Campus protests over Gaza could affect graduation; Steve Inkseep interviews Blinken
Hundreds of students have been arrested at pro-Palestinian protests at colleges nationwide. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Antony Blinken in an exclusive interview about U.S.-China relations.
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Hundreds of students have been arrested across the country as pro-Palestinian protests spread nationwide. It's been one week since police cleared an encampment of demonstrators at Columbia University. The students quickly reestablished their encampment. Since then, schools like UT Austin and the City College of New York have organized similar protests against Israel's war in Gaza.
- or they would consider "alternative options," NPR's Adrian Florido tells . That deadline is now looming. Protesters suspect they because student protesters say they aren't going anywhere.
