NYC campus extends remote classes amid Gaza protests

Here’s what New York elected officials are saying about the Columbia University protests

Progressives have criticized the school for bringing in the NYPD to clear the encampment, while Republicans have called for the National Guard.

Pro-Palestinian protests spread at US universities

Demonstrators are calling on Columbia and other universities to divest from companies with ties to Israel.

More arrested in pro-Palestinian campus protests ahead of college graduation ceremonies

With graduations looming, student protesters doubled down early Thursday on their discontent with the Israel-Hamas war on campuses across the country, with multiple arrests made at campuses in Massachusetts and California as universities have become quick to call in the police to end the demonstrations and make arrests.

Protest camps, arrests, visits to politicians: The mood at Columbia University in New York is heated. Opinions about the war in Gaza diverge. The conflict is becoming more and more a problem for teaching. By Charlotte Voß.[more]

Over 100 pro-Palestine protesters arrested in Texas, California as campus wars intensify

The University of Texas in Austin sent a letter to organizers explaining that it would not permit the protest against Israel to take place, but hundreds of pro-Palestinians gathered to demonstrate on campus. Texas' governor said that the protesters 'belong in jail'; 93 protesters were arrested in University of Southern Califronia

NYPD chief rips AOC over Columbia University protest response: 'Pure hatred'

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez shared footage Wednesday via X showing NYPD counterterrorism officers near Columbia.