Lessons on citizenship, from your local naturalization ceremony
To vote is to claim agency — to use the freedoms subscribed to you by law as a source of empowerment within our democratic system.
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Berkeley community ought to defend students from ICE
It is because we are not safe on this campus. And under these circumstances, we cannot continue to choose to be reactive over being proactive.
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Current immigration law for border patrol needs to change
We should be welcoming immigrants with open arms and seeking to provide them with full access to the gains that we have necessarily made by exploiting the entirety of world.
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Tear down the wall
Berkeley Got Back
As college students who construct lenses to perceive the outside world rather than directly immerse in it, the cognitive dissonance is too real.
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UCPD’s priorities, systemic racism underlie viral food vendor incident
On Sept. 9, a video of UCPD Officer Sean Aranas writing a citation for and taking earnings from a street vendor was posted on Twitter. This street vendor was selling hot dogs from his cart during UC Berkeley’s first home football game of the season when two officers found that
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VMAs descend into mediocrity
The MTV Video Music Awards have never been about subtlety. Since its inception in the 1980s, the MTV’s trademark summer entertainment has been notorious for throwing prestige to the sidelines and letting spectacle takes the stage. The show has cultivated numerous iconic and scandalous pop culture moments, from Britney Spears’
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Checking out best movies chronicling immigrants’ lives
Check out some of these amazing movies that cover many different types of immigrants and the situations they are thrust into in their new respective countries!
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Team America: UC Berkeley students on the Fourth of July
The Fourth of July, though seemingly the most one-dimensional holiday, defined by self-indulgence, a mindless hurrah for our liberties and an almost masturbatory worship of the Team America thesis: “freedom is the only way,” is actually laced with complexity and controversy.
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Thank God for the first generation
A Whole New World
It is time, then, to appreciate the first generation and the ones who are rapidly forgotten. It is time to revisit how much they did for us and how much we did not understand in our younger years.
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Time has come for single-payer healthcare
Recently, it has been reported that 7.5 million Americans have enrolled in Obamacare, many more than expected. Yes, it’s better than before: overall, Americans are insured, and insurance companies are no longer allowed to overcharge or deny coverage to the elderly and people with pre-existing conditions. Key issues persist, however:
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