They are a group of progressive Jewish organizations and congregations, and they are coming to the defense of Rumeysa Ozturk, a Muslim graduate student at Tufts, who faces deportation after she helped write an essay critical of Israel. The coalition includes synagogues in places like West Newton, Mass., San Francisco and the Upper West Side…
Among those opposed to President Trump’s tariffs on imports from China: a legal group funded by some of the biggest names in conservative politics. Last week, a Florida business owner challenged the Trump administration’s moves in court, arguing that her company, Simplified, which makes notebooks and planners, was harmed by the dramatic trade war with…
Groups representing Columbia University professors on Tuesday sued the Trump administration over its effort to force the university to tighten rules on campus protests and put a Middle Eastern studies department under outside oversight, among other measures, by canceling $400 million in federal funding and threatening to withhold billions more in the future. “This action…
JD(U)’s Rajiv Ranjan Singh (File Photo) NEW DELHI: Union minister and Janata Dal (United) MP Lalan Singh on Monday said Muslim groups who declined Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s invitation for an iftaar gathering are associated with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress.“Those who opposed it (invitation) are associated with the RJD and Congress….
Two weeks after their bank accounts were frozen amid a swirl of investigations by the Trump administration, nonprofit organizations that were supposed to receive $20 billion to help curb climate change are still unable to withdraw money, raising concerns about their ability to pay staff. The accounts were frozen by Citibank, which holds the money,…
In a letter sent late last week, over 100 national and state education organizations urged Congress to reinstate federal grants that were recently canceled, threatening efforts to address teacher shortages in US schools. The groups pushed back against the US Department of Education’s February 17 decision to cut funding for key teacher preparation programs, including…
Michigan’s graduation rate hits 16-year high, yet gaps persist for disadvantaged students. (Representative Image, Getty Images) Michigan’s high school graduation rate has reached a new milestone, with 82.83% of students graduating within four years in the 2023-24 school year. This marks the highest graduation rate in the state in 16 years, a promising indicator of…
An advertisement that was set to run in some editions of The Washington Post on Tuesday calling for Elon Musk to be fired from his role in government was abruptly canceled, according to one of the advocacy groups that had ordered the ad. Common Cause said it was told by the newspaper on Friday that…
ICC Champions Trophy 2025 (AP Photo) The ICC Champions Trophy is returning for its ninth edition, featuring eight top ODI teams. Pakistan, the defending champions who won their first title in 2017, will host the tournament. India will play all their matches in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.The tournament begins on February 19 with hosts Pakistan…
The nonprofit groups track the imprisonment of Chinese political dissidents and the expansion of state censorship. They speak out for persecuted minority groups like the Uyghurs and Tibetans. And they help sustain attention on Beijing’s crackdown of freedoms in Hong Kong. The future of their work is now in question as Elon Musk’s government efficiency…