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Most People Support Taxing Carbon Even If It Costs Them, Global Survey Shows

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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. People in affluent countries around the world are willing to tax themselves to address climate change and ease poverty. That idea defies conventional political wisdom, which typically holds that people hate taxes. It emerged in a survey of 40,680 people in […]

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This Jewish Woman’s Attack by a Pro-Israel Mob Went Viral. Now She’s Speaking Out.

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On Thursday, April 24, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir was halfway through a tour of the East Coast, speaking to large audiences about his plans to starve the people of Gaza. That night, he was scheduled to speak at 770 Eastern Parkway, the headquarters of the Chabad Lubavich Hasidic Jewish movement, in Crown Heights, […]

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Mohsen Mahdawi Has Been Released from Federal Custody

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Mohsen Mahdawi, the Palestinian student at Columbia University who was arrested on April 14 at his naturalization interview in Vermont, was released on bail from federal custody on Wednesday. He is the first student to be released in the Trump administration’s widening crackdown on foreign students and academics who have been involved in Palestine advocacy […]

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Noem to Ban Harvard International Students if Trump’s Demands Not Met

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On April 11, the Trump administration sent Harvard University a sweeping set of demands—among them that the university report international students to the federal government for violation of student conduct policies—ostensibly to curb antisemitism on campus. Three days later, Harvard president Alan Garber announced that the school would “continue to follow the law”; Harvard, he […]

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Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported, Immigration Judge Rules

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A Louisiana immigration judge ruled Friday that recent Columbia graduate and Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported—even though Khalil has a green card, is a lawful permanent resident, and has not been charged with any crimes. The judge gave Khalil’s attorneys until April 23 to ask for a stay of the deportation. There is […]

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