Columbia Student Union Demands ‘Academic Freedom’ To Protect Political Activism in the Classroom

Columbia University’s student union has been in a yearlong contract dispute with the Ivy League school, demanding everything from massive raises to dismantling ties to Israel. The union is also demanding an article protecting so-called academic freedom, which the union suggests could prohibit disciplinary action against teaching assistants who bring their political activism into the classroom.

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House Energy Committee To Investigate Columbia’s Compliance With Trump Deal

The House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce is investigating whether Columbia University is honoring its deal with the Trump administration, according to a letter sent to the university on Tuesday.

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Columbia Slaps Socialist Student Group with Interim Suspension Following Free Beacon Report

Columbia University has placed its Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) chapter on interim suspension in the wake of a Washington Free Beacon report highlighting the group's plans to "liaise with Columbia University Apartheid Divest" (CUAD), the banned student organization that wished "death to America" amid the U.S. military operations in Iran. Those plans appeared to violate Columbia's "zero tolerance" policy barring recognized student groups from affiliating with CUAD.

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Columbia's Socialist Students Vow To 'Liaise' With 'Death to America' Group, Contradicting School's 'Zero Tolerance' Policy

Columbia-Barnard Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA), a recognized student group, says it is working "to plan actions and liaise with Columbia University Apartheid Divest [CUAD]," the student organization that wished "death to America" after President Donald Trump initiated military operations against Iran last month and that organized the anti-Israel encampment that fomented chaos on campus in 2024. That appears to violate the Ivy League school's "zero tolerance" policy toward CUAD—and its recent claim that no recognized groups are affiliated with it.

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'Dezionize Jewish Consciousness': Columbia-Affiliated Seminary Picks Up Anti-Israel Academics Who Abruptly Resigned From Harvard

Harvard University's anti-Semitism task force described how the university's divinity school program on Religion and Public Life (RPL) presented a perspective "widely perceived as consistently anti-Israeli," noting that its head, Diane Moore, said her goal was to "dezionize the Jewish consciousness." Moore and her former deputy, Hussein Rashid, abruptly resigned in January 2025, but they weren't unemployed for long. The Columbia University-affiliated Union Theological Seminary (UTS) announced last month that they will lead a program about how religion "can be instrumental in just peacemaking."

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Columbia-Funded Legal Group Fights for Release of Jack Smith’s Mar-a-Lago Documents Report in Wake of University’s $221 Million Settlement With Trump

The Knight First Amendment Institute, an activist legal group funded by Columbia University, has already lost two legal attempts to force the release of Special Counsel Jack Smith's report into President Donald Trump's handling of classified information. It's now hoping the third time will be the charm.

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In SXSW Appearance, Columbia Encampment Organizer Mahmoud Khalil Says It’s ‘Very Racist’ To Ask Him To Condemn Hamas

In an appearance at the South by Southwest festival on Sunday, Columbia University encampment leader Mahmoud Khalil said "it's very racist to ask a Palestinian" to condemn Hamas.

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George Soros's Ex-Girlfriend Files Lawsuit Alleging Left-Wing Billionaire, Free Beacon, and Columbia University Engaged in Conspiracy to Defame Her

The ex-girlfriend of left-wing billionaire George Soros, the Brazilian actress Adriana Ferreyr, is suing him for rape, alleging that he and several other plaintiffs including the Washington Free Beacon and the trustees of Columbia University colluded in a campaign to harass, intimidate, and defame her. She is seeking over $38 billion in damages. 

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Union Theological Seminary Pushes Event Featuring ‘Activist-Scholar’ Off Campus In Wake of Free Beacon Report

Union Theological Seminary, a Columbia University affiliate, said an event featuring Mohamed Abdou—a self-described "activist-scholar" who was banned from teaching at Columbia—could not proceed on its premises in the wake of a Washington Free Beacon report on that event. "Authorization for this event was initially obtained through the withholding of key information," a spokeswoman for seminary, […]

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'Decolonial Organizing Lessons from Gaza's Warrior Mujahideen': Union Theological Seminary, A Columbia Affiliate, To Host Talk From 'Activist-Scholar' Banned By Columbia for Endorsing Hamas

Columbia University banned the self-styled "North African-Egyptian Muslim anarchist interdisciplinary activist-scholar of Indigenous, Black, critical race, and Islamic studies," Mohamed Abdou, from teaching at the school over his public support for Hamas and Hezbollah. Now Abdou is set to deliver a talk on "decolonial organizing lessons from Gaza's warrior mujahideen" at the Columbia-affiliated Union Theological Seminary (UTS), a registration form reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon shows.

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