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A new collection of essays from academics and activists devoted to prison abolition focuses on the quiet but rapid expansion of the carceral system in small towns and municipalities.

In a letter critiquing Palestinian protest actions and addressing historical grievances, Toby Block argues against equating Hamas with Israel and condones legal consequences for civil disobedience.

The public should be screaming for arrests of anyone who commit criminal offenses when they block bridges, highways and airports; besiege Jewish students in a university facility; shout antisemitic remarks;, disrupt school speakers and vandalize Jewish facilities. If convicted, they must be punished to the fullest extent of the law. Many of them commit crimes that could lead to prison.

More than 300 people arrested during protest, according to NYPD

Protesters slowed or halted traffic for hours at the Holland Tunnel and across three of New York City's major bridges.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, seems to think that $275 million dollars' worth of state funds need to be directed toward artificial intelligence research.

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