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Nine out of 10 Californians under the age of 65 will receive health coverage by 2019 with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, informally known as Obamacare, according to a study by the UC Berkeley Labor Center and the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Researchers from the centers
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President Barack Obama’s administration announced a new immigration policy Friday that will protect young illegal immigrants from deportation and allow them to obtain work permits. Under this plan — issued in a memorandum sent by Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano to the heads of U.S. Customs and Border Protection,
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President Barack Obama nominated UC Berkeley School of Law alumnus Jon Tigar to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Monday. Tigar — who graduated with a doctorate degree from the law school in 1989 and received his undergraduate bachelor’s degree in 1984 at Williams College in
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With current student loan interest rates set to double in July without government intervention, both politicians and students have thrust the issue into the national spotlight. While the issue has divided both major political parties, the possibility of an increase from the current 3.4 percent rate has prompted students to
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The State of the Union address President Barack Obama delivered Tuesday focused mainly on closing the wealth gap and creating jobs as ways to improve the nation’s economy. However, in his third State of the Union, Obama presented a renewed focus on education as necessary for pulling the country out
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As the price of an education grows steeper across the nation, so too has the burden of student loans. Student debt will surpass a staggering $1 trillion this year, meaning total student loan debt will be greater than the credit card debt in the United States. Something must change. Though
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Berkeley’s Peace and Justice Commission is suggesting that the Berkeley City Council send a letter to President Barack Obama asking him to grant clemency to Native American activist Leonard Peltier — who was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment over 30 years ago for first-degree murder.
