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Protesters at Columbia University this week. Syndi Pilar/SOPA/ZUMA When Columbia students began occupying Hamilton Hall early Tuesday morning, they...
A phalanx of NYPD cops descended on Columbia University on Tuesday night and began clearing Hamilton Hall, the administration building that student...
Left: A photo of Students for a Democratic Society’s (SDS) takeover of Hamilton Hall in 1968. Right: A photo of “autonomous” protesters...
Ruby Bridges, the first Black student to integrate an elementary school in the South, thinks book bans are "ridiculous." Rogelio V. Solis/AP Civil...
Protesters boycotted the White House Correspondents' Dinner Saturday night. Probal Rashid/ZUMA Before guests could get inside last night’s White...
Anthony Behar/Sipa USA When House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) emerged onto the steps of Columbia University’s Low Memorial Library on Wednesday...
NYU students and faculty protested in Washington Square Park on Tuesday after university officials brought the NYPD in to arrest 120 protesters the...
Pro-Palestine protesters remained in an encampment at Columbia University's lawn on Monday. Stefan Jeremiah/AP A growing number of college students...
Mother Jones; Getty Last week, in a bid to clarify his historically nebulous stance on abortion, Donald Trump said that if reelected, he intends...
Trump keeps attacking judges—including the one who will preside over his first criminal trial set to begin Monday. Robin Rayne/ZUMA With less than...
President Biden mets with members of the National Security Council regarding the unfolding missile attacks on Israel in the Situation Room of the...
The United States on Tuesday rejected charges that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in its war against Hamas. “We don’t have...
In his much-hyped "statement on abortion" today, Trump again took credit for appointing three of the five justices who overturned Roe—without facing...
Eric Gay/AP It seems like Texas Gov. Greg Abbott could use a dictionary. Why? Because on Sunday, the Republican went on Fox News and accused...
Andrés visits Capitol Hill in March. J. Scott Applewhite/AP World Central Kitchen founder José Andrés said called for a “deeper” outside...
Human rights activists stand outside the constitutional court in Kampala, Uganda. Hajarah Nalwadda/AP The ripple effects of Dobbs continue to emerge...
Seven aid workers from the World Central Kitchen were killed in an Israeli airstrike, according to the NGO. Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto/AP This week, Israel...
Abortion rights advocates protested in Florida last year as the legislature debated a six-week ban—which will now take effect next month. The...
Mother Jones; Roberto Ricciuti/Getty Despite being “the cheapest weapon known to man,” sexual violence in war is “almost always ignored in the...
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court, in Moscow, Russia, on April 18, 2023....
Marilyn Lands flipped a seat in the Alabama legislature by campaigning on abortion rights. Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post/Getty On...
Justice Samuel Alito raised questions about the safety of mifepristone—even though over 100 studies show medication abortion is safe and effective....
When the Supreme Court hears oral arguments next week in the case seeking to restrict the availability of mifepristone, they'll also hear baseless...
While the conspiracy theories about Kate Middleton may seem wild, history suggests the public has good reason to be skeptical of the Royals'...
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley addresses supporters during a campaign stop in Beaufort, South Carolina. Jim Lo Scalzo/EFE/ZUMA ...
Mother Jones illustration; Fulton County Sheriff's Office Donald Trump is coasting to victory in Super Tuesday primaries across the country—a...
A UN inquiry led by Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, found that Hamas perpetrated...
Moms for Liberty co-founders Tiffany Justice and Tina Descovich were in the hot seat in a "60 Minutes" interview that aired Sunday. Screenshot/60...
Jim Lo Scalzo/EFE/ZUMA Just a week after saying that “embryos, to me, are babies,” Nikki Haley is now joining other Republicans in suddenly...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is "absolutely" on Trump's short list of potential running mates, the former president told Fox News host Sean Hannity on...
Mother Jones illustration; Gripas Yuri/Abaca/ZUMA Washington state’s largest labor union has followed Michigan voters‘ lead, urging its 50,000...
A new study shows that telehealth provision of abortion pills continues to rise, even as anti-abortion lawmakers try to ban them. Olga...
Protesters in Hamtramck, a city just north of Detroit, rallied ahead of the Tuesday primary. Jim West/ZUMA In the Michigan primary tomorrow, some...
One in four kids in New York City live in poverty, according to a new report. Anthony Behar/Sipa/AP One in four kids in New York City live in...
She's...still running. Jim Lo Scalzo/EFE/ZUMA Nikki Haley is…still running. Even if she’s almost certain to lose her home state. That’s...
An analysis conducted by the New York Times shows that the value of Trump real estate emblazoned with his name in New York City plummeted after he was...
With polls showing voters' concerns over Biden's age, there are growing calls for him to prove his mental fitness ahead of a rematch with Trump....
Trump's supporters are turning to GoFundMe to raise money for his mounting legal fines. Tess Crowley/EFE/ZUMA How will Trump pay his mounting legal...
A new study refutes some of the arguments that are the basis of a forthcoming Supreme Court case seeking to restrict access to abortion pills....
According to the New York Times, "one thing Mr. Trump likes about a 16-week federal ban on abortions is that it’s a round number." Yes, really....
New federal data obtained by Reuters shows serious threats against federal judges and prosecutors have spiked since the 2020 election, as Trump has...
Kentucky Republican state Rep. Jennifer Decker told a local NAACP chapter on the first day of Black History Month that her white father was a...
In her latest apparent bid to secure her place as Trump's running mate, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) has filed an ethics complaint against New York...
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is confronted by protesters on Friday, Feb. 9, at a Columbia University event on sexual violence during...
Few voters hold Trump accountable for his foundational roll in eradicating abortion rights across the country, according to a new poll. Allison...
Senator J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) said he would not have certified the 2020 election results, and unfurled a litany of disproven election lies to explain...
Congressional Democrats want Biden to do more to protect pregnant people from criminalization, pointing to the case of Brittany Watts. Sue Ogrocki/AP ...
Brittany Watts celebrated with supporters earlier this month after a grand jury declined to indict her on a felony charge for how she handled an...
Trump pledged to work "hand in hand" with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on deportations if he's re-elected. Michael Gonzalez via ZUMA Last night, former...
Judges at the International Court of Justice in the Hague ruled Friday that Israel must immediately work to prevent genocide in Gaza, but stopped...