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Mohsen Mahdawi who was detained and faces deportation for organizing protests at Columbia University against Israel's war in Gaza adopted Buddhist teachings about peace and empathy.
NPR speaks with Ramzi Kassem, a member of the legal team for Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk, about her detention and arguments ...
The pen is mightier than the sword. At least, the Trump administration seems to think so. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be arresting people for speaking and writing about political views they don’t like.
It is crucial to recognize that the entanglements of Vermont’s prisons and police with the violence of U.S. imperialism are not unique to this moment.
Harvard University is such a perfect foil for Trumpism that it’s a wonder it avoided the MAGA maelstrom for so long.
I got on the city bus relatively early on the morning of April, 14, 2025.  The sun was shining, but the temperature was only ...
ACLU lawyers appeared in Vermont federal district court Monday to argue for the return and release of Rümeysa Öztürk, the ...
The Trump administration has detained Rümeysa Öztürk, a Fulbright scholar and Ph.D. student at Tufts University, for speaking out against Israel and Palestine policies, violating her First Amendment ...
BURLINGTON, VT– Supporters flooded the streets outside Vermont Federal Court Monday, demanding the release of Tufts University Ph.D. student Rümeysa Öztürk, ...
While the judge didn’t make a decision Monday on Rümeysa Öztürk’s challenge to her detention by immigration officials, he did appear open to the idea of having her transferred from custody in ...
Friends of White River Junction resident Mohsen Mahdawi say he was called in for a citizenship interview Monday and left in ...
Rümeysa Öztürk was arrested in Somerville by masked immigration agents on March 25 and is being held in a Louisiana detention ...