Capitalism isn’t broken, corporate incentives are
Silicon Valley’s startup culture perpetuates a corporate formation that values return on investment and financially oriented metrics above all else.
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‘Just not the same’: Viks Chaat and Market navigates COVID-19 pandemic
Viks Chaat and Market, once a bustling market and restaurant filled with families and friends revisiting memories through spicy dosas and children experiencing the tantalizing taste of their parents’ pasts, now faces an uncertain future due to the effects of COVID-19.
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Why it is time for a digital divide tax
This tax would differ from the data dividend — rather than simply sending money back to people, we’d invest the proceeds in closing the digital divide.
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Conservative activism at UC Berkeley continues amid pandemic
While major news outlets have been focused on liberal activism surrounding police reform, UC Berkeley’s conservative students have taken to the internet to continue their activism amid the pandemic.
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Southside Station serves homemade comfort food on Shattuck Avenue
Southside Station, a new counter-service restaurant located on Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley, brings fresh ingredients and homemade comfort food to its customers.
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Pinky and Red’s struggles to reopen due to COVID-19 pandemic
Pinky and Red’s, a Black-owned restaurant in UC Berkeley’s Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union, is in financial trouble due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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300 food bags donated to Bear Pantry to celebrate end of Ramadan, Memorial Day
The Maktab Tarighat Oveyssi Shahmaghsoudi School of Islamic Sufism in Berkeley donated 300 bags to the Bear Pantry on May 25 as part of a joint food drive with Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín to celebrate the end of Ramadan and Memorial Day.
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CA Gov. Gavin Newsom launches COVID-19 contact tracing program
California now has a statewide COVID-19 contact tracing program and public awareness campaign, called California Connected, as announced by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday.
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1st Berkeley nursing home reports case of COVID-19
The Berkeley Public Health Division was notified Monday of the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in a person who had spent time in a Berkeley skilled nursing facility.
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Poppy, Sequoia, Redwood: Campanile falcons named after state plants
The three peregrine falcon chicks living atop the Campanile have been given names, which were chosen via an online contest over the last week.
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