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I attended the NYC “Make Billionaires Pay March” on Saturday. Here’s what it can tell us about where the climate movement is headed—away from fossil fuel divestment and toward broader resistance, with fewer young people.

For @thenation.com:
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Thank you for helping me out with this one!

How Climate Change Is Transforming The Soundtrack Of The Natural World | Defector It is easy enough to read about the climate crisis through the dozens of devastating stories that run each week, warning us of the people who will be displaced or otherwise harmed by the planet’s…

Can we hear the climate crisis? defector.com/how-climate-...

Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA ’24, arrives at Newark Airport after release from ICE detention <i>This is a developing story. Check back for updates. </i>

Columbia Spectator’s Tsehai Alfred is at the scene covering. Read our coverage here:
www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/06...

Khalil was released from ICE detention yesterday evening. “The fact that they put me in that place, that didn’t mean that I was not free,” Khalil said. “I continued to pray for Palestinians, for the immigrants who are left behind in that facility.”

Mahmoud Khalil, who arrived at Newark airport today, spoke to press alongside his wife, newborn son, and AOC. “Israel is still waging full war against Palestinians across Palestine, the U.S. government is funding this genocide, and Columbia University is investing in this genocide,” Khalil said.

Pete DeBoer Just Loves Making Conference Finals And Getting Fired | Defector Oh, you think Thibs has a gripe? Pete DeBoer has made six out of the last seven conference finals, with three different teams—and been fired by them all, after the Stars announced today that they thin...

Pete DeBoer just loves making conference finals and getting fired: defector.com/pete-deboer-...

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Letter from the Editors: Columbia and Barnard are failing their student press <i>Editor’s note: This article deals with topics of police brutality.</i>

A letter from the EIC & Managing Ed of Spec on last week's catastrophe. The irony of a Spec staffer being suspended merely b/c she was writing her First Amendment final essay in Butler Library & stayed to report on the police action should be lost on no one. www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...

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Columbia to adjudicate Milstein sit-in cases without witnesses or legal representation for student hearings <i>Updated April 8 at 10:27 a.m. </i>

From the Columbia Spectator: Columbia is adjudicating disciplinary cases for students involved in the March Milstein sit-in without allowing legal representation or witnesses to be present at their hearings, according to documents & emails obtained by Spec.
www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/04...

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A Letter to Columbia <i>Editor's Note: This op-ed was dictated by Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA </i>’24<i>. Spectator verified this with his Attorney Amy Greer and conducted its regular editing process. Khalil is currently detaine...

In his second public statement since he was arrested by ICE, Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA '24, dictated a letter to the Columbia community in an op-ed for @ColumbiaSpec.

Spectator verified the op-ed with his attorney. Khalil is currently detained in Louisiana.
www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...

More news tonight: Amy Greer, lawyer for Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA ’24, released an update.

Greer wrote that Khalil is “healthy and his spirits are undaunted by his predicament.” Local attorneys will visit him Monday and Tuesday in Louisiana.
www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/03...

According to a 2024 report from human rights groups, detainees often face “systemic abuse” and an “isolation from legal resources” at Louisiana detention centers.

Many advocates have called Khalil’s detainment a “kidnapping,” including the Columbia Palestine Solidarity Coalition (CPSC).

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA ’24, moved to detention facility in Louisiana, according to ICE database Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA ’24, has been moved to a detention facility in Louisiana following his arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Sunday, according to the ICE database.

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA ’24, has been moved to a detention facility in Louisiana, according to the ICE database.
CPSC wrote in a Monday news release that Khalil’s “attorneys and family are currently no longer able to get in touch with him.”
www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/03...

Thomas Harley mogs in this photo !!!

A whole article about MY Stars ⭐️🧚‍♀️✨!!!

NYPD arrests several protesters at Milstein sit-in <i>Updated March 5 at 9:17 p.m.</i>

From the Columbia Daily Spectator: NYPD arrested nine protesters at Barnard this afternoon after they were authorized to come on to campus following a report from the administration about a “bomb threat.” The protesters had participated in a sit-in.
www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/03...

A Pittsburgh Pilgrimage | Defector PITTSBURGH — I’ve known the names of hockey players for as long as I’ve known my own. I was lucky enough to be born in Michigan in 1995, just before the Red Wings restored their old glory with back-to...

A Pittsburgh pilgrimage: defector.com/a-pittsburgh...

No I did not place bets

Text message exchange sent at 8:09. I am informing someone of the score prediction I made earlier in the night Me Text 1: my score prediction is 42-6, Eagles Text 2: Climb some poles for us Friend Text 3: WE FUCKING WILL Next exchange at 9:27 Friend Text 4: yk Text 5: Ur bet may be righr (sic) Me Text 6: I am actually god

I briefly felt sooooo powerful during the Super Bowl…

Do I spot a solar car...

On the Columbia Athletics website, the DEI page appears to have been renamed to “We Roar Together,” with all mentions of DEI removed. The transgender inclusion policy and a mission section which included statements like “We must be anti-racists” have also been removed from the page.

Meet Spectator’s 149th Managing Board - Columbia Spectator Spectator strives to positively impact the Columbia, Morningside Heights, and West Harlem communities, and we take seriously the responsibility to hold institutions of power accountable.

Introducing the very wonderful, very talented 149th managing board of the Columbia Daily Spectator! Proud to be leading our journalism division this year.
www.columbiaspectator.com/spectrum/202...

"It Changes Everything": What Canada’s New Women’s Soccer League Means To Two Of Its Players | Defector Just over two years ago, Diana Matheson announced formal plans to create a professional women’s soccer league in Canada. Matheson, who racked up 206 caps for the Canadian national team in her career o...

I had a blast talking to Stéphanie Hill and Mara Bouchard, @mcgill.ca grads who will be playing for the Montreal Roses when the Northern Super League kicks off in April. They spoke about why they joined @rosesmtl.ca & what the @nsl.ca means for Canadian soccer #NSL #SLN defector.com/it-changes-e...

trust @owensports.bsky.social and i are like this 🤞🏼 we r very excited whenever we write blogs at a similar time … also i made him read the draft of my wide tom’s bean house blog that will never see the light of day

another awesome blog from owen!!

The Detroit Auto Show Used To Be The Future | Defector DETROIT — There was a brief moment where I, as a child growing up in Michigan, thought heaven might look something like the North American International Auto Show. Inside a vast convention center hall...

you can read the blog here if you’re in the mood for some nostalgia, EVs, and climate reflections 😃
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i have heard allegations that i am “wearing the same sweater” in my defector profile picture and in the photo of me in an FSAE car recently published in my blog about the detroit auto show so i’m coming on here to announce that they are NOT the same sweater!