A regional economic program is vital for Afghan peace
Sakura Cannestra/Senior Staff
It is time to transform economic pressure into economic cooperation and regional integration that can have a boosting effect on the Afghan peace process.
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Curls, care and capitalism
American Pie?
While we like to say beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, it would be more accurate to say that it lies in the hands of big corporations and advertisers.
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‘Very close to my heart’: Esfandiar Imani announces run for Berkeley school board
Esfandiar Imani, a longtime Berkeley resident and a risk management consultant, is running for a position on the Berkeley Unified School District board this November.
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Soulmaz Panahi runs for Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board
Soulmaz Panahi, a real estate agent at Red Oak Realty, is running for a position on the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board.
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Fighting it out
American Pie?
I imagine our skirmishes are proof that empathy grows alongside the outbursts. We absorb each other’s feelings and project them outward again.
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Whiteness? It’s a mixed bag
American Pie?
What makes someone “white” in the United States? Is it a lack of spice tolerance? Raisins in potato salad? Shish kebabs and baba ghanoush?
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Fever dreaming of America
American Pie?
From rising hate speech to the travel ban to the attacks on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, our country is staggeringly anti-immigrant.
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It’s high time
American Pie?
We cannot proceed as though time is linear, as though our reputations are the only things at stake, as though the past is a dusty relic.
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UC Berkeley study shows effectiveness of COVID-19 spread prevention policies
As governments implement anti-contagion practices to prevent COVID-19, UC Berkeley researchers studied the effects of such policies on the growth rate of infections across six different countries.
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In praise of Yemen’s dignity
Saudi Arabia’s lack of desire in ending its rivalry with Iran has contributed to the destruction not only of Yemen, but also of its future.
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