Tag: West, Cornel

Columbia Sends In the N.Y.P.D. to Arrest Protesters in Tent City

For about a day and a half, pro-Palestinian activists at Columbia University set up what they called a “Liberated Zone,” a temporary community with the spirit and values they wished existed on campus always. It was an impromptu tent village, with more than 50 tents, pitched on a large green lawn just outside the school’s […]

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Cornel West Picks a Black Lives Matter Activist, Melina Abdullah, as His Running Mate

Cornel West, a long-shot independent presidential candidate, named Melina Abdullah, a Black Lives Matter activist, as his running mate on Wednesday, cementing a novel ticket featuring two Black Ph.D.s whom he positioned as offering a stronger commitment to racial justice than both major parties. Ms. Abdullah, 51, is a co-founder of Black Lives Matter Los […]

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