Inside Columbia’s Crackdown on Pro-Palestinian Free Speech
Universities should be havens for robust debate, discussion, and learning – not sites of censorship where administrators, donors, and politicians squash political discourse they don't approve of. But Columbia University recently violated New York law to single out and suspend two student groups for participating in a peaceful student demonstration and temporary art installation in support of Palestinian rights.
That's why the NYCLU and Palestine Legal sued Columbia.
These student groups – Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace – were peacefully speaking out on a critical…
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