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March 6, 2019

Students Protest Yale's Investments in Fossil Fuels, Puerto Rican Debt
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At Yale University, 17 students were arrested by the school's police
Monday, after they occupied the investments office to demand Yale divest
its nearly $30 billion endowment from fossil fuel companies and Puerto
Rico's debt. The student activists say that climate change worsens
economic inequality, and that in the case of Puerto Rico, vulture funds
holding the island's debt are demanding repayment as many are still
reeling from Hurricane Maria.


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