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Monday, February 10, 2020

Robert D. Haas Undocumented Community Resource Center opens at UC Berkeley

The Robert D. Haas Undocumented Community Resource Center held its grand opening Feb. 6, creating a space specifically for undocumented students and allies. The Undocumented Community Resource Center, located at 180 César Chávez Student Center, is a space that provides undocumented students and allies with professional academic counseling, mental health support, access to resources and a place to study.
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Crime & Courts

Thursday, January 30, 2020

US Supreme Court ruling changes definition of “public charge”

The U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 Tuesday to uphold the modified definition of “public charge” that was submitted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, or DHS, in August 2019.
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State

Friday, June 29, 2018

‘An attack on workers’: Supreme Court strikes against public sector unions

A 5–4 U.S. Supreme Court decision Wednesday ruled that public sector unions across the nation are no longer able to charge nonunion workers any fees.
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Campus, Charter Day 2018

Thursday, March 22, 2018

A look back at diversity in UC Berkeley admissions

Next week, more than 108,000 applicants will open their emails to find out whether they were accepted, rejected or wait-listed by UC Berkeley — a drastic increase from the 271 applications the college received in 1892.
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Notes from the Field

Thursday, March 1, 2018

6 things you need to know about the Supreme Court ruling on immigration

With a 5-3 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the indefinite detention of immigrants Tuesday, overturning a previous decision made by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in San Francisco in 2015. Here are six things you need to know about this case.
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Black History Month 2018

Friday, February 2, 2018

50 years later: UC Berkeley hosts conference reflecting on 1968 race report

50 years ago, the federal government ordered a commission to investigate the cause of race riots that erupted across the United States in 1967, and led to the deaths of over 80 people. Their findings, called the Kerner Report, were groundbreaking — the riots resulted from black frustration at an unjust and oppressive economic structure.
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Commentary, Election 2016 Retrospective Issue

Sunday, November 5, 2017

Canadian privilege: Picking up after Trump and the United States

On the day that the U.S. presidential election results were announced, the Canadian immigration website crashed.
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Crime & Courts

Friday, October 20, 2017

Judge indefinitely postpones trial for Kayla Moore’s in-custody death

A pretrial hearing for the death of Kayla Moore, who died in the custody of Berkeley Police Department officers, was called off by presiding Judge Charles Breyer on Wednesday afternoon in order for him to privately assess both sides’ arguments.
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City

Sunday, April 16, 2017

Civil rights activist Sylvia Mendez speaks in Berkeley on integration

Civil rights activist Sylvia Mendez gave four speeches in Berkeley to honor the 70-year anniversary of her family’s historic 1947 Mendez v. Westminster court case Thursday.
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Wednesday, November 4, 2015

UC files brief supporting University of Texas in federal affirmative action case

The long-standing U.S. Supreme Court battle over affirmative action has reignited with the court’s June decision to reconsider a controversial case, prompting several universities nationwide — including the University of California — to take a stance.
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