Samar Khurshid

Feb 6, 2024 | flipboard.com | Samar Khurshid

US colleges are now raging battlegrounds—hitting cash flow, student culture & campaignUS campuses are not just seeing a rise in anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. They're in the middle of a cultural war, where a broader political attack …

Feb 6, 2024 | theprint.in | Samar Khurshid

It was a significant escalation in an ideological conflict that has consumed university campuses across the United States since Hamas’ devastating 7 October attack on Israel and its subsequent retaliatory bombardment of Gaza. But the trouble roiling campuses isn’t confined to a rising display of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. It is entangled with the raging cultural war in the United States, where a larger political onslaught has been mounted against “woke” ideology.

Jun 28, 2023 | gothamgazette.com | Samar Khurshid |Ethan Geringer-Sameth

Mayor Adams & Speaker Adams shake on the budget deal (photo: @NYCMayor) Mayor Eric Adams and City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams announced on Thursday a deal on a massive $107 billion budget for the 2024 fiscal year, just days before the July 1 deadline, marking the conclusion of months of contentious negotiations between the two sides of City Hall. The full Council is scheduled to vote the budget through on Friday morning.

Jun 28, 2023 | gothamgazette.com | Samar Khurshid

Jun 26, 2023 | gothamgazette.com | Samar Khurshid |Ethan Geringer-Sameth