Amid protests and police raids, US schools try to keep the peace at graduation
Reuters Ahead of the University of Michigan’s commencement on Saturday, the school has trained staff volunteers in how to mitigate disruptions: a change from the usual duties of guiding guests around campus and showing them to their seats. Everyone facilitating the University of Illinois’ commencement the following weekend will have undergone similar special training. At […]
Fresh chaos, arrests on US college campuses as police flatten camp at UCLA
Updated: 12:25pm (AEST) Los Angeles, US Reuters Police forcibly removed scores of defiant pro-Palestinian protesters at several colleges on Thursday, including taking down an encampment at UCLA in a jarring scene that underscored the heightened chaos that has erupted at universities this week. In the pre-dawn hours, helmeted police swarmed a tent city set up […]
Police mass near UCLA pro-Palestinian protest camp, a day after violent clashes
Los Angeles/New York, US Reuters Law enforcement officers massed by the hundreds on the campus of the University of California at Los Angeles after darkness fell on Wednesday in preparation to clear out a pro-Palestinian protest camp attacked the night before by pro-Israel supporters. Live television footage showed police in tactical gear filing onto the […]
Workplace discrimination allowed in nearly one in four countries – study
New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation Workers in nearly one in four member states of the United Nations are not legally protected from discrimination based on race and ethnicity, researchers said on Thursday, as global protests roar for racial justice. In more than half of countries, workers have no legal protection if an employer retaliates […]