palestine

Green Day whips through its decades of pop-punk hits at Coachella

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Billie Joe Armstrong has invited enough audience members onstage to sing or play guitar with Green Day for a song or two that at this point you figure he’s developed a keen sense for what type of fan is likely to pull off the bit. But it’s possible the frontman has never called on somebody … Read more

The Detention of Mahmoud Khalil Is a Flagrant Assault on Free Speech

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Sometimes things are straightforward: the detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia graduate who was involved in the pro-Palestine protests on the school’s campus, is an affront to freedom of speech. Regardless of what you think about Israel, Palestine, or the protests at Columbia, if you regard the First Amendment of the United States Constitution as … Read more