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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., discussed threats to American democracy and the role of women’s leadership at former senator Barbara Boxer’s annual campus lecture Monday.
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BART and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, or SFMTA, will receive $386 million of federal funding as part of the American Rescue Plan, or ARP.
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President Biden gave his first official State of the Union Address Mar. 1, covering topics from conflict in Ukraine to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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All eyes turned to Eastern Europe on Wednesday night as Russian troops advanced into Ukraine, declaring war on their neighbor in what many people see as an attempt to recreate the expansive Russian empire.
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A study from the Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies found that approval ratings for Democratic officials have declined.
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Though nothing can compare to the glorious wonders that 2020 brought the world, 2021 was a keen competitor in the contest for which year in the ’20s roared the loudest.
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Amid a global pandemic, Joe Biden was elected last year as the United States’s 46th president. Biden, accompanied by his Vice President Kamala Harris, made climate change one of his top priorities.
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Finish our crossword to recap some of this year’s memorable moments!
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Indigenous organizers and allies gathered Wednesday on the site of the Ohlone Shellmound in West Berkeley for a Water is Life Prayer Walk in solidarity with the Treaty People Walk for Water, which took place at the same time in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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On Monday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a request for a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration in response to the recent wildfire crisis in California counties.
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