Caught in a brutal divorce, Catherine Kassenoff committed medically assisted suicide. Then the campaign to destroy her ex-husband truly began.
My eight-month investigation into the divorce that ended in tragedy — and the social media firestorm that followed for
@TheFP
"You should be found guilty. We as the workers, y'all violated us"
Columbia custodian speaks out after the NYC DA drops charges of 30 protestors who broke in and occupied a building on Columbia's campus.
W/
@jonasydu
for
@TheFP
EXCLUSIVE: Over a dozen female athletes are suing the National Collegiate Athletics Association for letting biological males compete against them and use female locker rooms in college sports.
The lawsuit—the first federal action of its kind—seeks to change the rules, rendering
The ideology fueling antisemitism on college campuses isn’t limited to higher education. I spoke to over 30 public school teachers, administrators and parents across four states who told me it now begins in public high schools and even elementary schools — as early as pre-K.
For the past few months, I’ve been working on this story for
@TheFP
about the growth of Stanford’s administrative state, and the potential consequences of its disciplinary system. I hope you’ll give it a read:
I’m here at Columbia, where the protesters have warned they are “prepared to escalate” against the university, who asked them to clear out by 2p.m.
Students are chanting “intifada intifada”
One of the custodians told me the night of the break-in, he thought he could "have been killed in there."
Here's just a glimpse of the aftermath. Last week, the Manhattan DA dropped the charges against 30 people responsible.
Exclusive video obtained by The Free Press shows the aftermath of anti-Israel protesters’ occupation of Hamilton Hall last month.
Last Thursday, June 20, the majority of the charges against them were dropped.
@FrancescaABlock
and
@JonasYDu
report:
“He was following the rules, which is why we’re challenging the rules. Because it is the rules that are the problem. Not Lia Thomas."
@Riley_Gaines_
on why she and 15 other NCAA athletes are suing the NCAA
Exclusive for
@TheFP
A few years ago when I started saying I wanted to be a journalist, a lot of people tried to talk me out of it.
“Journalism is dying,” I was told over and over and over again.
Today, I’m proud to prove them wrong.
“Protesting peacefully is one thing, but you can’t call this a peaceful protest when you are destroying property”
Two more Columbia custodians speak out in
@TheFP
A NYC public elementary school hung a map of the "Arab World" in its arts classroom — only Israel was labeled "Palestine." It's part of a program funded by Qatar Foundation International, and there's more funding coming in...
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@TheFP
If the
@TheFP
existed when I was in college (just a few years ago!), I think I would have had more courage to think for myself and stand up for what I believed in.
That’s why we are offering 1,000 free subscriptions to college students. Sign up 👇:
Our growing community of Free Pressers come from every corner of our modern, subdivided world.
For Free Pressers, complexity is a virtue and curiosity isn’t a liability—it’s the healthy condition of free people.
Today we want to introduce you to some of them.
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— After the encampment strategy ‘did not win' last spring, young socialists are adopting a new protest strategy for the fall: skipping class.
“We don’t expect to go to work and get swarmed by an angry mob with rope and duct tape and masks and gloves.”
Mario Torres, a custodian pictured in the now viral image from after protestors stormed the building where he works on Columbia’s campus, speaks out for the first time.
This guide, called the “The Do-It-Yourself Occupation Guide,” contains detailed diagrams on how to break into buildings using tools like crowbars, clamps, metal cables, chains, bolt cutters, and a miniature saw known as an angle grinder.
Read More
@TheFP
:
Meet the Never Trumpers who turned Trump Now in the wake of his felony conviction.
"The 2016 version of myself would have hated this version of myself."
With
@Olivia_Reingold
@rupasubramanya
for
@TheFP
My colleague,
@Olivia_Reingold
, is one of the most genuine truth seekers I know.
No one should be surrounded, taunted and harassed like this, especially when they're just trying to do their jobs.
An anti-Israel mob surrounded me for nearly an hour, tearing up my notebook, pushing me, calling me names, blowing an air horn in my ear, boxing me in to restrict my movement, but I refused to leave.
I did, however, file a police report. It’s now in NYPD’s hands.
NEW: Wondering how college students learned to break into buildings and barricade themselves inside?
I obtained nine manuals shared among organizers of the Gaza Solidarity Encampments across the country that encourage “militancy” and instruct protesters to break laws, seize
Time for some personal news 🌟
After an amazing year working for
@DMRegister
, I'm excited to announce I've taken a new job as a reporter for
@TheFP
starting in August. 1/x
SCOOP: Parents are "shocked" that a BLM coloring book used in a Brooklyn elementary school is teaching fourth graders revolutionary politics and communist terms over black history.
