Student activists set to attend 'people's ceremony' after Columbia cancels graduation
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University faculty from UCLA to Columbia have put their bodies and livelihoods on the line amid a brutal, violent response to student protests for Gaza.
There have also been some absurd moments over the last few weeks, so nonsensical and laughable if they also weren’t so outrageous.
Hirsi, 21, pulled a worried face as she was seen being handcuffed alongside many other sit-in pro-Gaza protesters, who were issued with summonses for trespassing.
HEADLINES & GLOBAL NEWS By Dec 14, 2020 05:49 AM EST Yesterday, December 13, the Cathedral Church of St John the Divine in Harlem, New York, held their Christmas Concert. It was their first community event since the coronavirus pandemic hit. Unfortunately, an armed citizen opened fire, and the suspect has been fatally shot by constabularies after. In a Twitter thread and their website, the church stated that everyone associated with the church and those who were partaking in the Christmas caroling is safe. The church wrote, "It is horrible that our choir's gift to New York City, a much...