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TechnologyMarch 15, 2022
What We’re Still Getting Wrong About the Unabomber
Ted Kaczynski’s violence—reexamined in a new biopic—fascinates US audiences, but not for the reasons we think.
R.H. Lossin
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Higher EducationDecember 23, 2021
What Columbia Student Workers Are Asking For
The university has finally agreed to respond to striking workers’ proposals. Here’s what’s at stake.
R.H. Lossin
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HistoryJanuary 19, 2021
Alliance Between Vigilantes and Law Enforcement: A US Tradition
On the continuity between the early-20th-century American Protective League and today’s violent “patriots.”
R.H. Lossin
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EducationDecember 21, 2020
Why CUNY Faculty and Staff May Go on Strike
Breakneck speedups are forcing its workers to do more with less than ever before.
R.H. Lossin
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ActivismJuly 28, 2020
Property May Not Be Theft, but It’s Not NOT Theft
As nationwide protests destroy buildings, monuments, and police stations, it’s time to get the facts straight.
R.H. Lossin
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Media AnalysisJune 10, 2020
In Defense of Destroying Property
We cannot conflate the destruction of plateglass with the violence that is being protested.
R.H. Lossin
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Higher EducationMay 12, 2020
Columbia Has the Chance to Expose the Lie of Austerity
The seventh-largest property owner in NYC needs to use its wealth to protect its vulnerable workers, not punish them.
R.H. Lossin and Lexie Cook
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HistoryApril 10, 2008
Iraq’s Ruined Library Soldiers On
Five years ago this week, US troops stood by as mobs sacked Iraq's revered National Library and Archives. Despite little outside help, a cultural treasure soldiers on.
R.H. Lossin