Vicki Alexander

UC Berkeley’s Othering & Belonging Institute hosted a panel discussion on the fight for reproductive justice Thursday, with panelists focusing on the role of white supremacy in anti-abortion activism and the need to center marginalized people in abortion-rights activism. 

Berkeley’s Black residents and other people of color are at a greater risk than white people to experience “wide variety of adverse health conditions,” according to city health officer Lisa Hernandez who presented the 2018 Health Status Report to the community, Thursday.

Eighteen organizations were awarded a total of $250,000 by the Berkeley campus last week to be spent on community improvement and service programs for this year.

In the last of a series of town hall meetings and focus groups, community members and public health officials joined together Tuesday to discuss some of the city’s most pertinent public health priorities.

In between victory speeches, Yes on D campaigners were already gearing up to begin implementing the nation's first "soda tax” the day after Berkeley voters overwhelmingly passed the measure.

Berkeley made history Tuesday as the first city in the nation to pass a tax on the distribution of sugar-sweetened beverages.

A political action committee for the American Beverage Association, a trade organization that represents U.S. beverage companies, poured half a million dollars last week into the fight against a proposed soda tax in the city of Berkeley.

Berkeley City Council is setting the stage to reduce city-wide sugar consumption, moving forward with the possible implementation of a city tax on sugar-sweetened beverages.