Home is where my ballot is
I wanted to be a part of such a highly anticipated election so I could say, yes, my vote did make a difference.
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UC Berkeley students take to the polls, some for the 1st time
Almost two years into the Trump presidency, reports across the country have shown that people are registering to vote at higher rates than in previous years for a midterm election.
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Considering the changing landscape of elections after 2016
In a fatalistic sweep, digital media has instilled civic apathy in the young — the result of an overloaded sensorium in face of unproductive online discourse.
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California has highest poverty rate of all US states, new report finds
California has the highest poverty rate of any U.S. state, according to new statistics released last month by the United States Census Bureau.
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College-educated Americans identifying as lower class at record rates
The percentage of college-educated Americans who identify as “lower class” increased to 3 percent in 2012 according to the General Social Survey, the highest rate since the survey was first taken in 1972.
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Campus research brief details disparities in retirement financial prospects between whites, blacks and Hispanics
UC Berkeley researchers from the campus Center for Labor Research and Education released a research brief detailing significant disparities between retirement financial prospects for U.S. whites and for blacks and Hispanics. The “Black and Latino (In)Security” brief, which was published on the center’s website in late February, states that the rate
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Berkeley ranks in top 10 most educated cities in the state
Berkeley is one of the most educated cities in California, according to recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Poverty rate in 2010 highest in nation’s history, census data shows
While UC Berkeley held its annual Cal Career Fair Tuesday, the U.S. Census Bureau released grim statistics concerning the national rate of poverty. According to the census report, more Americans were living in poverty during 2010 than any other time in the country’s history. Average wages for the American worker
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