Commission of inquiry into abuse in day and boarding schools must become truly survivor-centred
Rite & Reason: Terms of reference should change and include restorative justice as requested by so many
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Attention, men: Books are sexy, but staring into a phone is not
Men are reading less these days, proving that what is rare is wonderful
The Encampments director Kei Pritsker: ‘The students risked a lot to stand with the people of Gaza. That’s tremendous’
Documenting the protests at Columbia University in solidarity with Palestinians, Pritsker did not think he would end up making a film
The Encampments review: Taut, disciplined documentary about Palestine protests at Columbia University
Kei Pritsker and Michael Workman’s film may win over few hostile to the college occupations, but it offers an important record of how the campaign developed
What Trump is doing to US universities is not as bad as the McCarthyite witch trials – it’s worse
No international student will want to study in the US. Who would want to bet their future education on the chance that the American courts will restrain Trump?
If you want to see how democracies cede to autocracies, watch as US universities bend to Trump
If a rich and famous institution such as Columbia doesn’t stand up for itself, what chance have millions of ordinary people?
In Trump’s America, it can be dangerous to criticise the president’s friends
Worldview: The administration has rescinded the legal status of close to 1,000 international university students since mid-March
Trump’s attacks on universities create a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Ireland and Europe
The US benefited enormously from the migration of European scientists and scholars after the second World War. There is no better time to reverse the trend
Harvard University fights to withstand Donald Trump’s all-out assault on higher education
Attacks on elite US universities are at centre of White House’s culture war
Harvard’s decision to resist Trump is ‘of momentous significance’
In the administration’s effort to break what it sees as liberalism’s hold on higher education, the institution is big game
US immigration judge rules Palestinian Columbia student Khalil can be deported
USA-TRUMP/COLUMBIA (UPDATE 3, PIX):UPDATE 3-US immigration judge rules Palestinian Columbia student Khalil can be deported
How Donald Trump is using fear, obscure laws and immigration agents to crack down on dissent
The arrest of pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, who is a legal US resident, will have a chilling effect
Arrest of Columbia Palestine activist is ‘first of many’, Donald Trump says
Detention of former graduate student and US green card holder Mahmoud Khalil sparks outrage
Irish students have been protesting over Gaza for months. Why are we only noticing them now?
Student leaders have tried all the moves in the activist playbook, but it’s hard to rage against the system when a majority of the country, including the Government, agrees with you
US student protests: Democrats are worried this is 1968 again
History seems to be repeating itself with alarming effects for those hoping for a Biden victory this November
Police officer accidentally fired gun inside Columbia University building, NYPD says
No one injured during shooting but more than 2,000 arrested during protests across country
New York mayor blames ‘outside agitators’ for Columbia University unrest
People seen using sticks to hit boards used as makeshift barricades protecting demonstrators before police deployed to UCLA campus
Columbia University begins suspending pro-Palestine protesters after ultimatum ignored
University president says it will not bow to demands to divest from Israel as deadline passes to abandon encampment
Louise Glück obituary: Poems full of dark observations about love, loss and betrayal
She won the 2020 Nobel prize for literature, the first American to do since TS Eliot
Trinity student on year abroad in US dies in kayaking incident
Irish student Ella Mills was studying in Columbia University as part of her English programme at TCD
Patricia Cloherty obituary: Irish-American was one of the first female venture capitalists
Despite modest background and no financial training, she rose to the top and played a major role in supporting new businesses in post-communist Russia
Climate is at a tipping point and if we fail to act, we’ll witness the revenge of Lovelock’s Gaia
Limitless capitalist growth is incompatible with survival. The choice now facing humanity is stark
Assassination of Shinzo Abe shocks a nearly gun-free Japan
Since 2017 there have been 14 gun-related deaths, a remarkably low figure for a country of 125 million people
Philadelphia to bring back indoor mask mandate as Covid rates soar
Reinstatement is first among major US cities and comes just a month after it was lifted
Immediate Family: Compassionate story about family ties that will always bind
Book review: A thought-provoking debut novel on adoption from Ashley Nelson Levy
David McWilliams: To learn how Russia got to this point, follow the money
End of the Soviet Union opened the door for the biggest heist in modern financial history
Maureen Dowd: Washington DC and James Joyce? Both incomprehensible
I bought a copy of Ulysses in Dublin long ago but had never mustered will to read it
Tides by Sara Freeman: A beautifully observed debut
Book review: One woman’s attempts to retrieve herself after loss
Chance ‘blown’ to get ahead of Covid-19, says economic historian
Author Adam Tooze says evolving virus is ‘teaching us the lesson’ of failing to prepare
Maureen Dowd: Once more unto the breach for Britain and France
Hundred Years’ War still raging in the French and British Embassies in D.C.
Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket: Everyday tragedies
Book review: Hilma Wolitzer’s memorable collection culminates with a pandemic story
Solution to global electricity demand could be right above our heads
New research analyses the role of rooftop solar PV technology in generating power
Coronavirus: Death toll worldwide tops five million
Tally hit in less than two years as US alone has recorded more than 740,000 deaths
How lifelong cholesterol levels can harm or help your heart
The longer you have high levels of ‘bad’ LDL cholesterol, the greater your risk of a heart attack
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