Escalation articles

  • Protests at Columbia University escalate

    Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. The balance of free speech rights while protecting Jewish students and faculty on campus is in the headlines today. “We need a reset” – were the words in a statement from Columbia University’s president this morning, as classes across the campus were made virtual for the day. The school says it’s in response to escalating […]

  • Escalating campus protests come to a boil

    Colleges across the country are barreling toward crisis as pro-Palestinian student protesters show no signs of relenting, posing growing risks to the schools and threatening to become a major election-year issue. The unrest, which could be coming to a head at Columbia University as demonstrators blow past a school-imposed Monday deadline, has already caused []

  • The Ukraine Aid Package Heightens the Risk of Escalation

    James Carden, Katrina vanden Heuvel The passage by Congress of the latest aid package to Ukraine was met with cheers, but there is ample reason for caution.