My prep school reckoning
Off the Beat
I’d been ignorant about so many of my classmates’ experiences. Where had I been while so many other incidents of racism and classism had gone on?
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Author Archives: Zara Khan
Going abroad, looking within: A personal essay
I, like so many American students before me, came to Italy this past January expecting to be transformed on a semester abroad.
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My Dadi, a force of nature: A personal essay
Sometimes my friends debate over the first things they’re going to do once the pandemic is all over…
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The way we were
After three years of laying down our roots, senior year was meant to be our reward, our fully sprouted tree.
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GoFundMe goal for community activist Barbara Brust surpassed in days
Members of the Berkeley community describe Barbara Brust, a local advocate for homeless people, as fierce and bighearted, and since her recent breast cancer diagnosis, they have raised $19,000 in six days, as first reported by Berkeleyside.
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UC student worker union files unfair labor practice charge against UC system
United Auto Workers Local 2865 filed an unfair labor practice charge Monday alleging that the UC system violated its labor contract by making a decision to only hire UC Berkeley graduate students residing in the United States for the upcoming fall semester.
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Berkeley Chess School struggles financially amid pandemic
First started as an after-school enrichment class, the Berkeley Chess School has since grown into a Bay Area institution, serving 125 schools and more than 7,000 students yearly — but is now financially struggling due to the coronavirus.
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Donation campaign seeks to help Berkeley restaurants transition outdoors
The recently founded donation campaign “A Fork in the Road” is seeking money to help restaurants transition to outdoor dining amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Conservative activism at UC Berkeley continues amid pandemic
While major news outlets have been focused on liberal activism surrounding police reform, UC Berkeley’s conservative students have taken to the internet to continue their activism amid the pandemic.
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Berkeley community calls to defund police at Berkeley Police Review Commission meeting
City residents and commission members advocated for different means of reform at the Berkeley Police Review Commission meeting Wednesday night.
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