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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Category Archives: Op-Eds
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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How sustainable is Trader Joe’s business model?
With much ambiguity around the production of TJ goods and a lack of sustainability reports, we must ask how environmentally sustainable is Trader Joe’s ?
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UC Berkeley data science must commit to justice for marginalized students
Members of DSUS and Computing, Data Science, and Society’s leadership must take responsibility for the failure to make good on its promises of equity.
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