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The Ira A. Lipman Center for Journalism and Civil and Human Rights provides leadership by informing diversity, civil and human rights discourse.
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Initiative in Reporting on Race and Criminal Justice
⏰ Applications for the 2026 grants are now open. Deadline is February 27. ⏰
journalism.columbia.edu/initiative-r...
⏰ Applications for the 2026 grants are now open. Deadline is February 27. ⏰
journalism.columbia.edu/initiative-r...
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Join us for the inaugural session of our Covering Civil and Human Rights initiative, as we examine the 14th Amendment - the part of the Constitution that makes “All men are equal” and birthright citizenship the law.
January 13, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Join us for the inaugural session of our Covering Civil and Human Rights initiative, as we examine the 14th Amendment - the part of the Constitution that makes “All men are equal” and birthright citizenship the law.
Oh yeah, white people have been ‘very badly treated’
Pulitzer Prize winner and former Lipman grantee John Archibald on President Trump's recent statement that white people have been wronged by the Civil Rights Act.
www.al.com/news/2026/01...
Pulitzer Prize winner and former Lipman grantee John Archibald on President Trump's recent statement that white people have been wronged by the Civil Rights Act.
www.al.com/news/2026/01...
Archibald: Oh yeah, white people have been ‘very badly treated’
The Civil Rights Act – the Movement itself – didn’t just make life better for Black people. It made life better for poor whites too, no matter what the anger mongers might say.
www.al.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Oh yeah, white people have been ‘very badly treated’
Pulitzer Prize winner and former Lipman grantee John Archibald on President Trump's recent statement that white people have been wronged by the Civil Rights Act.
www.al.com/news/2026/01...
Pulitzer Prize winner and former Lipman grantee John Archibald on President Trump's recent statement that white people have been wronged by the Civil Rights Act.
www.al.com/news/2026/01...
FBI agents search Washington Post reporter's home
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www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
FBI executes search warrant at Washington Post reporter’s home
The search came as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of illegally retaining classified government materials.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:17 PM
FBI agents search Washington Post reporter's home
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Join us for the inaugural session of our Covering Civil and Human Rights initiative, as we examine the 14th Amendment - the part of the Constitution that makes “All men are equal” and birthright citizenship the law.
January 13, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Join us for the inaugural session of our Covering Civil and Human Rights initiative, as we examine the 14th Amendment - the part of the Constitution that makes “All men are equal” and birthright citizenship the law.
Initiative in Reporting on Race and Criminal Justice
⏰ Applications for the 2026 grants are now open. Deadline is February 27. ⏰
journalism.columbia.edu/initiative-r...
⏰ Applications for the 2026 grants are now open. Deadline is February 27. ⏰
journalism.columbia.edu/initiative-r...
January 12, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Initiative in Reporting on Race and Criminal Justice
⏰ Applications for the 2026 grants are now open. Deadline is February 27. ⏰
journalism.columbia.edu/initiative-r...
⏰ Applications for the 2026 grants are now open. Deadline is February 27. ⏰
journalism.columbia.edu/initiative-r...
The application for the 2026 Lipman Center Fellowship in Civil and Human Rights Reporting is open.
The deadline is January 9, 2026. Learn more about the application process here:
journalism.columbia.edu/ira-lipman-f...
The deadline is January 9, 2026. Learn more about the application process here:
journalism.columbia.edu/ira-lipman-f...
January 5, 2026 at 9:19 PM
The application for the 2026 Lipman Center Fellowship in Civil and Human Rights Reporting is open.
The deadline is January 9, 2026. Learn more about the application process here:
journalism.columbia.edu/ira-lipman-f...
The deadline is January 9, 2026. Learn more about the application process here:
journalism.columbia.edu/ira-lipman-f...
Why Doesn’t Trump Pay a Political Price for His Racism?
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Doesn’t Trump Pay a Political Price for His Racism?
Immigration isn’t breaking our society. We are.
www.theatlantic.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Why Doesn’t Trump Pay a Political Price for His Racism?
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Child bride spared execution in Iran after blood money is paid
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Child bride spared execution in Iran after blood money is paid
Guardian story helped to draw attention to planned hanging of Goli Kouhkan over death of abusive husband
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Child bride spared execution in Iran after blood money is paid
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
Sudan's bloody civil war is worsening a major humanitarian crisis
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www.nbcnews.com/world/africa...
