force feeding Mina Shah September 16, 2015 1 Comment His situation, especially in the context of a relatively new Israeli law that allows force feeding hunger-strikers, raises lots of questions about whether there are situations in which state forces... Read More »
The best is yet to come Chelsea Priest and Michael Mestitz May 21, 2015 0 Comments As this year’s set of columns ends, then, we wanted to leave you with a brief rundown of the cases to keep watching: those that are still outstanding, and might be interesting pieces of reading come... Read More »
Concerning violence Op Ed April 30, 2015 39 Comments People do not violently resist because they enjoy violence or are inherently criminal - they do so because they hold life sacred. It is then those who condemn this form of resistance that hold life in... Read More »
Supporting activism: A pre-req to being a racial ally Elena Marchetti-Bowick April 28, 2015 16 Comments When confronted with racial activism, rather than labeling it as overdramatic and annoying, consider that people of color have been fighting systems of oppression since the day they were born. And... Read More »
Dialogue isn’t enough Mysia Anderson April 22, 2015 35 Comments Etchemendy’s comments prove that the university administration is out of touch with the conversations that have already been happening on campus and the struggle for justice worldwide. We have... Read More »