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Direct Action Everywhere affiliated activists facing felony and misdemeanor charges for animal rescues are still under a gag order from the judge after calls to vacate the order from the ACLU and Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky.

We are disappointed that Berkeley approved a surveillance program that goes against its values, ignores history and poses a threat to the civil rights and freedom of community members. 

The reality is that each side advocates from two entirely different playing fields: one is concerned with human rights, the other with competitive fairness.

In an effort to “restore trust” after the November 2022 election, District 5 supervisor Keith Carson proposed an ordinance to create an elections oversight commission, which the board unanimously approved June 6

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 357 on July 1, which will decriminalize loitering for the intent to engage in sex work. 

The Berkeley Police Accountability Board, or PAB, met Wednesday evening to discuss complaints of police misconduct, recent shootings, gun recoveries, bike patrols and police vaccinations. 

Former UC Berkeley assistant professor in the Haas School of Business Andreea Gorbatâi co-authored a study that found news coverage of racial events decreases support for Black entrepreneurs. 

The UC Board of Regents held a virtual meeting Wednesday to review UC Health’s "restrictive" LGBTQ+ and reproductive care policies.

Though politically engaged audiences may hazily recall how each of these stories end, “The Fight” brings a novel humanity and urgency to these landmark cases. 

A crisis can compel us to make moral decisions that reveal what kinds of people we really are. Above all, this pandemic is a moral test for humanity.