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1. Article · Aug 13, 2026 · Madeleine Kashkooli | Senior Staff

   Hundreds of UC system faculty move to divest their retirement savings from genocide (opens the original)

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   The UC Move Your Money campaign is mobilizing hundreds of university faculty and staff to divest their retirement savings from companies that it alleges enable genocide and other forms of state violence. UC Move Your Money aims to divest UC system retirement savings from GE Aerospace, Raytheon and other companies it says profit from border violence, prisons and weapons manufacturing. As of press time, 361 faculty and staff members had divested since the campaign began last fall, according to the

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2. Article · Jul 13, 2026 · Madeleine Kashkooli | Staff

   Berkeley City Council to vote on removing Black Lives Matter-era tear gas ban (opens the original)

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   The Berkeley City Council will vote on whether to reinstate the Berkeley Police Department’s ability to use tear gas in its July 14 meeting. The recommendation, authored by District 1 Councilmember Rashi Kesarwani, aims to amend the City Council’s June 2020 decision to permanently ban the use of tear gas under any circumstances and place a temporary moratorium on the use of smoke and pepper spray. Kesarwani’s recommendation proposes that the council allow BPD’s Special Response Team to u

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