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Nearly 300 people arrested at campus protests against the war in Gaza this weekend
-Police took more than 250 protesters into custody in Arizona, Indiana, Massachusetts and Missouri this weekend, as the war in Gaza continues to embroil campuses across the nation.
Bernie Sanders says Netanyahu is attacking campus protests to deflect war criticism
-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized ongoing campus protests across the U.S. as antisemitic. The Vermont senator said it was an attempt to "deflect attention" from Israel's actions.
Gaza solidarity encampments sweep college campuses, police responses heighten
-Protests against the war in Israel are sweeping campuses and show no signs of letting up. We hear from the demonstrators on what they hope to achieve and how university administrators are responding.
A student club is suing its school, saying its pro-Palestinian views were censored
-Members of the Washington, D.C., school Arab students club say their rights were violated "because the school does not want their viewpoint ... to be heard."
The latest on student debt relief — and how young voters are feeling about it
-A look at where things stand on student loan forgiveness — and how Republicans and Democrats differ on whether to offer debt relief to student borrowers.
In Columbia University's protests of 1968 and 2024, what's similar — and different
-There are parallels between the two high-profile events, most starkly the proliferation of similar protests around the country. But key differences set them apart.
The latest on college campuses as protests continue
-At some college campuses, protesters have called for an immediate ceasefire in Israel's war with Hamas and divestment of endowment money invested in companies that provide military support to Israel.
Here are the divestment demands that student protestors are making
-At the heart of the student protests overtaking college campuses are demands that their universities divest from companies that do business with Israel.
University protesters want their schools to divest from Israel over its war in Gaza
-NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Chris Marsicano of Davidson College in North Carolina about how higher education institutions might go about divesting from Israeli interests, as demanded by protesters.
Across the U.S., pro-Palestinian campus protesters risk arrest and suspension
-Hundreds of students have been arrested. Columbia says progress was made in negotiations with protesters, while at GWU, students are flouting orders to clear encampments.
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