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Nearly a year after the country first shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, owners of three Black businesses in Berkeley reflected on how they have been impacted.
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The ASUC Senate met Wednesday to discuss the future of the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union and Eshleman Hall and vote on several bills regarding resources for students.
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Each year, Juneteenth commemorates a milestone to freedom for Black Americans. As Black people celebrate this weekend, support Black businesses and buy these products from a Bay Area business.
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The La Cocina’s Cantina restaurants in the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union will not be reopening in the fall.
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Pinky and Red’s, a Black-owned restaurant in UC Berkeley’s Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union, is in financial trouble due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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To answer how, why or what is the importance of Black-owned businesses and to support them is tricky because most people couldn’t fathom asking white businesses what’s their relevance — it’d be perceived as an unfair bias to identify their business based on race. It hit me, while sitting at
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It’s hard to pinpoint what exactly draws you into Pinky & Red’s. It could be the nostalgic ambience of a 50’s diner, the complimentary notes scribbled on the pink-and-white-striped walls or perhaps the warm, comforting smell of chicken sizzling in the fryer. Pinky & Red’s is one of five restaurants
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La Cocina opened the new pop-ups after dining service Chartwells, which was contracted to provide food vendors in Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union, terminated its 10-year lease with the ASUC Student Union.
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