“Well, an internet conspiracy about immigrants eating household pets has officially made it to the debate stage,” Clare Malone writes. Follow along with our real-time debate coverage: nyer.cm/Z2frDaE

In case you missed it on KGOU - Your NPR Source -- Oklahoma Watch on the state's "anything goes" private school accreditation. "...schools need only report the name of their accreditor. There is no verification beyond that, and any accreditor goes." oklahomawatch.org/2024/08/23/any…

Inside Columbia’s surveillance and disciplinary operation for student protesters An incredible Columbia Daily Spectator investigation by Sarah Huddleston and Maya Stahl (🧵): columbiaspectator.com/news/2024/09/1…

State Seeks to Decertify Teacher Over 5-Year-Old Instagram Family Photo oklahomawatch.org/2024/09/13/sta…

BREAKING: Pro-Palestinian protesters began a sit-in in the lobby of the Milstein Center for Teaching and Learning at around 1 p.m. on Wednesday, demanding the college reverse the reported expulsions of three Barnard students. l8r.it/neCE

Barnard Vice President for Strategic Communications Robin Levine announced that there was a “bomb threat” at Milstein at around 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday and urged everyone inside to evacuate the building. l8r.it/f729

Spectator obtained messages from a “Columbia Alumni for Israel” group chat in which members called for pro-Palestinian protesters’ expulsion and deportation, and circulated petitions, open letters, and social media posts targeting pro-Palestinian students. l8r.it/SfIG

Over 50 students and young professionals gathered for a day of engaging lectures and socializing as part of the Armenian Relief Society’s annual “Norian” Youth Connect Program at Columbia University University on March 1, Ruby Topalian reports. armenianweekly.com/2025/03/26/ars…

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BREAKING: Mahmoud Khalil has been released from a detention center in Jena, Louisiana. Khalil was the first high-profile activist arrested under the Trump administration’s crackdown on international students protesting the war in Gaza.

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Contracted security disguised as janitors. A phone call during the Butler protest. A yearlong investigation from Ann Vettikkal for Columbia Daily Spectator goes inside the negotiations between Columbia and pro-Palestinian protesters, and how dialogue has broken down. columbiaspectator.com/the-eye/2025/0…

Columbia and White House officials met in D.C. on Thursday to finalize the terms of a deal that would restore most of the University’s $400 million in canceled federal funding. Read more Columbia Daily Spectator columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/07/2…

NEW FOIA Files SCOOP: The FBI redacted Trump’s name—and the names of other prominent public figures—from the Epstein files under two privacy exemptions before DOJ & FBI concluded “no further disclosure” of the files “would be appropriate or warranted.” bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

The stolen data includes SSNs, financial, insurance, and health information, academic history, and contact details. Columbia will provide tools to help affected individuals manage their personal security. W/ Isha Banerjee

After a year of protest crackdowns and police on campus, some administrative staff are leaving Columbia—some by choice, others by force. Some of those who stay say they feel expendable, deeply troubled, and scared to speak out. l8r.it/HKBb

My latest for Columbia Daily Spectator:

Captain Johnson is a hero and miracle. I was honored to meet him several years ago, and I’m proud the FCC voted today on a proposal that can allow state and local prisons to jam contraband cellphones.