(2025-04-09). US freezes funds for Cornell, Northwestern after pro-Palestinian protests. aljazeera.com The White House says Cornell University's $1bn and Northwestern University's $790m in federal funding have been blocked.
(2025-04-08). Thousands Rally In Washington, DC For Palestine. popularresistance.org "We are the majority," declare organizers of a mass demonstration outside the United States Capitol building opposing the genocide in Gaza and Trump's attacks on students | Thousands rallied in the heart of the US capital Washington, DC on April 5 to oppose Trump administration attacks on free speech and student activism, and demand an end to Israel's relentless genocidal onslaught against Gaza. Students, organizers, journalists, artists, and workers came to Washington, DC from across the country to call for the release of pro-Palestine students such as Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Ozturk from ICE detention and to…
(2025-04-08). Letter to My Husband, Mahmoud Khalil. aclu.org In March, the Trump administration illegally arrested and detained Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate student at Columbia University and an advocate for Palestinian human rights. Khalil, a U.S. green card holder, was detained in New York while returning from an iftar dinner with his wife, Dr. Noor Abdalla, who is currently nine months pregnant. He was later put on a plane and sent to a detention facility in Louisiana without notice to his attorney or family. | Since Khalil's arrest, the administration has doubled down on its unlawful policy of revoking people's green cards and visas based on their political…