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Anna Oakes

New York

Audio Producer and Journalist at Freelance

Journalist in NY, grad student @columbiajourn, podcast producer @bermaninstitute | Bot Love with @radiotopia 🤖

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Articles

  • Columbia and NYPD Crush Student Library Occupation Supporting Palestine

    1 week ago | hellgatenyc.com | Anna Oakes

    On Wednesday evening, NYPD officials stormed Columbia University's campus and conducted mass arrests of pro-Palestine protesters, several hours after the activists had occupied a reading room of the university's Butler Library ahead of finals week.

  • After Mohsen Mahdawi’s Release, What’s Next for Other Detained International Students?

    1 week ago | documentedny.com | Meghnad Bose |Anna Oakes

    Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian student at Columbia University and a U.S. green card holder, walked free from federal custody last Wednesday afternoon and was welcomed by a crowd of supporters outside a Vermont courthouse.

  • 'I Won't Wear Any Columbia Gear. I Feel Ashamed'

    2 months ago | hellgatenyc.com | Anna Oakes

    8:42 AM EDT on March 12, 2025 On Tuesday around noon, members of a coalition of dozens of Jewish student groups gathered on the northern steps of the Columbia University campus to protest the unlawful detention of Mahmoud Khalil by federal agents, and the university's complicity and lackluster response. The campus, which has been closed to the public since last year's student encampment, has been dotted with fences since Khalil's arrest on Saturday.

  • Universities are continuing to retaliate against staff for participating in Gaza campus protests

    Dec 10, 2024 | mondoweiss.net | Claudia Gohn |Anna Oakes

    Clara C. began working at Columbia University one month after the start of the genocide in Gaza in October 2023. She was hired in the Germanic Languages Department as a Department Assistant. Like many incoming members of the Columbia community, she had high hopes for her time at the university.

  • In Sheepshead Bay, Arts Classes Bring Community to Older Residents — Grassroots Magazine

    Oct 17, 2024 | grassrootsmagazinenyc.com | Anna Oakes

    Ovcharkenko’s son, then his wife, moved to Brooklyn in 2001. Alone in Tashkent, Ovcharkenko followed his family to Brooklyn in 2010. But life in the United States was not easy. In Tashkent, Ovcharkenko could have expected a pension following his retirement. In the United States, he started from scratch. “If I had realized I would work until my last breath, I might have stayed [in Tashkent],” he said.

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Anna Oakes
Anna Oakes @a_lkoakes
22 Apr 25

RT @jangelooff: Emails below show Mahmoud Khalil's request for a temporary release to attend the birth of his first child, and the denial,…

Anna Oakes
Anna Oakes @a_lkoakes
17 Apr 25

RT @ScooterCasterNY: NEW: "If you want to see my face - Go ahead!" speaker shouted while removing her mask, as students protested at Columb…

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Anna Oakes @a_lkoakes
17 Apr 25

RT @jason_koebler: SCOOP: Internal Palantir Slack messages obtained by @josephfcox show the company did a recent sprint to build a tool tha…