Sudan's bloody civil war is worsening a major humanitarian crisis
Aid delivery remains extremely difficult in violence-ridden areas, where clashes continue between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
www.nbcnews.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Sudan's bloody civil war is worsening a major humanitarian crisis
www.nbcnews.com/world/africa...
www.nbcnews.com/world/africa...
Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump
Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discriminat...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
🚨 We are now accepting applications for the 2026 Lipman Center Fellowship in Civil and Human Rights Reporting.
⏰ The deadline is January 9, 2026. ⏰
See application details and past fellowship work here:
journalism.columbia.edu/ira-lipman-f...
⏰ The deadline is January 9, 2026. ⏰
See application details and past fellowship work here:
journalism.columbia.edu/ira-lipman-f...
The Ira A. Lipman Fellowship | Columbia Journalism School
The Ira A. Lipman Fellowship, The Ira A. Lipman Center For Journalism and Civil and Human Rights, Lipman Center, Civil rights, human rights, Ira A. Lipman, Columbia Journalism Dean Jelani Cobb, Initia...
journalism.columbia.edu
November 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
🚨 We are now accepting applications for the 2026 Lipman Center Fellowship in Civil and Human Rights Reporting.
⏰ The deadline is January 9, 2026. ⏰
See application details and past fellowship work here:
journalism.columbia.edu/ira-lipman-f...
⏰ The deadline is January 9, 2026. ⏰
See application details and past fellowship work here:
journalism.columbia.edu/ira-lipman-f...
U.S. WWII cemetery in the Netherlands removes displays about Black troops
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
U.S. WWII cemetery in the Netherlands removes displays about Black troops
The Netherlands American Cemetery previously had two displays honoring Black American soldiers’ experiences in World War II.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
U.S. WWII cemetery in the Netherlands removes displays about Black troops
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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📚 On shelves: Dean Jelani Cobb's latest book, "Three or More Is a Riot: Notes on How We Got Here: 2012-2025."
This "kaleidoscopic, real-time portrait of the turbulent past decade" is available now: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/779593...
@jelaniya.bsky.social | @oneworldbooks.bsky.social
This "kaleidoscopic, real-time portrait of the turbulent past decade" is available now: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/779593...
@jelaniya.bsky.social | @oneworldbooks.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
📚 On shelves: Dean Jelani Cobb's latest book, "Three or More Is a Riot: Notes on How We Got Here: 2012-2025."
This "kaleidoscopic, real-time portrait of the turbulent past decade" is available now: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/779593...
@jelaniya.bsky.social | @oneworldbooks.bsky.social
This "kaleidoscopic, real-time portrait of the turbulent past decade" is available now: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/779593...
@jelaniya.bsky.social | @oneworldbooks.bsky.social
It’s Not a Dog Whistle If Everyone Can Hear It
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www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
It’s Not a Dog Whistle If Everyone Can Hear It
A week of ostentatious bigotry in American politics
www.theatlantic.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
It’s Not a Dog Whistle If Everyone Can Hear It
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The Right to Vote Is on Trial at the Supreme Court
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time.com/7326335/righ...
The Right to Vote Is on Trial at the Supreme Court
"We are on the verge of becoming a country where the right to vote exists only on paper," writes Tom Lopach.
time.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The Right to Vote Is on Trial at the Supreme Court
time.com/7326335/righ...
time.com/7326335/righ...
Immigration Agents Have Held More Than 170 Americans Against Their Will, ProPublica Finds
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Immigration Agents Have Held More Than 170 Americans Against Their Will, ProPublica Finds
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
(Self) Censorship of student journalism in the age of Trump
Wednesday, Oct 8
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Wednesday, Oct 8
12-1 p.m.
October 3, 2025 at 9:08 PM
(Self) Censorship of student journalism in the age of Trump
Wednesday, Oct 8
12-1 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct 8
12-1 p.m.
Crooked Cops, Enterprising Sheriffs and Uncaring DAs
A conversation with Lipman Center criminal justice grantees about investigating official misconduct.
Tuesday, September 30
12:15 - 1:45pm
A conversation with Lipman Center criminal justice grantees about investigating official misconduct.
Tuesday, September 30
12:15 - 1:45pm
September 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Crooked Cops, Enterprising Sheriffs and Uncaring DAs
A conversation with Lipman Center criminal justice grantees about investigating official misconduct.
