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Students and faculty members in solidarity with the Palestinian people have found the campus environment alarmingly constrained.

The problem with the “all-sides-are-being-silenced” argument is that administrators have responded differently based on whether the targeted individuals support or oppose US-Israeli policy.

Like other universities, the school has cracked down on activism among students, citing fears of antisemitism. Some professors think it’s gone too far.

A truck with a billboard displayed their names and photos, and critics put out do-not-hire lists. The students say it’s a campaign to shut them up.

The expulsions of two Black lawmakers, following large student protests for gun control, are part of a sweeping generational battle, in which “Republicans around the country are pushing for laws to make it more difficult for young people to vote.”

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Students were attacked by a group of masked men and women on the campus of Jawaharlal Nehru University.

The students marched through downtown Boston after walking out of class to protest planned budget cuts, carrying signs and chanting, "What do we want? Education!," as shoppers and onlookers walking down Newbury Street pulled out their cell phones to record the demonstration.

A letter by Princeton faculty members says, "Our students are no longer quiet. They have forced all of us to confront the urgency of the moment. Princeton’s deliberate pace at reform often presupposes the sacrifice of those who must endure until we actually change. These students refuse to wait. They have forced the conversation and now we must act. We stand with them as they struggle with the racist legacy of Woodrow Wilson and its impact on this campus."