Apr 30, 2024

The long history of student divestment protests

Students protest South African apartheid at Duke University in 1986. Duke University Archives via Flickr

Today: examining how today's calls for university divestment from Israel mirror protests against apartheid in South Africa.

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Israel-Hamas War

Student protestors have a long history of demanding financial divestment

by Stephanie Hughes

Apr 30, 2024

In the '70s and '80s, college students demanded divestment as a way to put pressure on South Africa to end its apartheid policy.

Pro-Palestinian students and demonstrators barricade themselves at Columbia University's Hamilton Hall on Tuesday.

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A new federal regulation expected to save hundreds of lives a year

By the end of the decade, all cars and light trucks must have automatic emergency braking and collision warning. Many do already but some systems are sub par. Marketplace’s Nova Safo reports.

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The federal government's inflation measures can feel ... wrong. How accurate are they?

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

Apr 30, 2024

CPI and PCE can both seem to be out of step with consumers' experience.

The CPI and PCE each have their own basket of goods and services they keep an eye on to determine how inflation is doing.

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Dylan Miettinen Digital Producer

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