Camille Tinnin, Magdalen Weiss-Vopat: Carrying on Kent State’s legacy of antiwar organizing, students press for divestment
Students at Kent State won disclosure of the university’s investment portfolio, but the fight to divest from the war industry is just beginning.
Aniqa Raihan: Nearly 50 Senators Want to Make It a Felony to Boycott Israel
In 1966, the NAACP of Claiborne County, Mississippi launched a boycott of several white-owned local businesses on the basis of racial discrimination. It was so impactful that the local hardware … Continue reading
The Movement for Black Lives: Resistence and Rebellion
In response to the sustained and increasingly visible violence against Black communities in the U.S. and globally, a collective of more than 50 organizations representing thousands of Black people from … Continue reading
Mel Packer: Divestment from Fossil Fuels
Feb. 13 and 14 were “Global Divestment Days” devoted to the international movement calling for governments, universities and financial and religious institutions to divest from fossil fuels. In Pittsburgh, college students … Continue reading
