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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the UC Board of Regents on Thursday, finding that President Donald Trump’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program was “arbitrary.”
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A national coalition of United Auto Workers, or UAW, locals is lobbying for increased federal research funding and better worker protection amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as announced in a press release Monday.
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In a letter to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer on Thursday, three Democratic senators proposed increasing individual assistance for college students facing food insecurity.
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After the U.S. Census Bureau temporarily halted the collection of data for the 2020 census in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, field offices are scheduled to reopen June 1.
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U.S. Sens. Kamala Harris and Mazie Hirono, along with U.S. Reps. Judy Chu, Raúl Grijalva and Lou Correa, have ushered legislation to ensure that “vulnerable communities” have access to health care and resources during the COVID-19, or the novel coronavirus, pandemic.
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The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security, or CARES, Act — a stimulus package to provide relief to individuals and businesses during the COVID-19, or the new coronavirus, pandemic — was signed into law Friday by President Donald Trump.
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U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos authorized a 0% interest rate and suspended payments on federal student loans Monday in response to the national emergency of COVID-19, the new coronavirus.
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The city of Berkeley has announced that one resident tested positive, and campus canceled in-person classes. Here’s how Berkeley is handling the coronavirus.
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A discussion on nuclear dangers was cosponsored by the Nuclear Threat Initiative, UC Berkeley’s Nuclear Policy Working Group, the Nuclear Science and Security Consortium and the UC Berkeley Department of Nuclear Engineering.
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The Student Borrower Protection Center released a report Feb. 5 showing certain lenders may be charging higher interest rates on student loans for students at historically Black colleges and universities or Hispanic Serving Institutions.
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