immigration

Through its witty and clever use of magical realism, “Problemista” highlights the absurdity of the immigration system without dampening the mood.

When they are young, parents often pull away and rebel in the pursuit of this goal. And yet, when they become parents, they will inevitably follow the path of what they attempted to escape from. 

Reyes ultimately formed a dire examination of the systems that ensnare individuals and set them up for failure in a carefully crafted, tragic portrait of the incarceration system and a young man’s attempts to navigate life and immigration in the United States.

Decolonizing psychology is seen through this outlet of embracing and promoting the nature of spirituality and folklore in how Filipinos think and perceive.

UC Berkeley welcomed two new faculty members, Hidetaka Hirota, an associate professor of history and Xiongtao Dai, an assistant professor of biostatistics to its faculty in August.

My parents don’t take voting lightly. It’s an American right that they have earned; a privilege that they have lost blood, sweat and tears to obtain.

One day after arriving in the West, my mom and her sister sat crying in the aisle of a grocery store. Their father had given them the choice to select a piece of candy from the confection aisle. They saw a life they missed out on for over a decade — a life filled with choice, contained in those colorful bits of sweetness. 

From a small Russian village to the bustling streets of New York, my great-grandmother had introduced the next generation into the world. This was a world safe from the vile antisemitism of 1900s Europe and a place where immigrants could create a life worth living. 

Every child must be counted; every dollar of state funding must be secured; and all remaining school districts must join the campaign against fear. If they’re successful, we could be at the cusp of a widespread paradigm shift in public benefit programs — and who feels safe accessing them.