Democrats congregate at 2019 California Democratic Party convention
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This weekend, California Democrats gathered in Long Beach to hold an endorsing convention and host a televised presidential forum.
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UC Berkeley School of Law professor receives backlash for allegedly accusing veteran of espionage
UC Berkeley School of Law professor John Yoo received a wave of backlash after he allegedly accused Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a Purple Heart recipient, of espionage during an appearance on Fox News.
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CA Gov. Gavin Newsom signs legislation requiring prompt testing of rape kits
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 22 into law, a bill requiring law enforcement agencies and forensic laboratories in California to promptly test all newly collected rape kits.
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UC Berkeley professors shape presidential candidates’ wealth tax policies
Two UC Berkeley professors played key roles in shaping parts of the financial policies of presidential candidates Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.
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UC Berkeley, city efforts target hard-to-count populations in 2020 census
Campus, city, state and national officials have begun to plan census outreach efforts and allocate resources towards the 2020 count, seeking to ensure resources for hard-to-count populations in enumeration.
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Climate change debate creates rift at Democratic National Committee summer meeting
Democratic Party officials and presidential candidates alike stressed unity at the 2019 summer meeting of the Democratic National Committee, or DNC, in downtown San Francisco. At the same time, the meeting saw considerable rifts between officials and activists.
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UC Berkeley research examines effects of minimum wage increases
A 2018 study co-authored by Anna Godøy, research economist at the UC Berkeley Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics, found that when wages increase, there is little to no impact on job loss or growth.
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UC Berkeley official bank’s parent company stops funding detention centers, continues facilitating investments in them
Although BNP Paribas has severed its financing relationship with for-profit prison corporations, the company continues to facilitate investments in these companies from its clientele.
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US Sen. Bernie Sanders proposes bill for tuition-free college, end to student debt
Known as the College for All Act, the bill would be paid for by a tax on Wall Street speculation, according to a press release from Sanders’ office.
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Senators introduce bill seeking to help international STEM students work in US
A bill introduced to the U.S. Senate by Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.; Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Kamala Harris, D-Calif.; and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., seeks to help international students studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, to work in the United States after the completion of their advanced degrees, according to a press release sent out by Durbin on Thursday.
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