As an independent student newspaper and the paper of record for the city of Berkeley, the Daily Cal has been communicating important updates during this pandemic. Your support is essential to maintaining this coverage.
Defunding police departments would be a strong first step to correct systemic oppression, and it would advance America toward eventual abolition of the police.
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Institutional racism is woven into business and government, art and science, medicine and media, our laws and our everyday lives.
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While being test-optional might help students with the best scores, rejecting tests altogether would do more to level the playing field.
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UC Berkeley’s reputation may depend on the eminence of its tenured professors, but students’ daily experiences of campus tend to center far more around lecturers.
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If some social distancing will need to continue past November, voting by mail should not be the measure of the moment: It should become the new normal.
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All businesses in food service and hospitality benefit from public investments, and they have a moral duty to participate in public solutions.
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Although California’s swift measures, successfully flattened hospitalization admission rates, Newsom’s new plan could jeopardize the state’s progress.
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Students who choose virtual education are just as worthy of a quality instructional platform as those who choose to learn in a traditional classroom setting.
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As the city of Berkeley’s paper of record, our staff is uncovering stories no one else is reporting on and overcoming boundaries.
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If California is committed to keeping inmates behind bars, then it needs to be committed to securing medical staff and resources to ensure their safety.
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