Chris Caurla

News and Investigative journalist

[M.A. Columbia Journ @ColumbiaJournMA]

For @zeteo_news, @ColumbiaJournMA alum @ChrisCaurla (MA Politics '25) reports that Gaza's students are facing a near impossible test to study abroad. https://t.co/fsjziQjjDr

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“When my university was destroyed in the war, my dream was shattered…”

In Gaza, students are relying on Duolingo to get English certifications needed for scholarships. But adhering to the app's rules has become increasingly difficult after years of war.

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Even among students fleeing conflict, Palestinians face a uniquely steep climb. They have no dedicated visas, no biometric enrollment offices, no unified international response. Students are caught in a bureaucratic hell they are bent on leaving. https://t.co/gT4IeCtry1

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@sophiehurwitz Congratulations!!!

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@ChrisCaurla, Iona Horton, @thedeepvakil, Mariana Hernández Ampudia, @MicheleCalamaio, @ClaudiaRosel_, @Johnny_Sturgeon, Luisa Barone, @a_lkoakes.

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Thank you for your award!

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@BBCWorld You don't need to interview an expert to say that it's a Nazi salute. You have eyes, that should suffice. The very fact that you think you need an expert for this delegitimizes everyone's common sense.

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@ezraklein All the optimist takes on Trump remind me of this great joke:

A pessimist and an optimist meet.

The pessimist: I'm wrecked. Life sucks. Everything is bad. It couldn't get any worse

The optimist: don't be so negative! It can get much much worse.

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@TheGoddessF Did the guy get shorter or the woman taller?

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Granted, I might not be looking hard enough. Tomorrow there will be protests against the deal, the traffic will be shittier than usual, the landscape of the opposition will change, and surely the country will celebrate when the hostages are back. But today, the city is quiet.

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My first reaction was guilt. I'm in this historic time, in the place at the center of it all, and here I am, missing it. I'm a bad journalist. Where is the action? Where should I go?

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The moment the ceasefire in Gaza was announced, my phone started buzzing with messages from friends and colleagues. What a moment to be in Israel, they said. It must be crazy over there. Send updates when you can!

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The parrot cannot fly and the woman makes him fly every day so that he can feel that he can fly.

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@ColumbiaJournMA Politics Concentration class members traveled with Professor @a_stille to the battleground state of Pennsylvania yesterday to cover the U.S. election in Scranton. You can read their reporting on the Columbia News Service site: https://t.co/j7a7pD1IsF

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

BREAKING: New revelations from a transcript of Michael Wolff and James Truman’s podcast expose a twisted, toxic connection between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein.

In this bombshell conversation, Wolff and Truman break down Epstein’s firsthand accounts of Trump’s manipulative, egotistical, and often disturbing behavior.

From Epstein’s stash of compromising photos to Trump’s financial illusions, the stories paint a picture of two men locked in a ruthless game of one-upmanship.

THE BREAKDOWN 🧵🔥

[Sheel Mohnot @pitdesi]

Heartwarming immigrant banking story: The State Bank of Texas is owned and mostly run by Patels.

Poor Indian immigrant Chan Patel comes to Stanford for grad school, becomes a successful hotel entrepreneur. He finds that lenders are unfairly discriminating against Indians & decides to open a bank to solve the gap.

He needed $2M of capital to start, so he crowdfunded from F&F, gave lifelong directorships to everyone who committed $100k (mostly other Patels who still form the board today).

They opened the bank on Black Monday (1987) with a single paid employee (& a bunch of unpaid family members who took bank training courses!). They've never had an unprofitable quarter, & now have $2.7B in assets.

The business is still mostly lending to Indian-Americans in the budget to mid range motels/hotel segment. This is a very large niche - Indians own 60% of the hotels in America, and most of the owners are Patels... AKA the "Patel Motel Cartel"

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Congratulations to @ColumbiaJournMA class members @ChrisCaurla (MA Politics '25) and @ivanlnagy (MA Politics '25), who have been awarded 2024 @ForeignPressUSA Scholarships! They will be honored at the Foreign Press Awards ceremony on December 4. https://t.co/zISG70SCNe

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AFPC-USA is thrilled to announce that Chris Caurla (@ChrisCaurla) has been named a 2024 Scholarship Awardee. He will be honored at our 2024 Foreign Press Awards ceremony on December 4.

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@AssalRad Incredibly important topic. Check out these interviews too: https://t.co/Um3ox4RCSS

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Don't Drink the Milk is in the top 5 history podcasts in the US!!! Ain't that amazing?

Listen to our damn cool pod here: https://t.co/NDaODFHsAM

with @RachelStewart04 @srmBAKER and Charli Shield