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The protesters blocked the parade route for a little over an hour on Sunday. They were protesting the parade because Boeing, which supplies weapons to Israel, is a major sponsor of the event.
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The killing of Michael Brown Jr. by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson is a benchmark on the decades-long connection between Black American and Palestinian American activism.
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Wash U students, alumni and supporters protested the university’s relationship with Boeing at the university’s commencement ceremony and just outside the campus border.
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They criticize the university’s handling of the protest and say it is misrepresenting what happened.
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The roughly three-hour protest went off largely without incident several days after police arrested more than 100 people on Washington University’s campus.
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Washington University officials said that all arrested demonstrators will be charged with trespassing and that some of them also will be charged with resisting arrest and assault over skirmishes with police.
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While the president got more than 85% of the vote, "uncommitted" received enough support to have three delegates at the Democratic National Convention.
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Members of a Girl Scout troop in St. Louis County made bracelets to raise funds for child war victims in Gaza. Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri told them to stop — or face legal action.
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Linda Badran brought a child from Gaza to St. Louis for healing. Now she doesn’t know if she’s aliveSt. Louis resident Linda Badran wants to help the healing and recovery of the thousands of children being harmed.
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A St. Louis University graduate student is terrified that her family in Gaza will not survive the Israel-Hamas war. She said Gazans are familiar with death and destruction because of their decades-long struggle for an independent Palestinian state, but this war is more devastating than other recent conflicts.