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Brandon Jordan

Brandon is a senior majoring in Political Science and Economics with a minor in Business And Liberal Arts. He covers labor and activism at CUNY. He also likes to cook, bake, run and make puns, sometimes not in that order. You can follow him on Twitter @BrandonJ_R and email him at brandon[at]theknightnews.com.

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May 3, 2017
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Cuomo’s “Tuition-Free” Plan—With A Few Strings Attached

Beginning this fall, Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Excelsior Scholarship will provide students at New York’s public universities the dream tuition rate—zero dollars. The plan, first announced by Cuomo in January, will allow students

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Charges of anti-Semitism with activist group at CUNY

A year ago, the Zionist Organization of America, a pro-Israel group founded in 1897, received reports of anti-Semitism from Jewish students, Hillel directors and even their own professionals at CUNY. “These Jewish students, they’re afraid to wear yarmulkes [and] Jewish

May 4, 2016

Strike authorization vote to begin

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While CUNY students prepare for their finals, professors and staff have an assignment of their own—a vote to authorize use of a strike. The

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After joining a newspaper four years ago with zero knowledge of journalism, I am confident to leave with an incredible depth of strategies and

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The impact of surveillance on Muslims at Queens College

The college campus is an environment where students, the vast majority of whom are young, are allowed to express themselves and develop their minds. Queens College is a prime example as the

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by Brandon Jordan
July 9, 2013
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As Stop and Frisk Trial Continues, New Report Details Impact of Marijuana Arrests

“Bogus.” Bogus is the word the New York Police Department used in response to the numerous studies and reports that Queens College sociologist Harry Levine has made. His recent report, “One Million

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by Brandon Jordan
May 1, 2013
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Experience and Action Defines NYPIRG Members in Albany

The New York Public Interest Research Group at Queens College and other students and NYPIRG members from across CUNY, marched to Albany on March 12 for Higher Education Action Day, where they

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by Brandon Jordan
April 30, 2013
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Climate of fear still exists as new report details extent of NYPD surveillance program

Two years ago, The Associated Press released numerous stories of the New York Police Department’s surveillance of Muslims and controversy erupted as to whether the NYPD could be trusted as a result

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by Brandon Jordan
April 13, 2013
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When it comes to free speech, restrictions may occur

Protests against injustices, security following protesters, censorship of ideas and arrests of activists; what might appear to be a scene at Queens College during the mid-1950s to the early 1970s is actually

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by Brandon Jordan
February 23, 2013
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Students cordial despite Gaza-Israel conflict

Protests across the world have targeted both sides of the Gaza-Israel conflict with flag burning and chants of destruction, but Queens College has been absent from this despite large Jewish and Muslim

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by Brandon Jordan
December 6, 2012
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Warnings of a Sandy-like catastrophe did not motivate MTA to prevent significant damage to city infrastructure

Evidence of a Hurricane Sandy-like disaster was presented to the MTA as far back as 2007, according to reports by groups and climate scientists. While Queens College students are still coping with

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by Brandon Jordan
November 20, 2012
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