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The Case for Reasoned Activism
Why defending free speech isn’t enough
Feb 22
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Coby S
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The Violence of Amnesia
A gun sense advocate’s reflections on the Brown shooting
Feb 11
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Xinyan Chen
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The Local Significance of the "Mamdani Moment"
A response to Sid Zadey’s November 18 op-ed in The Columbia Daily Spectator, “The global significance of the ‘Mamdani Moment’”
Jan 16
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Finn Witham
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Welcome to the World Leaders Monologue
This year at Columbia, the World Leaders Forum celebrated conversation—by totally avoiding it.
Nov 20, 2025
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Neal Tandon
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What Charlie Kirk Taught Me About Being Conservative On a Liberal Campus
On navigating conservative values in an environment that rebukes them.
Oct 9, 2025
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Jessica Weinfeld
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From Morris Hillquit to Zohran Mamdani
What we can learn from the socialist mayoral candidate who ran more than 100 years ago about the power of slogans, nuance, and free speech.
Sep 13, 2025
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Rebecca Kobrin
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Charlie Kirk’s Assassination Is Columbia’s Litmus Test
The conservative activist may have been contentious, but we can learn from his commitment to free speech.
Sep 12, 2025
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Nikos Mohammadi
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Shoshana Aufzien
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Affirmative Action, But Make It Conservative
An old liberal idea might just be the solution to a new conservative problem.
Sep 4, 2025
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Oren Hartstein
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A Taxonomy of “MAGA Summer”
A year after "brat summer," the so-called MAGA "Cruel Kids" are declaring this season for themselves.
Jul 24, 2025
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Nikos Mohammadi
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Jeffrey Sachs Is No Stranger to Controversy
The Hill called him a “Kremlin Mouthpiece.” He’s one of the few reasonable leaders left.
Jun 13, 2025
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Nikos Mohammadi
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Columbia Has Become What It Claims to Hate
Our community’s refusal to accept good ideas from “bad actors” has pushed us into a mirror image of Trumpian tribalism.
May 31, 2025
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Imaan Chaudhry
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Dear Columbia: It’s Time to Rethink DEI
The University’s DEI framework is a dangerous overcorrection for historical inequality.
May 17, 2025
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Imaan Chaudhry
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