Columbia Under Threat
I have been covering the unfolding situation at Columbia University for Reuters. These photographs have appeared in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, PBS, NBC, and many other publications.
On March 7, 2025, the federal government cancelled $400 million in federal grants and contracts to Columbia University. The Department of Justice alleged a climate of anti-semitism on campus and issued a list of demands, including placing the university’s Middle Eastern Studies department under receivership and increasing security on campus. On March 8, federal agents abductated Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia alumnus and green card holder, and brought him to a detention facility in Louisiana. On March 21, Columbia’s interim (now resigned) president, Katrina Armstrong, announced that the university had conceded to all of the the federal government’s demands, marking an unprecedented intrusion into academic freedom. Student and faculty protests have erupted on campus and around the country.
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