Massive faculty walkout at Columbia University opposing the university’s decision to call in NYPD on Palestine solidarity protests:

With more than 80 per cent of schools destroyed or damaged, 625,000 students without any ability to study, and no possibility to pursue higher education as all universities have been destroyed. This is Gaza after 6+ months of genocidal violence, and the long-term impact is

In the American conception of justice you are apparently more likely to be thrown in jail for protesting genocide than for perpetrating it.

Google has fired 28 employees who protested its $1.2 billion contract with Israel. Two of the fired employees spoke with Democracy Now! about their peaceful sit-ins just hours before being terminated. bit.ly/4axWzbU

At a time when we are all learning and unlearning, this message about progress from a Child Health Leader in Canada brings hope. Thank you Julia to highlight this work by Sami Hermez | سامي هرمز

#Opioids responsible for 1 in 4 deaths in young adults aged 20-39: study. The #ToxicDrugCrisis has killed more than 40,000 people in Canada the past 8 years, by Kenyon Wallace thestar.com/news/canada/op… via @torontostar Tara Gomes

Just boarded an early morning flight wearing my Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) gear. A seat mate looked at me and asked, “Basketball?” I said, “No. Engineering!” What about me prompted him to think I was playing or coaching basketball? 🤔

Professor Ruha Benjamin (Ruha Benjamin) using her honorary degree address at Spelman to denounce Atlanta’s Cop City, the ongoing genocide of Palestinians, and the repression of student activists 💜

Today, we disrupted a freedom of press hearing to demand action to protect journalists in Gaza. The 103 journalists killed in just 150 days have surpassed the total around the world in all of 2022. Before the hearing, we read a statement from RSF and honored the names of

'A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant. It’s finally changing'

14,000 Black kidney transplant candidates have been moved up in priority on the transplant list after a biased race-correction factor was eliminated.

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The Center for Islamic Life at Rutgers was vandalized this morning, the day of Eid Al-Fitr—windows smashed, equipment destroyed, artwork smashed, Quran desecrated, & a Palestinian flag stolen.

We will hold press conference tomorrow, Th 4/11 at 11am ET.

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I spoke with Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha about many things — about creating art during war, about the toll of destroying culture, about replanting flowers, and about birthdays and Eid in Gaza. I am deeply grateful for this conversation. open.spotify.com/episode/5nenUI…

U of T students call for divestment from apartheid and genocide, the key demand of their two-day sit in. Please consider signing on to this open letter in support docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Come join this amazing event!

Many residents have reached out to me with serious concerns, which I share, about police conduct at the peaceful Land Day march in Toronto on March 30.

My council colleagues and I reaffirm our commitment to upholding the rights and freedoms of all Torontonians.

“There is so much power in just believing someone” - a key quote/theme from Dr ⁦Fartoon Siad⁩’s qualitative research on experiences of women w heavy vaginal bleeding. Powerful & sad themes: shame, fear, lack of belief. It is time to believe women. ⭐️ ⁦THSNA⁩

Congratulations! Well-deserved ✨

The message they are sending is clear. If you try to feed Gaza, we will kill you too. If you try to help, we will kill you too.

Got these pics of Shifa hospital from colleague on ground this morning after 2 weeks if slaughtering of patients and doctors inside , this was the largest tertiary care center in #Gaza