Lauren Gambino

6 days ago | theguardian.com | Lauren Gambino

Bernie Sanders is partnering with the group Run for Something to help support a new generation of progressive candidates interested in seeking public office. Questions about the future of Sanders’ leftwing movement have followed his cross-country Fighting Oligarchy tour, where at each stop the Vermont senator encourages supporters to get involved and run for office.

6 days ago | eldiario.es | Lauren Gambino

El Departamento de Policía de Nueva York detuvo el miércoles por la noche a decenas de activistas propalestinos que ocupaban parte del edificio de la biblioteca principal del campus de la Universidad de Columbia, poniendo fin a un enfrentamiento de horas de duración, aproximadamente un año después de que las protestas estudiantiles contra la guerra se extendieran por la presigiosa universidad.

1 week ago | aol.co.uk | Lauren Gambino

The New York police department arrested dozens of pro-Palestinian activists who occupied part of the main library building on Columbia University’s campus on Wednesday evening, ending an hours-long standoff, roughly one year after student anti-war protests swept the Ivy League school.

1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Lauren Gambino

Columbia University asked the New York police department to help clear pro-Palestinian activists from the campus’s main library after protesters clashed with the school’s public safety officers. Claire Shipman, the university’s acting president, said in a statement that protesters had refused to leave the building despite being warned that a failure to comply would result in disciplinary action and possibly arrest for trespassing.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Tom Ambrose |Lucy Campbell |Marina Dunbar |Sam Levine |Mark Oliver |Tom Perkins | +3 more

'We care about Europe being self-sufficient', says VanceTrump would like to see 5% spending on defense in Nato, Vance says. European countries have “some catching up to do” as it hasn’t kept up with that, Vance says. We really want and we really care about Europe being self-sufficient.