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Latest comic: Where's the crisis?

(Drawn before events of last week, but still relevant!)

#protest #columbia #gaza #college #firstamendment #cartoon #uspol

WHERE'S THE CRISIS?

1. Palestinian family with hungry children among ruins
TWO MILLION GAZANS ON THE BRINK OF FAMINE AFTER THEIR ENTIRE SOCIETY HAS BEEN DESTROYED - MAJOR CRISIS

2. PEACEFUL ENCAMPMENT RESPONDING TO THIS CRISIS
Student encampment with protest signs CEASEFIRE NOW and JEWISH STUDENTS FOR PALESTINE
NOT A CRISIS

3. COLLEGE ADMINISTRATORS CORRUPTED ВУ RIGHT-WING DONORS AND ACTIVISTS
Executive guy to college president: CALL THE COPS ON YOUR STUDENTS OR WE'LL DEFUND THE SCHOOL AND HAVE YOU FIRED.
ACTUAL CRISIS

4. NEWS ORGS DEMONIZING PROTESTERS TRYING TO END ATROCITIES
News anchors: OUR TOP STORY TODAY: AMERICA'S COLLEGE CAMPUSES IN CRISIS! ALSO, RAFAH WAS FLATTENED TODAY. NOW LIVE TO COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY!
A NEVER-ENDING CRISIS

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🇨🇴 verbietet neue Öl- und Bergbauprojekte in seinem Amazonasgebiet 🙏

➡️ 42 % des kolumbianischen Territoriums ➡️ 7% des Amazonas-Regenwaldes

Umweltministerin Irene Vélez Torres:

"Wir tun dies nicht nur als einen Akt ökologischer Souveränität, sondern auch als einen brüderlichen Aufruf an die anderen Länder, die das Amazonas-Biom teilen, denn der Amazonas kennt keine Grenzen und seine Pflege erfordert, dass wir gemeinsam vorankommen." 💪

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/colombia-bans-all-new-oil-and-mining-projects-in-its-amazon-an-area-the-size-of-sweden/

#GoodNews #Columbia

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Columbia Will Pay Survivors of Abusive Doctor $750 Million After ProPublica Revealed University’s Failures
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The sweeping deal means the Ivy League school’s settlements will total more than $1 billion for over 1,000 claims of sexual abuse by former patients of OB-GYN Robert Hadden, who worked at the university for 20 years despite decades of complaints.

https://www.propublica.org/article/columbia-university-750-million-settlement-robert-hadden-sexual-assault?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Columbia #University #SexualAbuse #SexualAssault #Women #Students

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#GiftArticle

‘It Felt Like Kidnapping,’ #MahmoudKhalil Says in First Interview Since Release

The #Columbia graduate & pro-#Palestinian #activist returned to New York after more than three months in #detention. The #Trump administration is still seeking to deport him.

#law #immigration #StateSponsoredAbduction
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/nyregion/mahmoud-khalil-interview-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Q08.08iZ.quUx5RwW5FJ5&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare