South African archbishop and Nobel Prize winner Desmond Tutu, who died on December 26th at the age of 90, was justifiably hailed as a champion of racial equality, especially related to his role in helping…
Topic: divestment
Bad Timing? Tufts University Student Senate Passed Resolution to Protest Israel before Passover
Before this year’s Passover, students at Tufts University pushed a petition to divest the university from Israel-related investments.
NYU Rejects Divestment from Fossil Fuels
NYU says “no thanks” to the fossil fuel divestment backers.
Fossil Fuel Divestment Would Cost Universities 2%-12% of Endowments
From the College Fix: Colleges that divest from fossil fuels would lose about two percent to 12 percent of their endowment value over a 20-year period — and that does not even include potential losses…
UMass Caves to Student Protesters and will Divest from Fossil Fuels
The question is, then where will UMass make up that revenue gap by not investing in fossil fuels? *crickets*
University of Chicago Students Ask for Divestment from China
Why not divest from China, if some academics are pushing to divest from Israel?
40 Columbia University Faculty Members Sign Onto Anti-Israel BDS Petition
Not surprising, anymore. Forty Columbia University faculty have signed a petition calling for the school to “divest from corporations that supply, perpetuate, and profit from a system that has subjugated the Palestinian people.” The faculty…
Oops! Minnesota College Students Ask University to Divest from Companies They Don’t Invest In
Do your homework, kids. The University of Minnesota has no direct exposure to any of the four stocks targeted by Students for Justice in Palestine’s divestment resolution, according to UMN’s Chief Investment Officer Stuart Mason….
Israel Divestment Bill Fails to Pass at USF
Veto power can be a good thing, sometimes, as USF demonstrated: An Israeli divestment bill at the University of South Florida (USF) was vetoed by the student body president and vice president shortly after its…
Stanford Student Demonstration Ends after Disciplinary Action is Brought Up
Campus Reform reported the following: After initially resisting threats of disciplinary action, student activists demanding that Stanford University sell off all its investments in fossil fuel companies finally ended their week-long demonstration. Five days after…
Book Review
Book Review: America, Guns, and Freedom
As gun rights and gun control advocates, political surrogates, spokespeople, and groups contend over the future of the Second Amendment to the Constitution, Dr. Miguel Faria, Jr., M.D. published a book that gives extensive background,…
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