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Education Department Opens Title VI Probe Into NYC Schools Over Alleged Anti-Jewish Discrimination

The inquiry tests how far federal officials will police pro-Palestinian activity in public schools.

12 UK Universities Hired Private Firm to Monitor Campus Protests, Report Finds

Judge Questions Pentagon Over Revised Press Access After Court Reinstates Credentials

Autocracies Now Outnumber Democracies, BTI 2026 Finds

Delhi University Imposes 72-Hour Permission Rule for Campus Protests

Jury Clears Afroman in Deputies’ Defamation Suit Over Raid Videos

Supreme Court Unanimously Lets Mississippi Preacher Pursue Prospective Challenge to Protest Ordinance

Nashville Immigration Reporter Freed on $10,000 Bond After Two Weeks in ICE Custody

V-Dem 2025 Report Says U.S. Is No Longer a Liberal Democracy

Toronto Police Probe Antisemitic Placards as Hate Crime Unit Consults Attorney General

Belarusian Activist Maria Kolesnikowa Receives Delayed 2022 Karlspreis in Aachen

Delhi HC Declines Stay on DU Protest Ban, Questions Blanket Curbs

Six Arrested as Police Use Batons and Horses to Contain Bristol Protest Clashes

Anand Patwardhan Stopped at Mumbai University Gate During Visit to Protesting Monk

Delhi Court Orders Immediate Release of 14 JNU Students After Protest Arrests

Activists Press East Central ISD to Reverse Suspensions After Anti-ICE Walkout as District Defends Actions

High Court Upholds Acquittal in London Koran-Burning Case, Rejects CPS Appeal

Brandenburg Defends 287 Covert Intelligence Social Media Profiles as Landtag Rejects Ban

Delhi HC Treats DU Protest Ban Challenge as PIL, Issues Notice to DU, Police and Centre

Delhi University Bans Campus Protests for a Month as Students Removed From Press Briefing