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  • How today's antiwar protests stack up against major student movements in history

    Nicole Narea

    May 01, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States

    As tensions surrounding the war in Gaza mount, university student protests have the power enact change, much like the anti-apartheid protests of the 1980s. Following student protests of the South African apartheid, 155 universities divested from firms that supported or profited from the apartheid and in 1986 the U.S. government enacted a divestment policy.

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  • How Puerto Rico became the most vaccinated place in America

    Nicole Narea

    November 26, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Puerto Rico

    Political cooperation and an infrastructure of existing relationships and trust built by NGOs and community leaders during Hurricane Maria and a devastating 2019 earthquake allowed for a quick public health response to COVID-19 focused on prevention and vaccination. All trusted public figures, across political backgrounds, advocated wearing masks and getting vaccinated. As a result, Puerto Rico achieved the highest COVID-19 vaccination rate among all other U.S. state or territory. It also had among the lowest Covid-19 death rates since the start of the pandemic.

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