Just got out of jail after Columbia called NYPD to mass arrest 100+ students. I have been suspended and evicted from housing by Barnard. This has only strengthened my commitment to the movement for Palestinian liberation and I promise to continue fighting for divestment.

For THE CITY, NYPD confirms 108 arrests thus far, Columbia says anyone who participated is suspended, though they haven't confirmed #'s. By 2pm police had cleared the lawn of protesters, though hundreds more have since set up in another portion of lawn.

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This headline should not be real, but it is. al.com/news/2024/04/u…

al.com/news/2024/04/i… In Alabama, delta-9 and delta-9 derived from hemp seem to be everywhere. I call it 'bathtub weed,' because the process involves solvents, acid and little to no oversight. W Ashley and John Diedrich

SO COOL: A year after Savannah Tryens-Fernandes reported on an Alabama student who was kept out of school and denied due process for a weed crime he says he didn't commit, CJ will get to tell his story to the UN in Geneva.

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Duke University announced it is ending a full-ride scholarship program for Black students in the wake of the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling

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Davidson is 5-feet, 4-inches tall and weighs 200 pounds. She was wearing a long pink dress, a jacket and the pink Nike shoes.

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To attract tourists and foreign investment, Tanzania is taking the land of an ancient people. For The Atlantic’s May 2024 cover story, Stephanie McCrummen reports on how “conservationist” has come to be a word the Maasai associate with their own doom: theatln.tc/VounjIR1

Exciting The Baltimore Banner news: All Baltimore City Public Schools employees and students will soon have a free subscription to The Banner!

Yesterday, I went to a parole hearing. It lasted 2.5 hours, opposed to the normal few minutes. Why did it take so long? One answer: board Chair Leigh Gwathney. al.com/news/montgomer…

North Alabama sheriff Mike Blakely earns parole in packed hearing al.com/news/2024/04/n…

Section High School’s student handbook does not appear to single out transgender students, but does say that the “principal, assistant principal or designee will deem appropriate clothing or appearance.” al.com/educationlab/2…

Alabama Sec. of State Wes Allen’s letter did not mention that in 2020, the Alabama Legislature passed a bill to accommodate the date of the Republican National Convention, which was held Aug. 24-27 that year.

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NEW: The Heritage Foundation is urging states to make undocumented children pay to attend public school. The conservative think tank w/ close ties to Trump is looking to challenge the landmark Supreme Court decision, Plyler v. Doe chalkbeat.org/2024/04/09/ply…

Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen has notified the state and national Democratic parties that the scheduled date of the DNC comes after an Alabama deadline for the party to put its nominees for president and vice president on the ballot in November.
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NEW: More than 200 people are expected to lose their jobs without severance pay when Birmingham-Southern College closes in two months.

And most of those employees are still searching for new jobs.

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The Big East Conference, in the football driven world, reminds everybody yet again that they not only prioritize basketball but win at the highest level in it. The league is about to win its 4th national title in the last 8 NCAA Tournaments.

The Big East won the NCAA Tournament and NIT titles.
The Big East has won 4 of the past 8 national championships.
Requiem my ass.