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Environmental activist and lawyer Helen Slottje discussed her experiences banning fracking in upstate New York at the Berkeley Forum Wednesday evening.
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If you’re lucky enough to contribute to change in the world, never take no for an answer and never forget your roots or those who helped you along the way.
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Concerned by students’ mental health and education quality, a group called Berkeley Unified School District, or BUSD, Parents will organize a rally Saturday to call for the reopening of public schools with COVID-19 safety protocols.
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While language may seem to change rather quickly, toponyms, or place names, tend to last. People often care deeply about them, making them so entrenched in the culture of a place that they can outlive whole civilizations.
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Hoping to fulfill the urge to travel, I researched virtual museum tours and collected the ultimate list of museums I wish I could visit in person.
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Some New York jails have been reported to have infection rates as much as 80 times the infection rate of the United States, while the infamous Rikers Island jail complex has an infection rate more than 4.5 times higher than New York City does, according to The Legal Aid Society. These numbers raise concerns about infection rates and health conditions in detention facilities across the country, where, in total, 2.3 million people are incarcerated.
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I am grateful I’ve never been exposed to only one single story at any given point.
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While campuses have closed down, scientists at UC Berkeley and UCSF are still conducting research both on campus and virtually, working on projects that may aid the response to the coronavirus.
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Although these times are difficult, there is the comfort of knowing that the natural world continues on around us. And maybe, when we all return, we’ll try to treat it a little more nicely.
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Climate and public policy experts from across the country, including UC Berkeley professor Daniel Kammen, are calling for a $2 trillion Green Stimulus to rebuild the U.S. economy following the COVID-19 pandemic.
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