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Mamdani Reverses Call to End Mayoral Control of NYC Public Schools

By: Troy Closson — 31 December 2025 at 23:40

The mayor-elect’s turnaround came as he selected Kamar Samuels to lead New York City’s school system at a precarious moment.

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani named Kamar Samuels as New York City’s schools chancellor. He starts on Thursday.

From Free Speech to Free Palestine: Six Decades of Student Protest

By: Richard Fausset — 4 May 2024 at 20:33

The protests against Israel’s war in Gaza are merely the latest in a tradition of student-led, left-leaning activism dating back at least to the civil rights and anti-Vietnam War protests of the 1960s.

Students occupied Columbia’s Hamilton Hall in April 1972.