CU Boulder students host an on-campus demonstration May 1. Credit: Will Matuska
College students across the nation have risked arrest and expulsion to demand that institutions of higher learning cut financial ties with Israel and/or weapons suppliers, or at least disclose where the money is going and to whom.
As CU Denver’s Todd Ely explains, the process is not easy. Investments flow freely and change frequently, Ely reports. Even if universities know exactly what they’re funding, it’s illegal in many states — including Colorado — to pull money from Israeli businesses. Read more
Our readers had a lot to say about the protests, too. Read two opinion pieces, linked below, and check out our print/digital issue for a third.
- Disturbing the peace
Moral authority on Gaza has shifted from the White House to college campuses, writes Sean Bodhivajra Scanlan - The progressives’ Palestine dilemma
Reports of anti-Semitism may be exaggerated, writes Tom Shelley, but it’s still a problem
For more on local student demonstrations, read our reporting: bit.ly/LocalProtestsBW