Free Beacon Jessica Costescu

Jessica Costescu is a staff writer for the Washington Free Beacon. She graduated from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service with a major in International Politics and a concentration in Foreign Policy. She also holds an Associate Degree in Administration of Justice from Cypress College. She can be reached at costescu@freebeacon.com


Columbia Law School To Host Speaker Who Charged Jews Benefit From 'White Privilege,' Creating Tension With 'People of Color'

'Many Jews—not all Jews, but the majority of them—are white, so they still experience white privilege,' says Fatimah Gilliam

Columbia Students Hold Unsanctioned Pro-Palestinian Rally, Setting Up Showdown With University Administrators

In letter sent to Columbia University Apartheid Divest members, school pledged to discipline attendees

Harvard Grad Student Calls on Hamas To 'Strike Tel Aviv'

Abdullah Akl addressed his call for violence to Hamas terrorist Abu Obaida

He Hailed Hamas as a 'Liberation Organization.' Harvard Invited Him To Speak on Campus.

Tareq Baconi says Israel's 'regime of oppression' to blame for Hamas's Oct. 7 attack

Berkeley Student Group Shares Blood Libel Cartoon Targeting Law School Dean

Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine depicts Jewish dean with bloody utensils

'No Stopping Until Liberation': MIT Faculty Member Urges Followers To Shut Down Israeli Company in Cambridge

Afif Aqrabawi went on anti-Semitic tirade after congressional committee requested anti-Semitism docs from school

Jewish Dems Endorse 'Squad' Challengers, Pitting Them Against Incumbents Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush

Jewish Democratic Council of America had never endorsed against a Dem incumbent

Columbia 'Palestinian Resistance' Event Violates YouTube Policy Against Promotion of Terrorism, Video Platform Says

'Our team has reviewed your content, and, unfortunately, we think it violates our violent criminal organizations policy,' YouTube tells Free Beacon

Meta Oversight Board Recommends Loosening Standards To Allow Users To Glorify Terrorists as Martyrs

'At such a precarious moment for Jewish communities … it would be irresponsible to reduce safety measures online,' Jewish group says

At Columbia, an Israeli-Designated Terror Group Teaches 'Palestinian Resistance 101'—And Lauds Plane Hijackings

'The fact is that October 7 changed the world … we saw the potential of a future for Palestine liberated from Zionism,' Samidoun's Charlotte Kates says