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A photo of Mahmoud Khalil and Dr. Noor Abdalla.

Apr 8, 2025

Letter to My Husband, Mahmoud Khalil

Mar 28, 2025

Free Mahmoud Khalil with Ben Wizner and Baher Azmy

Facade of the Columbia University Library with the ALMA MATER statue in the foreground.

Mar 20, 2025

A Statement from Constitutional Law Scholars on Columbia

Mar 20, 2025

A Letter From Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil

A photo of a someone scrolling on a smartphone.

Mar 7, 2025

Singled Out for Speaking Up: How UCSC Seized My Digital Life After I Joined a Lawsuit Against Them

A group of high school students wearing blue shirts reading "DISSENT IS PATRIOTIC" pose for the camera.

Feb 20, 2025

What Students Lose When School Becomes a Political Battleground

Closed padlock on a knotted network wire on the background of the American flag.

Jan 14, 2025

Supreme Court May Decide if the Government Can Childproof the Internet

Pro-Palestinian protesters sing in the ongoing student encampment of pro-Palestinian supporters in the University Yard at George Washington University in Washington, DC.

Jan 10, 2025

We're Fighting Back Against Efforts to Intimidate Professors into Silence

Dec 11, 2024

Can You Define Pornography? Neither Can the Government.

Loren Khogali, the executive director at the ACLU of Michigan, and Razi Jafri, a Detroit-based documentary filmmaker and producer joined Kamau in conversation on stage for the Know Your Rights bus tour.

Oct 15, 2024

At Liberty Live with W. Kamau Bell: Detroit’s Activist Roots - Engaging Communities in the Fight for Justice