Tag: protests
How Members of the Chinese Diaspora Found Their Voices
On October 13, 2022, more than two years into China’s totalizing COVID…
Connecting with Trans History, Rebellion, and Joy, in “Compton’s 22”
When Drew de Pinto first learned about the Compton’s Cafeteria riot—in which…
Speech Under the Shadow of Punishment
The academic year, which had scarcely begun on October 7th, culminated this…
The Shadow of Tiananmen Falls on Hong Kong
In the spring of 1989, Chinese students protesting for democracy chose a…
Can Chicago’s 2024 DNC Shake Off the Long Shadow of ’68?
Dick Simpson was there. It was 1968, and he was serving as…
The Other Side of the River
Four men stood precariously, supported by outstretched hands, on a rickety metal…
The Radical Case for Free Speech
If you read certain columnists or follow a particular set of writers…
Black Twitter: A People’s History Proves That “American Culture Is Black Culture”
Prentice Penny was one of the first to take the spirit of…
Randall Kennedy on Harvard Protests, Antisemitism, and the Meaning of Free Speech
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War in Gaza, Shibboleths on Campus
A philosophy without a politics is common enough. Aesthetes, ethicists, novelists—all may…
Israel, Gaza, and the Turmoil at One American University
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“Everything Felt Really Dystopian”: Columbia Student Journalists on the Front Lines of Gaza Protests
When Gillian Goodman got the call at 11 p.m. on Monday evening,…