Lipman Center

🚨 We are now accepting applications for the 2026 Lipman Center Fellowship in Civil and Human Rights Reporting.

⏰ The deadline is January 9, 2026. ⏰

See application details and past fellowship work here:
journalism.columbia.edu/ira-lipman-f...

U.S. WWII cemetery in the Netherlands removes displays about Black troops The Netherlands American Cemetery previously had two displays honoring Black American soldiers’ experiences in World War II.

U.S. WWII cemetery in the Netherlands removes displays about Black troops
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📚 On shelves: Dean Jelani Cobb's latest book, "Three or More Is a Riot: Notes on How We Got Here: 2012-2025."

This "kaleidoscopic, real-time portrait of the turbulent past decade" is available now: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/779593...

@jelaniya.bsky.social | @oneworldbooks.bsky.social

It’s Not a Dog Whistle If Everyone Can Hear It A week of ostentatious bigotry in American politics

It’s Not a Dog Whistle If Everyone Can Hear It
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The Right to Vote Is on Trial at the Supreme Court "We are on the verge of becoming a country where the right to vote exists only on paper," writes Tom Lopach.

The Right to Vote Is on Trial at the Supreme Court
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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

Immigration Agents Have Held More Than 170 Americans Against Their Will, ProPublica Finds
www.propublica.org/article/immi...

(Self) Censorship of student journalism in the age of Trump - Technology, Policy, and Innovation Concentration Recent turbulence on college campuses has complicated the relationship between student journalists and their sources. Fearing repercussions from both university administrations and the federal gove...

Register here:
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Recent turbulence on college campuses has complicated the relationship between student journalists and their sources. Fearing repercussions from both university administrations and the federal government, students are increasingly hesitant to speak to media on the record.

(Self) Censorship of student journalism in the age of Trump

Wednesday, Oct 8
12-1 p.m.

Moderator:

Lipman Center Program Manager and Adjunct Associate Professor of Journalism Dolores Barclay Pre-registration strongly advised! This event is open to CJS students only.
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Panelists:

Jerry Mitchell, founder and reporter, Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting

Andrew Fan, journalist and executive director, Invisible Institute

Willow Higgins and Ryan Kost, independent journalists

Join us for a conversation with our criminal justice grant recipients about investigating official misconduct. Recent work by these grantees include investigations into police corruption in Chicago, abuse of power by a Mississippi sheriff, and conviction integrity units in NY.

Crooked Cops, Enterprising Sheriffs and Uncaring DAs

A conversation with Lipman Center criminal justice grantees about investigating official misconduct.

Tuesday, September 30
12:15 - 1:45pm

A Farmworkers Visa Promised Her a Better Life. It Was a Trap. Sofi left behind her child in Mexico for the promise of providing him a better life. She ended up a victim of an operation that is alleged to have exploited the H-2A visa program — and the workers it ...

An H-2A Visa Promised Her a Better Life. She Ended Up in a Nightmare.
projects.propublica.org/h2a-visa-far...

🎓📰 Introducing CollegeWatch

CJS faculty and alumni have launched CollegeWatch, a weekly newsletter reporting on the challenges facing U.S. higher education. Each issue delivers in-depth reporting and analysis on a fast-moving story: journalism.columbia.edu/news/college...

🗽 Yesterday, Columbia Journalism School and @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social hosted “Zohran Mamdani With Errol Louis: A Conversation on Public Safety,” the first in a series of forums with 2025 New York City mayoral candidates.

Israel hits Gaza hospital, killing at least 15 people, including journalists Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital in Gaza on Monday killed at least 15 people, including three journalists, one of whom worked for Reuters, Palestinian health officials said.

Killing the journalist will not kill the story. We stand in solidarity with journalists in Gaza risking their lives to tell the truth: www.reuters.com/world/middle...

New Trump rule to ban VA abortions for veterans even in cases of rape and incest Trump administration to end nearly all abortions even though third of female veterans are sexual assault survivors

New Trump rule to ban VA abortions for veterans even in cases of rape and incest
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Urgent Ideas for Defending Press Freedom in Gaza Letters, condemnations, and Israeli court cases have failed to change the world’s deadliest place for journalists. We’ve cast out for a new approach.

📰 Urgent Ideas for Defending Press Freedom in Gaza

In a new project between
@columjournreview.bsky.social and the Simon and June Li Center for Global Journalism, CJS faculty and graduates explore urgent strategies for protecting journalists in Gaza: www.cjr.org/feature/urge...

The Men Trump Deported to a Salvadoran Prison On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been t...

Who Are the Venezuelan Immigrants Trump Sent to CECOT?
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Now That They’re Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in CECOT Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration say they endured months of physical and mental abuse inside a Salvadoran prison. Though happy to be home, they say the fact that they were released ...

Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration say they endured months of physical and mental abuse inside a Salvadoran prison. Though happy to be home, they say the fact that they were released is proof of how senseless their detentions were.
www.propublica.org/article/vene...

As democratic norms face mounting threats, how should journalism hold the line? Dean Jelani Cobb joins the NAHJ 2025 Conference and Expo to explore the press’s role amid disinformation and eroding trust.

👉 Register for the panel: bit.ly/4lEv2dV

🎬 Now Playing in NYC: Heightened Scrutiny. This powerful new documentary features Dean Jelani Cobb, Lydia Polgreen ’00 M.S., and Gina Chua ’88 M.S., and offers sharp insight into how media coverage shapes public perception of trans rights.

A Tumultuous Spring Semester Finally Comes to a Close The biggest mistake that some universities have made is to presume that the White House is operating in good faith. It is not.

"The biggest mistake that some universities have made is to presume that the White House is operating in good faith. It is not," writes @columbiajourn Dean Jelani Cobb.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Jelani Cobb – Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso Jelani Cobb (The New Yorker) on the crisis at Columbia University, Mahmoud Khalil, and five years since the death of George Floyd.

“Should you paint over all the monuments and the memorials that were created for George Floyd, the history still exists ... We will continue to tell the story as long as it needs to be told.”

-Dean Jelani Cobb on episode 416 of Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
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Months Without Sunshine: The Unbearable Darkness of Jail Jails in St. Louis, Cleveland and Jackson, Mississippi, don’t provide direct access to sunlight and fresh air – even when their own policies require it.

The Unbearable Darkness of Jail

Jails in St. Louis, Cleveland and Jackson, Mississippi, don’t provide direct access to sunlight and fresh air – even when their own policies require it
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How abortion laws focusing on fetal viability miss the mark on women’s experiences Women’s stories of seeking abortions later in pregnancy highlight what’s missing from the current conversation about abortion policies in the US.

How abortion laws focusing on fetal viability miss the mark on women’s experiences
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Help Us Report on Sexual Assault and Misconduct by the Chicago Police Department We want to talk to people who have experienced sexual assault or sexual misconduct — which includes sexual harassment and unwanted, inappropriate touching or comments — by Chicago police officers, on ...

Help Us Report on Sexual Assault and Misconduct by the Chicago Police Department
www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...

A Louisiana plantation-turned-resort burns, prompting a reckoning Roughly an hour away, another plantation is working to honor the history of those once enslaved.

A Louisiana plantation-turned-resort burns, prompting a reckoning
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Chicago Police Dismissed a Recruit’s Claims That a Colleague Sexually Assaulted Her. Then He was Accused Again and Again. The Invisible Institute and ProPublica reviewed over 300 complaints accusing Chicago officers of sexual assault and misconduct. Time and time again, the police department downplayed or ignored claims,...

The first investigation in our partnership with @propublica found that Chicago Police fail to investigate officers repeatedly accused of sexual assault.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...