Columbia University announced Wednesday it has reached a deal with the Trump administration to pay more than $220 million to the federal government to restore federal research money that was canceled in the name of combating antisemitism on campus.
Under the agreement, the Ivy League school will pay a $200 million settlement over three years, the university said. It will also pay $21 million to resolve alleged civil rights violations against Jewish employees that occurred following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, the White House said.
Columbia has agreed to a series of demands laid out by the Republican administration, including overhauling the university’s student disciplinary process and applying a contentious, federally endorsed definition of antisemitism not only to teaching but to a disciplinary committee that has been investigating students critical of Israel.
The No Kings protest was the 3rd largest American protest in history:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_protests_and_demonstrations_in_the_United_States_by_size
It was close to 12 million people (3.5% of the population) across 2100 cities. (12 million is a conservative average of 5000 people showing up in each city, with obvious larger crowds at most)
What the fuck are YOU doing to fight fascism exactly? Watching it on TV and being disappointed Americans aren’t doing it better?
Why are you NOT in America fighting the fascism there yourself?
MAYBE you are just UNINFORMED on what Americans are doing, and staying that way so you can bitch on the internet we aren’t stopping fascism fast enough for you to not be scared by it.
Fascism made sure we’re too busy being jailed, becoming homeless, and dying from a lack of health insurance to fight it harder, but we still fight, certainly harder than your comfortable ass is.
Come fight fascism here yourself if you don’t think we’re doing it good enough for you. You’re not a coward right?