Athletes must utilize their platforms for social justice
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With sports halted by the coronavirus, athletes have a chance to use their platforms for something bigger than sports. They need to speak up.
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Eat your heart out
Fresh Off the BART
This is the power of breaking bread. It’s why negotiations about everything from business to politics have been done over meals for thousands of years.
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UC defends DACA recipients before US Supreme Court
The UC system appeared before the U.S Supreme Court on Tuesday as it defended the rights of nearly 700,000 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, recipients to stay in the United States.
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A systemic erasure of color in US politics
Besides Barack Obama’s two terms in office, every U.S. presidency has been filled by a white man. It is almost as if color and presidency are allergic to each other.
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If Title IX changes, UC Berkeley must protect survivors
The sexual violence and harassment reporting process remains deeply complicated across America’s college campuses. The issue of sexual assault and the seemingly endless series of high-profile cases of harassment and violence at U.S. colleges demand survivor-centered, equitable solutions. Despite this, the U.S Department of Education has moved forward in its
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State counties must relieve youths, families of juvenile fees
Before his recent resignation, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions spent the better part of two years trying to turn back the clock on criminal justice reform. Among his other regressive actions, last year Sessions rescinded 25 guidance documents issued by his predecessors in the Department of Justice, or DOJ, including
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5 political podcasts to help you cope with the world’s current chaos
Listen to some of these podcasts to help you stay updated during your everyday life. More importantly, these podcasts won’t depress you too much.
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Investigating the hairy details: Power ranking of presidential hair
To honor presidents of the past, we’re going to judge them based off their hair. Sit back, relax and enjoy our roast of presidential hair.
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Berkeley bites that are our kryptonite: Local eateries that never let us down
These local eateries call our names when we need them most. From Top Dog to the hangover cure of pho, here are all the Berkeley bites we can’t go without.
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‘Be energized:’ Director Greg Barker on documenting the final year of Obama’s presidency
At its core, “The Final Year” is a film about people. It’s a journey through the lives and experiences of civil servants at the highest levels of government. It’s a window into what their lives are like — how they process and make decisions, how the gears of bureaucracy grind each day, what the mental and emotional tugs and toll of negotiation and international strategy feel like and how shared values can bind human beings together in the name of collective mission and purpose.
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