Let’s give Telegraph Avenue back to people
There is no reason why Telegraph Avenue — the street we use most as students to access destinations and meet our basic needs — should be dominated by cars.
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The work of different mirrors
We have come a long way since I was a UC Berkeley student, and yet, there’s still much more we need to do to adequately represent the people of California.
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When we fight together, we win
The threat of deportation is what kept many members of my community silent — unable to advocate for their basic needs of safety, fair wages and a retirement plan.
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For a truly public space, demand car-free Telegraph
Making Telegraph Avenue car-free would improve the health, climate, community and economy of Berkeley’s most vibrant communities.
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After failed COP 26, it’s time for direct action
Every social justice issue sits atop the climate crisis. The weak results from this conference have potential to lock all of us into a destabilized world.
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Public safety during COVID-19 must be (re)imagined for domestic abuse victims
Any effort toward preventing intimate partner violence must consider the full weight of the dynamic and consequential systemic features of our society.
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Political erasure of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe and the complicity of silence
Citizens in our aboriginal lands must call their representatives in Congress, and demand the restoration of Muwekma’s status through a Congressional act.
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The roots of Central American migration crisis
To begin, it is important to understand that the migration problem has a direct relationship with lack of opportunity, security, justice and equality.
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The gender pay gap in professional sports persists
Women’s work is cheapened even when women are equally willing to throw their bodies off of a set of stairs while on a skateboard for audience entertainment.
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Destroy chancellor’s mansion, not People’s Park
Deconstruct the chancellor’s mansion, a symbol of division between students and administration, and of racial capitalism wrapped in plantation architecture.
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