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Friday, April 16, 2021

CA needs to drill its commitment to environmental justice

The long-term solution is an equitable and complete transition to clean energy; but in the meantime, California can protect vulnerable communities.
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Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Berkeley Law should reject Helen Diller Family Foundation donation

This institute now gives the highest recognition to a group that champions Islamophobic hatred, misogyny and the suppression of political speech.
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Friday, April 9, 2021

Asian Americans deserve recognition in educational curriculums

It’s no secret that U.S. education glosses over its racist, anti-Asian history, and although many of us feel we are familiar with its horrors, we aren’t.
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Friday, April 9, 2021
Illustration of common, non-environmentally-friendly items used in the pandemic, like disposable masks, gloves, and takeout containers

Doing our part to save the environment during COVID-19

The new sanitary habits we are developing in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic are unexpectedly wasteful, adding an additional burden to the environment. 
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Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Organic, fair-trade, carbon neutral hypocrisy: Berkeley’s policing practices increase homelessness

Berkeley consistently pursues policies that favor the white and wealthy, even as these policies lose the city money and cause untold human suffering.
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Friday, April 2, 2021
Illustration of a woman in a hijab looking at a chalkboard listing different ethnic studies curricula, but with no mention of Arab studies or Palestine

Save ethnic studies — including Palestine!

Every day the news gives us a sharper understanding of why our youth need to understand racism, the continuing cost of colonial conquest.
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Friday, April 2, 2021

Reparations for CA forced sterilization survivors: Support AB 1007

Monetary compensation cannot adequately address the harms suffered by sterilization survivors, but it is a material acknowledgment of a horrific past.
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Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Illustration of an ethnic studies textbook

Restorative racial justice requires speaking in active voice

We must name and hold accountable those who are responsible for discriminating against and harming the lives and bodies of people of color.
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Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Break up with fast fashion

Not only is fast fashion extremely detrimental to the environment but it is also notorious for its unethical practices.
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Friday, March 19, 2021
Illustration of people strolling around an ordinary Berkeley neighborhood, while thick pollution casts a gloomy atmosphere

City of Berkeley must stop allowing toxic emissions in its communities

Berkeley Asphalt has been out of compliance with court-mandated stipulations to control its toxic emissions for over 20 years.
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