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On Saturday evening, Kenza Fourati and her two zealous children hovered around a decorative Ramadan calendar they put up about a month ago in their Brooklyn home. “Yallah, let’s turn it around,” Ms. Fourati said. Together, they flipped it and revealed the other side: “Eid Mubarak. The Mohyeldin Fourati family.” The sun had just set, … Read more
In the early 1900s, Franz Boas, who is considered one of the founders of American anthropology, became fascinated by a large shrine associated with Indigenous whaling rituals off the coast of British Columbia. He had been sent a photograph of the shrine, which belonged to members of an Indigenous group called the Mowachaht. It showed … Read more
Jimmie Dale Mood Dear Diary: I woke up at 6:30 a.m. in a Jimmie Dale Gilmore mood and was soon playing his song “I’m Gonna Love You” on repeat. Two hours later, still listening to Jimmie through my earbuds, I walked to the Q with a bounce in my step and a twinkle in my … Read more
An Ivy League university. Distinguished law firms with Fortune 500 clients. The highest levels of government in the nation’s largest city. As President Trump seeks to extract concessions from elite institutions and punish his perceived enemies, some of New York’s most powerful people are suddenly confronting excruciating decisions. The hard choices they face seem almost … Read more
A Newark federal judge on Friday heard arguments on whether the case to free Mahmoud Khalil, a leader of pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University, should continue to play out in New Jersey or be transferred to Louisiana, a potentially more favorable venue for the government’s case. The judge, Michael Farbiarz, did not make an immediate … Read more
Four years ago, as New York City seemed in thrall to a leftward political shift, the Working Families Party endorsed a slate of three progressive contenders for mayor. Disaster struck. None of the three candidates made it to the final round of the city’s nascent ranked-choice voting system, and Eric Adams, a moderate Democrat, went … Read more
On Capitol Hill last April, Claire Shipman, then a co-chair of Columbia University’s board of trustees, testified that she agreed there was a “moral crisis on our campus,” with students and faculty members acting in unacceptable ways that threatened Jewish and Israeli students. “I can tell you plainly that I am not satisfied with where … Read more
As he was rushing to attend a soccer match in Newcastle, England, Michael Gibbard stepped on a pile of sensitive military documents. At first, he thought the papers scattered along a street near the stadium were trash, dumped there from a nearby office building. But when he bent down and examined them closely, he was … Read more
Supported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Sketch Pad Members of the dance company Ballet Hispánico weren’t the only ones who swirled amid the art in the museum’s rotunda during a recent presentation and tango class. Share full article By Annie Aguiar Illustrations by Vidhya Nagarajan March 29, 2025, 5:02 a.m. ET
Mr. Brenes and his brothers — like him, All Hallows alums — worked as janitors in the mornings before school to help defray costs. After graduating, he taught there for 18 years before becoming admissions director. For Mr. Brenes, the worst moment after the closure was when a group from a charter school toured the … Read more