Reporter,Producer
2024
2024-06-06
Over the last two months, universities around the country have been dealing with protests against the war in Gaza, and the Bay Area is no exception. One of the central demands is university divestment from Israel or having the endowment stop investing in any company that does business in, or with the country. In just the past few weeks, presidents at universities across California have said they would begin looking into divestment. Almost exactly four decades ago, UC Berkeley was at the heart of a different divestment movement, against Apartheid in South Africa.