Not since the 1980s have there been so many efforts aimed at urging colleges and universities to divest from stocks and other holdings for political and social  causes. The campaigns are diverse: Fossil fuels and their effect on climate change. Israel's occupation of the West Bank. The use of guns in massacres at schools and elsewhere. Debates about divestment causes are rippling across college campuses nationwide and are particularly heated over the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

January 21, 2015 ・ From Los Angeles Times