The grim history of using troops against student protesters wapo.st/4aTbzkX

The week that shook Columbia ft.com/content/f0e3e8… via @ft

Some politicians have called student protesters a threat. Instead, they are providing us all with an education in democracy, columnist Howard French writes. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/26/col…

Scoop: An internal USAID memo concludes Israel in violation of White House directive on Gaza aid. Final decision will be made by Secretary of State Antony Blinken devex.com/news/exclusive…

Goof for them.

Brandeis just sent out an email to students with 'guidelines for demonstrators' which among many restrictions allows protest activity 'in a designated area only.' This coming from the university that served as headquarters for the 1970 national student strike against Vietnam...

thelantern.com/2024/04/univer…

Happening now.

My take. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/26/col…

Happening now. The wildness of it all.

.Penn gets it right. Outshines the others in league.

(Also all of penn’s outdoor campus is mostly public property due to locust walk being a public street.)

Ghana and China ink a deal for China National Nuclear Company (CNNC) to supply an HPR1000 reactor to Ghana (!)

I knew this was working in the background, but I guess I never really expected it to happen for real...

Great news for both countries.

A 🧵

energynewsafrica.com/ghana-signs-de…

Very interesting read for those who are interested in book publishing. elysian.press/p/no-one-buys-…

Happening now.

Israel’s Military Campaign Has Left Gaza’s Medical System Near Collapse: The Israeli military’s bombardment and invasion of Gaza have decimated its health care system in a way that aid groups and international bodies are calling “systematic.” nytimes.com/2024/04/26/wor…

Has South Africa Truly Defeated Apartheid? nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Listening to a fascinating realm by Wang Feng on his new book China's Age of Abundance, at Columbia Weatherhead Institute.

Site of enormous strife, right now. What do you know? Pro-Israel, pro-Palestine. Side by side.

U.S. to Withdraw Troops From Chad, Dealing Another Blow to Africa Policy nytimes.com/2024/04/25/us/…

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