Sarah Baum

Jul 30, 2024 | scheerpost.com | Sarah Baum

By Sarah Baum / The NationLeonard Peltier, one of America’s longest-serving political prisoners, could have been a free man today. He could have gone home to the little plot of land waiting for him in North Dakota that Indigenous groups and elders had prepared for him. He could have hugged his son, Chauncey, who he hasn’t seen outside the walls of a prison since Chauncey was 10.

Jun 13, 2024 | portside.org | Sarah Baum

How the Media Failed the College Student Encampments Published June 13, 2024 The night the riot police came to Columbia University, those of us still standing at the City College of New York (CCNY) pro-Palestine encampment watched in horror, in real time via live stream, as police brutalized students en masse. I’d spent the week oscillating between the two camps documenting the movement. CCNY  is a mere twenty-minute walk, or a couple subway stops, from Columbia.

Jun 11, 2024 | progressivehub.net | Sarah Baum

The focus on Columbia University has overshadowed the extent of protests—and police brutality—at public schools. By Sarah Baum, The ProgressiveThe night the riot police came to Columbia University, those of us still standing at the City College of New York (CCNY) pro-Palestine encampment watched in horror, in real time via live stream, as police brutalized students en masse. I’d spent the week oscillating between the two camps documenting the movement.

Jun 6, 2024 | progressive.org | Sarah Baum

The night the riot police came to Columbia University, those of us still standing at the City College of New York (CCNY) pro-Palestine encampment watched in horror, in real time via live stream, as police brutalized students en masse. I’d spent the week oscillating between the two camps documenting the movement. CCNY  is a mere twenty-minute walk, or a couple subway stops, from Columbia.

Apr 26, 2024 | yahoo.com | Sarah Baum

Maen HammadGrowing up in Israel, 23-year-old Aharon Dardik always loved Shabbat. It was a time of community, reflection, and prayer. So it was natural for him as an organizer, he says, to bring this Jewish tradition to the encampment for Palestinian liberation at his school, Columbia University in New York. “Judaism has a history that goes back probably around 3,000 years, and Zionism [as a political ideology] has history that goes back around 200,” he tells Teen Vogue.