The story of the encampments through the lens of one of their leaders. By Eli Baum Illustration by Em Bennett This article was based on extensive interviews with Maryam Alwan, largely conducted shortly before she left New York in July, as well as nine campus activists who spoke under the condition of anonymity. In 2011, Bashar al-Assad opened fire on protesters objecting to the detainment and torture of 15 students. Protests sprang up across the country, and Syria’s governmen

Columbia’s real conservative newspaper. By Eli Baum Illustration by Selin Ho In April 2025, Columbia was on the verge of signing a deal with the Trump administration. It would have banned all masked protests on campus, restructured the University Senate, and created a committee to oversee University reforms. But at the critical moment when Columbia was about to sign, Harvard publicly stood up to the White House. Columbia decided that it could not capitulate to the Trump admin

How the Columbia University College Republicans impeached their club president and how they took over the national narrative of the...