Tuesday, February 24





Aram Ghoogasian: UC’s divestment from private prisons will increase awareness of issue

Christmas came early for student activists last month after the University of California divested from private prisons. The UC quietly sold off its $25 million holdings in the Corrections Corporation of America and GEO Group, Inc., the two biggest for-profit prison companies in the United States, and G4S, the largest security company in the world on Dec. Read more...

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No Offense, But: Gun Control

President Obama announced Tuesday an executive order instituting “common sense” gun control measures in several federal agencies, including increasing agencies’ abilities to process background checks and conducting gun research. Read more...