Hate crimes in Berkeley and beyond: A look at hate crime reporting over the last 25 years

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A 19-year-old male suspect in Berkeley has been arrested and charged with multiple felonies after hacking the phones of teenagers across the Bay Area.
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In highlighting Billie Holiday’s personal life, her vices and her interpersonal relationships, we are brought into a more intimate space with her.
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Every time you go online, an FBI agent is watching your every move. The bond between you and your FBI agent might be stronger than you think!
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The police state is normalized through individual acts; everyone carries a cop within them. We all know pigs who police and surveil our everyday lives.
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Marginalization involves targeted attacks and institutional neglect — the gays clapping back at you is not marginalization, especially when the entire academic calendar is built around Christian holidays.
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Recent developments have unfolded regarding a UC Berkeley International Human Rights Law Clinic study released in January.
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Ultimately, the consequences fall on the universities themselves for allowing these practices in the first place. The implicated athletic departments shot themselves in the foot through their lack of accountability and inability to comply with their own standards.
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Among the 50 individuals implicated in a nationwide college admissions scam is David Sidoo — a Vancouver businessman and prominent figure in the University of British Columbia athletics program — who allegedly paid a test-taker to sit his son’s SAT exam, which helped him gain admission to UC Berkeley.
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Four Californians — including former Berkeley Top Dog employee Cole White — have been arrested for their alleged violent participation in the Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally of August 2017.
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