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Worldview: The administration has rescinded the legal status of close to 1,000 international university students since mid-March
Columbia University
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
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
Rooftop solar energy ‘can provide major portion of global electricity needs’
UCC researchers point to improved deployment capability and reduced costs
Gender inequalities persist into old age, study finds
Men more likely to be richer, healthier and less isolated right up to the moment they die
A Passage North: A slow-paced, thoughtful novel about the legacy of war
Book review: Anuk Arudpragasam’s novel set in Sri Lanka is a treasure trove of insight
Bermuda digs in against global corporate tax deal
‘It’s a sovereignty issue,’ says Bermuda finance minister Curtis Dickinson
Pulitzer Prizes focus on US policing and Covid-19 pandemic
Minneapolis paper wins for George Floyd coverage while New York Times get public service award
Herd immunity ‘might now be impossible’. Here’s how we could learn to live with Covid
The US has vaccinated more than half its adults with one dose. But rates are slipping
Long Covid: Could the coronavirus jab be a cure?
Researchers are still investigating, but some patients report improved symptoms after incolation
Thriller writer Harlan Coben: ‘At the end of a book I’m crazy. I grow a beard, I don’t shower’
The US author, who has sold an estimated 75 million books, on writing novel number 33
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