My latest for
@TheFP
Members of the nation’s oldest legal union are attacking the pro-Israel voices in their ranks, calling them "deranged," "fascist" and "mentally disturbed."
Now Congress is investigating.
My latest for
@TheFP
with
@EliLake
An activist group in California is using taxpayer money to pay high schoolers $1,400 each to learn about racial and social justice.
One teacher told me it's a “horrible propaganda strategy.” More at
@TheFP
Chants of "Israel, go to hell!" echoed through the streets of Manhattan on Monday, days after the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust.
@Olivia_Reingold
and I report for
@TheFP
The pro-Palestinian protests over the last month, where tens of thousands in the U.S. have chanted for the end of Israel, are not merely a story of organic rage.
Read my latest for
@TheFP
on some of the funders behind the fury exploding on our streets
At the Roast and Ride,
@NikkiHaley
told me her campaign has already surpassed the RNC’s fundraising reqs for the debate.
“We're gonna be on that debate stage. And I look forward to being side by side with everybody and letting Americans see the difference in all of us.”
Shilo Brooks of
@MadisonProgram
believes he has the "antidote" to the Anti-Americanism flooding college campuses today.
Read more in today's
@TheFP
about the "cowboy" who is using old-school methods to teach Ivy League kids how to be great
“Shilo Brooks is on a mission to teach Ivy League students how to read.”
@FrancescaABlock
meets an academic “cowboy” doing something so old-school it feels radical: teaching Princeton kids to absorb the stories of great men and women.
Read The FP:
Today, I graduated from Princeton University (and I made it all the way through commencement despite having the stomach flu). Thank you to everyone who made this place and this experience so special 🧡🖤
"There is no Israeli flag on these posters. There is no mention of politics. They are as anodyne as the missing children that used to appear on the side of American milk cartons.
And still. People all over the world—especially young, cool-looking people, with nose rings and neon
This is so beautiful. Campus safety culture combined with hyper-aggressive Karen behavior, crashing into the real world of 911, the police.
"An increased risk of toxic shock syndrome?!"
Unbelievable. Couldn't script it.
Thank you
@FrancescaABlock
for bringing this to my
A sexy true-crime thriller that reads like a novel. A classic novel that eerily echoes it.
Join
@River_Is_Nice
to discuss Southern Gothic at the first-ever LIVE Free Press Book Club event at
@HappyMBooksCafe
.
Tickets are free but limited here:
Dr. Jeff Levenson partnered with
@MrBeast
to cure blindness, but then the internet called them both ableist.
Is it wrong to cure disabilities?
Read my latest for
@TheFP
(15) PRINCETON SHOCKS (2) ARIZONA 😱
The Tigers come up with a stunning upset over the Wildcats, winning 59-55 to move on to the second round!
#MarchMadness
Just passed the six month mark here at the Register, and I'm so honored that my reporting has been included in the
@DMRegister
2022 annual impact report.
One Iowan told me yesterday that she wants to marry
@realDonaldTrump
, but after hearing her speak, she may vote for
@NikkiHaley
. Read my coverage of Haley’s latest Iowa trip:
I’m so excited to officially announce that starting this July, I’ll be the newest breaking news reporter at
@DMRegister
! I can truly say this is my dream job - one where I can tell stories, meet new people, learn from the best, and work to try to make the world a better place.
Student protesters inside Columbia’s gates have joined up with outside protesters — chanting “resistance is justified when people face genocide”
Yesterday, a professor protecting Columbia’s encampment called the students “anti war” protesters.
Reporting for
@TheFP
I'm so excited for this opportunity to delve into longform writing for a news organization dedicated to the bedrock principles of journalism. But none of this would have been possible without my incredible editors and mentors here in Des Moines.
Sanibel Island has been my home away from home since before I could walk or talk. My heart breaks for the devastation this beautiful community is going through
“How would you feel when you have a guy in front of you, demanding asylum, holding his young daughter’s hand, smiling at you, and lying to your face, using the same line he’s been coached what to say to get into the country, even though his rap sheet shows he was arrested for
“We regularly see things that people should never see, like rotting human remains, abuse of every kind, babies and kids dying or dead. Do you know what that does to you over time? You have to shut down a part of yourself to keep going.”
"Putin’s Russia has recast itself as the great, white, Christian redoubt, the antidote to the progressive-identitarian-corporate complex that has co-opted so many American institutions."
@petersavodnik
on why the New Right is pandering to Putin
“We cannot allow to let our voices go unheard,” East High senior Josue Alemán said. “We are the next generation and we are the ones that who can truly make the change we desperately need by coming out here”
@BrennaBird
praises Iowa as a “bright spot” in the rest of the country and says the country needs more strong conservative leadership.
