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“I’ve lost track of all time, hours, days,” says Mehdi Hasan, explaining it has been “a manic six weeks.” The former MSNBC host launched his own media company, Zeteo, on April 15, and things are hectic — in a good way. After Hasan raised $4 million in seed money, Zeteo …

NEW YORK — Linnea Norton spent Sunday at Columbia University jamming on the guitar with other students — a drummer and a cohort of harmonizing singers. They played Appalachian folk music and protest songs by Bob Dylan and John Lennon. The encampment smelled like sunscreen, and students kicked a soccer …

There are a few lines of thought surrounding the ongoing Drake v. the World rap feud that have become accepted as all but sacred facts. For one, all of this is supposedly fun. Spotify, the multi-billion-dollar business that reported a quarterly profit last week — in part, thanks to laying …

Some startling rumors emerged shortly after New York Police Department officers — clad in what looked like every piece of riot gear available to the department — stormed Columbia University to forcibly remove and arrest student protesters occupying a campus building. These weren’t students; these were professional agitators. These skilled …

On Tuesday, leadership at Columbia University called in the New York City Police Department to break up student protests demanding the university divest from Israel amid its ongoing siege in Gaza, which has led to the deaths of more than 34,000 Palestinians.Protestors were seen being arrested by law enforcement, zip-tied, …

A large group of pro-Israel protesters attacked students at a Gaza Solidarity Encampment established at the University of California, Los Angeles, campus late Tuesday night. The escalation in violence against protesters at the California school took place as battalions of law enforcement raided Columbia University and the City College of …

Student protesters at Columbia University occupied Hamilton Hall, one of the most iconic buildings of the school’s campus, in a late-night escalation of ongoing pro-Palestinian demonstrations. In the early hours of Tuesday, dozens of students rushed into the hall and began using furniture to barricade entrances — recreating an occupation …

From New York to Austin, and Los Angeles to Atlanta, university presidents have summoned campus police, city riot cops, and even state troopers to answer the civil disobedience of students who have set up campus tent encampments to protest the U.S.-backed Israeli military offensive in Gaza. The behavior of law …

The Weeknd is pledging another $2 million to help feed families in Gaza. The donation comes from his XO Humanitarian Fund, which helps combat global hunger. The $2 million will be used to make more than 18 million loaves of bread and feed more than 157,000 Palestinians for a month, …

Columbia University has begun to suspend students who have not left a Gaza Solidarity Encampment at the school on Monday. The university announced that students who remained and refused to sign a “form committing to abide” to its policies would be “placed on suspension, ineligible to complete the semester or …