Trump orders removal of ‘improper ideology’ from top US museums
Trump’s new executive order targets what he describes as the spread of a “divisive, race-centered ideology” at museums.United States President ...
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Who are the students Trump wants to deport?
On Tuesday, US authorities detained and revoked the student visa of Tufts University student, Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish national who ...
Georgetown researcher arrest escalates Trump speech crackdown, scholars say
Washington, DC – Nader Hashemi, a professor of Middle East and Islamic politics at Georgetown University, has been a vocal ...
US arrests second student, imposes ‘receivership’ on Columbia University
The administration of President Donald Trump has arrested a second student protester and set a deadline for Columbia University, one ...
Arrests at Trump Tower as Mahmoud Khalil demonstrations continue
Demonstrators have flooded the lobby of Trump Tower in New York City, in a show of solidarity with student protest ...
A ‘dangerous’ moment: Advocates denounce arrest of activist Mahmoud Khalil
Free speech groups point out that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) accused Khalil of leading "activities aligned with Hamas, ...
US universities target pro-Palestine students with suspensions, campus bans
The University of Chicago is not the only campus imposing harsh punishments on student protesters. At the University of Minnesota, ...
Trump administration to ban transgender people from military enlistment
The United States military has announced it will no longer accept transgender people hoping to enlist, or facilitate gender affirmation ...
How white nationalists infiltrated the wellness movement
Fostering ‘white wellbeing’ Kohne is a sandy-haired, well-groomed man in his early 40s. Hate movement watchers like Beirich consider him a ...
Does ‘cancel culture’ help or hinder free speech?
Today on The Stream: Has the line between accountability and censorship blurred with the rise of cancel culture?While some see cancel ...
Why incarcerated workers play a key role in fighting California’s fires
Los Angeles, California – As a series of wind-driven wildfires caused unprecedented destruction in southern California this month, fire crews ...
Guantanamo deportations: What’s Trump’s plan? Why is it controversial?
United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order that seeks to repurpose Guantanamo Bay, a US prison ...
Challenge To Birthright Citizenship Deemed ‘Unconstitutional’
by Kandiss Edwards January 23, 2025 Federal Judge blocks implementation of the "Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship" ...
What do Trump’s executive orders on workplace diversity programmes say?
President Donald Trump has begun scaling back equal-opportunity programmes through two executive orders on his first day in the White ...
Forgotten no more: The Black South Africans who died in WWI Africa
Cape Town, South Africa – On January 23, 1915, two boatmen named Dolly Jenniker and Zulu Madhliwa drowned in the ...
Howard school system works to resolve complaints of alleged antisemitic harassment
An investigation of alleged antisemitic harassment in Howard County Public Schools led the district to enter a resolution agreement with ...
Remembering Matilda, the last survivor of the transatlantic slave trade
On a cold December morning in 1931, a short, elderly Black woman set out on a 24km (15-mile) walk from ...
‘Treat us like humans’: Fishing wars trap Indians in Sri Lankan waters
When Ashoka* heard boots approaching, he began to shiver in fear. The 23-year-old was in the engine room of his ...
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