The unbearable lightness of reminiscing
Cal in Color
Berkeley came to me as a surprise and as amazing as everything has been, the most rewarding revelation of all was the people that I got to meet here.
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Berkeley activists protest for reproductive rights on Sproul Plaza
Demonstrators from the Bay Area Rise Up 4 Abortions Rights coalition and the Raging Grannies Action League protested to support reproductive rights Saturday.
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Elevate Cal candidate Aileen Sanchez runs for transfer representative
UC Berkeley junior transfer Aileen Sanchez is running for the ASUC transfer representative position with the Elevate Cal coalition.
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From an enraged Mexican woman
Cal in Color
“Happy International Women’s Day” is not something you can say in Mexico, and if you do say it, all you’re going to get are weird looks and maybe even a scolding.
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Reproductive rights protest on Sproul calls for preservation of Roe v. Wade
Protesters walked onto the steps of Sproul Hall at noon on International Women’s Day calling for the protection of abortion rights.
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Former Berkeley High student charged with terrorism to be released
A federal appeals judge ruled last week that Amer Alhaggagi, a Berkeley High School graduate who was sentenced to 15 years in high-security prison for providing material support to ISIS in 2019, would be receiving a reduced sentence.
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Building my 1st ofrenda away from home
I was away from home for Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) for the first time. I honored one of the most important people in my life on this day.
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The roots of Central American migration crisis
To begin, it is important to understand that the migration problem has a direct relationship with lack of opportunity, security, justice and equality.
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Retracted: Doing peyote in the desert during COVID-19: A personal essay
In 2020, I traveled the farthest away from California I had in my entire life. When my boyfriend Zane and I began dating prior to the fall of American life as we knew it, he mused about a trip to Mexico he took last summer to do peyote. I was intrigued.
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Women for Justice in the Americas holds SF, Sproul Plaza demonstrations
UC Berkeley students and community members held two demonstrations Monday demanding university support for international student strikes in solidarity with the fight against femicides and for the department of ethnic studies to receive funding to revive a course focused on gender-based violence.
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