“We are looking for strong leaders to take our country back and we‘ve got that in
@NikkiHaley
,” she said.
"when we arrived in Israel, we thought we already knew all about what happened that day. But there is a difference between knowing something intellectually, and actually standing in a killing field."
@TheFP
in Israel. A new can't miss podcast mini series:
“I really truly hope that my journey takes me back to the Iowa State Fair," New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, a fan of the Veggie Table, said. "And they better stock up on vegan corn dogs."
“The model is just a reflection of the people who trained it,” one former AI researcher at Google Brain told us. “It’s just a series of decisions that humans have made.”
@Olivia_Reingold
& me on what went wrong with Google Gemini in
@TheFP
Shoutout to the amazing people who encouraged me to stick with it.
And to my young journalist friends— the industry isn’t dying, it’s due for a reckoning. And I think
@TheFP
is leading the way
For all my politics junkies and history buffs, this in-depth look at the rise and fall of the Iowa caucuses by
@brianneDMR
and
@CourtneyCare
is a must read
Good luck to every team in this year's NCAA tournament.
I’ve got Arizona in the men’s tournament and Villanova in the women’s – and as you know, in this household, Villanova always wins.
This 28-year-old's psychiatrist told her “there’s nothing more we can do for you. It’s never gonna get any better.”
Now, she is scheduled to die in May.
@rupasubramanya
reports on the rise of medically assisted suicide
When I moved to Iowa last year, I didn't know anyone and I'd barely stepped foot in the state. Iowa has since become my home, full of incredible friends and mentors. This state will forever hold a special place in my heart.
@ Princeton Students: If you want to chat about all the tech needed to participate in online school (all the different platforms used by Princeton profs, any tech problems you've encountered, etc), please reach out to me (for an upcoming article in The Prince)!
“One of the reasons that they were hired is to help our students find their voice and be able to express it,” a teacher told me.
“But in reality," he said the activist group "is not helping students find their own voices. It’s giving them a scripted voice that’s not their own."
A California activist group is using taxpayer money to reward high schoolers for learning how to fight for “racial justice.”
@FrancescaABlock
investigates the training sessions that “horrified” teachers are now calling a “horrible propaganda strategy.”
100 students and local electeds have gathered in front of Iowa City High School to protest anti-LGBTQ legislation in Iowa
They’re walking to the Old Capitol now and gathering at the Pentacrest to speak against these bills
Here with
@presscitizen
Last thing, please consider applying for my job and others at the Register! I can say from personal experience that this is a great place to work and this newsroom is full of some of the smartest and most hardworking journalists I know.
Just watched the
#SpotifyWrapped
for Daybreak
@princetonian
and I'm so excited to share our growth with all of you! We're in the top 5% most shared podcasts in the WORLD and in the top 15% most followed! Thank you so much for supporting us ♥️
Marie-Rose puts so beautifully into words the importance of community journalism and the credit student journalists deserve.
@princetonian
has had one heck of a leader this past year!
Tried to put into words some of what I’ve learned over the past year — and more generally, my reflections on community journalism based on my time
@princetonian
. Hope you’ll give it a read.
Protesters are starting to gather outside Columbia’s gates chanting “disclose divest we will not stop we will not rest”
One of the students leading the chants told me earlier today he was suspended and can’t get into campus.
"The way to confront denialism is by showing the facts. There is no magic."
In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, and in the wake of October 7, I sat down with Yad Vashem Chairman
@AmbDaniDayan
for
@TheFP
on the importance of bearing witness.
Happy Halloween from the Daybreak team! Listen to our latest episode, where our staffers visit three farms in central New Jersey to find the right place for your Instagram photos this fall
“We live in a Zionist city,” NYU Professor Amin Husain told a group of students at The New School. "No, let’s be real about this, let’s be fucking real.”
An exclusive for
@TheFP
on inside an SJP teach-in.
The Iowa National Guard has spent over a decade developing a close military and civil partnership with Kosovo, marking the first of its kind between a U.S. state and an entire country.
So incredibly proud and grateful for the work of
@MarkDodici
@hopemperry
and Jack Anderson, and special thanks to
@kewhittington
and
@seanwilentz
for their perspectives. If you’re still grappling with what happened in the Capitol yesterday, give it a listen 👇
FEATURES | “Every year in America, there are about 3.7 million evictions filed,” said Matthew Desmond, sociology professor and founder of
@Princeton
's Eviction Lab. “We know that because of our work.”