What is holding up universal background checks?
Soma Chu/File
And if we can even save a few lives — those of adults, teenagers and children — by passing the Bipartisan Background Checks Act, then it will have all been worthwhile.
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Language, power, and agency
Like many of us, my morning routine includes anxiously scrolling through the news as soon as I wake up. Lately, I’ve noticed a curious trend in how certain events are described. See, for example, this The Washington Post headline from December 2021: “A Black teen died in custody while being
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Toward a Berkeley where all residents feel safe
CITY AFFAIRS: Recent police reforms in Berkeley mark significant progress in public safety, should be only the beginning of transformative change
Reforming an institution rooted in a legacy of state-sanctioned racial violence will take a paradigm shift, both in police culture and public attitude.
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Looking for the word
Sex on Tuesday
I refuse to accept the narrative that I and other women are responsible for their assault. I’ll wear a short skirt, get drunk at a party and flirt with men all night — it doesn’t mean I am asking to be assaulted.
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On women and minorities…
While I do my best to intentionally recognize the strides being made by institutions to ensure that diversity and inclusion become practices embedded in their ways of functioning, I still do not understand how the term “women and minorities” continues to be a widely used phrase when we think about
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PATH to Care asks for MeToo supporters to think of marginalized groups
Small actions truly make a difference; every one of us is key to creating an equitable and violence-free society. Let’s come together as a community to prevent violence, harassment and oppression.
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UC Berkeley must defend free speech, promote dialogue
At the climax of the Free Speech Movement 53 years ago, UC Berkeley faculty overwhelmingly resolved that “the content of speech or advocacy should not be restricted by the university” and that “the time, place, and manner of conducting political activity on the campus shall be subject to reasonable regulation
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450 march in Oakland for rally in response to Charlottesville violence
Demonstrators temporarily shut down eastbound traffic on Highway 580 as part of a Saturday night demonstration in response to white nationalist protests in Charlottesville, Virginia on Friday and Saturday morning.
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Restraining order filed by city attorney against Berkeley Mental Health client
A restraining order has been filed against Berkeley resident Rosemary Jones for repeatedly threatening the life of a Berkeley Mental Health Division employee.
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Conservative speech will not be stifled by violence
Decades ago, Huey Long is claimed to have said that when fascism comes, it will come under the guise of anti-fascism. On Feb. 1, we found out who the real fascists on this campus are, and they are not the Berkeley College Republicans. Many have taken to the media to
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