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Apr 8, 2025
Campuses confront free speech crackdown amidst DEI backlash
I once argued in a position paper in journalism school that perhaps hate speech ought not to be protected by the First Amendment. My...
Mar 25, 2025
Raising awareness on Transgender Day of Visibility
During his first hour in office, after pledging to “Drill, baby, drill,” begin deportations immediately and “Forge a society that is colorblind”—ignoring the fact...
Feb 25, 2025
Anti-immigration policies intensify fear
These days 19-year-old Karina, who asked that we not use her last name, has a hard time focusing on her health science classes because...
Jan 17, 2025
Is a ‘people before profit’ model the solution in the United States?
The December killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson by alleged shooter Luigi Mangione just outside of the annual investor’s conference in New York City...
Oct 1, 2024
East Bayers weigh in on national politics
Ever since Vice President Kamala Harris took the reins from President Joe Biden as the democratic nominee for the 2024 presidential elections, many democratic...
Sep 24, 2024
California funds fresh food for families
Sixty-eight-year-old Bah is like a kid in a candy store as she bounces from the veggie stand to the strawberries to the tamales and...
Sep 3, 2024
Displaced muralist wields political paintbrush—with love
Edythe Boone has called Berkeley home for more than half of her 86 years, and she’s beautified the Bay Area for just as long....
Jul 16, 2024
Dancing for Joy
Bela Watson describes herself as a “heARTist,” but the dance floor is her favorite canvas. Watson teaches and sometimes performs alongside students ages 2...