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In 2018, Berkeley became the first city in California — the second in the country — to declare a climate emergency. In the time since, 23 other California cities and counties have followed us in passing such declarations.
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The California Citizens Redistricting Commission is unsurprisingly short of the number of applicants it would like to see as evidenced by the commission twice extending its application deadline.
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In one of my classes, we were trying to measure the impact of policing on the physical and emotional well-being of Black and brown folks.
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Most people value the public school system. Yet at the end of the day, there has to be more than lip service towards improving schools.
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California has the fifth-largest economy in the world, yet it still falls 41st in the nation in per-pupil spending.
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I started BPN in 1993 as a UC Berkeley grad student with two young kids, and the organization is now a nonprofit online network for more than 30,000 subscribers in the Bay Area.
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In order to increase retention in schools, especially in the STEM subjects, it all starts with the teachers.
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After speeches and rallies, as crowds line up by the thousands to shake her hand and take selfies, she greets her youngest fans with her pinky finger and says, “I’m running for president because that’s what girls do.”
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Besides Barack Obama’s two terms in office, every U.S. presidency has been filled by a white man. It is almost as if color and presidency are allergic to each other.
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YEAH! provides beds, hot meals and clinics on jobs and resume-building, as well as a sense of community.
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