Tuesday, September 30
12:15 - 1:45pm
A conversation with Lipman Center criminal justice grantees about investigating official misconduct.
Tuesday, September 30
12:15 - 1:45pm
An H-2A Visa Promised Her a Better Life. She Ended Up in a Nightmare.
projects.propublica.org/h2a-visa-far...
projects.propublica.org/h2a-visa-far...
A Farmworkers Visa Promised Her a Better Life. It Was a Trap.
Sofi left behind her child in Mexico for the promise of providing him a better life. She ended up a victim of an operation that is alleged to have exploited the H-2A visa program — and the workers it ...
projects.propublica.org
September 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
An H-2A Visa Promised Her a Better Life. She Ended Up in a Nightmare.
projects.propublica.org/h2a-visa-far...
projects.propublica.org/h2a-visa-far...
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🎓📰 Introducing CollegeWatch
CJS faculty and alumni have launched CollegeWatch, a weekly newsletter reporting on the challenges facing U.S. higher education. Each issue delivers in-depth reporting and analysis on a fast-moving story: journalism.columbia.edu/news/college...
CJS faculty and alumni have launched CollegeWatch, a weekly newsletter reporting on the challenges facing U.S. higher education. Each issue delivers in-depth reporting and analysis on a fast-moving story: journalism.columbia.edu/news/college...
September 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
🎓📰 Introducing CollegeWatch
CJS faculty and alumni have launched CollegeWatch, a weekly newsletter reporting on the challenges facing U.S. higher education. Each issue delivers in-depth reporting and analysis on a fast-moving story: journalism.columbia.edu/news/college...
CJS faculty and alumni have launched CollegeWatch, a weekly newsletter reporting on the challenges facing U.S. higher education. Each issue delivers in-depth reporting and analysis on a fast-moving story: journalism.columbia.edu/news/college...
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🗽 Yesterday, Columbia Journalism School and @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social hosted “Zohran Mamdani With Errol Louis: A Conversation on Public Safety,” the first in a series of forums with 2025 New York City mayoral candidates.
September 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
🗽 Yesterday, Columbia Journalism School and @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social hosted “Zohran Mamdani With Errol Louis: A Conversation on Public Safety,” the first in a series of forums with 2025 New York City mayoral candidates.
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Killing the journalist will not kill the story. We stand in solidarity with journalists in Gaza risking their lives to tell the truth: www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Israel hits Gaza hospital, killing at least 15 people, including journalists
Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital in Gaza on Monday killed at least 15 people, including three journalists, one of whom worked for Reuters, Palestinian health officials said.
www.reuters.com
August 25, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Killing the journalist will not kill the story. We stand in solidarity with journalists in Gaza risking their lives to tell the truth: www.reuters.com/world/middle...
New Trump rule to ban VA abortions for veterans even in cases of rape and incest
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
New Trump rule to ban VA abortions for veterans even in cases of rape and incest
Trump administration to end nearly all abortions even though third of female veterans are sexual assault survivors
www.theguardian.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
New Trump rule to ban VA abortions for veterans even in cases of rape and incest
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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📰 Urgent Ideas for Defending Press Freedom in Gaza
In a new project between
@columjournreview.bsky.social and the Simon and June Li Center for Global Journalism, CJS faculty and graduates explore urgent strategies for protecting journalists in Gaza: www.cjr.org/feature/urge...
In a new project between
@columjournreview.bsky.social and the Simon and June Li Center for Global Journalism, CJS faculty and graduates explore urgent strategies for protecting journalists in Gaza: www.cjr.org/feature/urge...
Urgent Ideas for Defending Press Freedom in Gaza
Letters, condemnations, and Israeli court cases have failed to change the world’s deadliest place for journalists. We’ve cast out for a new approach.
www.cjr.org
August 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
📰 Urgent Ideas for Defending Press Freedom in Gaza
In a new project between
@columjournreview.bsky.social and the Simon and June Li Center for Global Journalism, CJS faculty and graduates explore urgent strategies for protecting journalists in Gaza: www.cjr.org/feature/urge...
In a new project between
@columjournreview.bsky.social and the Simon and June Li Center for Global Journalism, CJS faculty and graduates explore urgent strategies for protecting journalists in Gaza: www.cjr.org/feature/urge...