By Kate Anstett UNITED STATES– Several other states across the country follow Florida in proposing anti-L ...
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Students Across the Country Gather to Protest Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” Bill
Students Across the Country Gather to Protest Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” Bill
By Kate Anstett UNITED STATES– Several other states across the country follow Florida in proposing anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, spurring nationwide protests. In the past couple of months, several states h ...
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Berkeley Community Members Express Frustration and Confusion about City Council’s Proposals for Public Safety
Berkeley Community Members Express Frustration and Confusion about City Council’s Proposals for Public Safety
By Patty Yao BERKELEY, CA — On Tuesday, Apr. 12, 2022, several community members dialed into the B ...
By Patty Yao BERKELEY, CA — On Tuesday, Apr. 12, 2022, several community members dialed into the Berkeley City Council meeting to speak out against Items 24 and 27. Item 24 proposes fun ...
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Faces Pressure to Recuse Himself From Trump-related Cases
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Faces Pressure to Recuse Himself From Trump-related Cases
By Jack Galloway WASHINGTON – Many Democrats are calling on Justice Thomas to recuse himself from Trump-r ...
By Jack Galloway WASHINGTON – Many Democrats are calling on Justice Thomas to recuse himself from Trump-related cases or resign from the Supreme Court altogether. Text messages between Ginni Thomas, t ...
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Former Employee files lawsuit against Tesla for racial discrimination
Former Employee files lawsuit against Tesla for racial discrimination
By Kate Anstett ALAMEDA, CA – Tesla fired a former Construction Project Manager after he reported mentall ...
By Kate Anstett ALAMEDA, CA – Tesla fired a former Construction Project Manager after he reported mentally and physically unsafe working conditions. Marc Cage, who is African-American, alleges that th ...
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Hunger Strike at Santa Rita Jail after Dec. 2021 Increases in Commissary Prices
Hunger Strike at Santa Rita Jail after Dec. 2021 Increases in Commissary Prices
By Patty Yao DUBLIN, CA — Since Jan. 7, 2022, incarcerated people in Santa Rita Jail have b ...
By Patty Yao DUBLIN, CA — Since Jan. 7, 2022, incarcerated people in Santa Rita Jail have been conducting a hunger strike in protest of increases in commissary prices, which range from 2 ...
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With ASUC** voting in full swing, ASUC** non-partisan offices plan to host carnival to incentivize voting
With ASUC** voting in full swing, ASUC** non-partisan offices plan to host carnival to incentivize voting
By Elizabeth Nguyen BERKELEY, CA – In recent years, voter turnout for Associated Students of the Universi ...
By Elizabeth Nguyen BERKELEY, CA – In recent years, voter turnout for Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC)** elections has been historically low. However, the current office of U ...
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California Assembly Introduces New Bills Tackling Housing Insecurity for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals
California Assembly Introduces New Bills Tackling Housing Insecurity for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals
By Patty Yao Picture by Ben D'Alessio CALIFORNIA - On Feb. 7th, 2022, California Assembly Members ...
By Patty Yao Picture by Ben D'Alessio CALIFORNIA - On Feb. 7th, 2022, California Assembly Members Bryan (D-54) and Kalra (D-27) introduced AB 1816, which would require the Department of Housing ...
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Beto O’ Rourke Will Face Incumbent Greg Abbott in the Texas Gubernatorial Election
Beto O’ Rourke Will Face Incumbent Greg Abbott in the Texas Gubernatorial Election
By Jack Galloway TEXAS – Democrats in Texas are giving Beto O’Rourke another chance. On Mar. 1, 2022, O’R ...
By Jack Galloway TEXAS – Democrats in Texas are giving Beto O’Rourke another chance. On Mar. 1, 2022, O’Rourke, known to most Americans by his first name, won the Democratic primary for the Governor o ...
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Anjali Jogia-Sattar, Endorsed by the South Asian Community, Runs for ASUC* Senate
Anjali Jogia-Sattar, Endorsed by the South Asian Community, Runs for ASUC* Senate
By Ineka Damen Berkeley- UC Berkeley sophomore Anjali Jogia-Sattar is running for Associated Stud ...
By Ineka Damen Berkeley- UC Berkeley sophomore Anjali Jogia-Sattar is running for Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC)* Senate on platforms that improve South Asian repre ...
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SF Police Will No Longer Use Survivors’ DNA in Unconnected Crimes
SF Police Will No Longer Use Survivors’ DNA in Unconnected Crimes
By: Ineka Damen SAN FRANCISCO- San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) announced this week that they will ...
By: Ineka Damen SAN FRANCISCO- San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) announced this week that they will no longer use survivors' DNA in unrelated crimes after district attorney Chesa Boudin pressured ...
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President Biden Nominates Judge Jackson to the Supreme Court
President Biden Nominates Judge Jackson to the Supreme Court
By Jack Galloway WASHINGTON– On Feb. 25, 2022, President Biden announced the nomination of Judge Ketanji ...
By Jack Galloway WASHINGTON– On Feb. 25, 2022, President Biden announced the nomination of Judge Ketanjii Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. Judge Jackson, who will presumably fill the seat of the r ...
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Woman Part of Protest against Police Violence Shot and Killed by Neighbor in Portland
Woman Part of Protest against Police Violence Shot and Killed by Neighbor in Portland
By Kate Anstett Portland, OR--Authorities identified a man associated with neo-Nazi groups as a suspect i ...
By Kate Anstett Portland, OR--Authorities identified a man associated with neo-Nazi groups as a suspect in the shooting of five protestors, resulting in one death. On Feb 19, during a protest in Portl ...
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SFPD Terminates Agreement with DA Chesa Boudin on Investigations of Police Misconduct
SFPD Terminates Agreement with DA Chesa Boudin on Investigations of Police Misconduct
By Patty Yao San Francisco--On Feb. 2, San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott sent a letter to District At ...
By Patty Yao San Francisco--On Feb. 2, San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott sent a letter to District Attorney Chesa Boudin to withdraw from their agreement, or Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), on ...
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Proposal to Unname UC Berkeley’s Moses Hall on Grounds of Namesake’s White Supremacist Views
Proposal to Unname UC Berkeley’s Moses Hall on Grounds of Namesake’s White Supremacist Views
By Kimberly Bajarias BERKELEY, CA -- In May 2021, faculty and graduate students of the UC Berkeley Depart ...
By Kimberly Bajarias BERKELEY, CA -- In May 2021, faculty and graduate students of the UC Berkeley Department of Philosophy submitted a proposal to unname Moses Hall, citing concerns for building name ...
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The Silent Role of Corporate Money in San Francisco’s Board of Education Recall
The Silent Role of Corporate Money in San Francisco’s Board of Education Recall
By Claudia Drdul San Francisco - The contentious San Francisco Board of Education recall effort re ...
By Claudia Drdul San Francisco - The contentious San Francisco Board of Education recall effort resulted in a major win for investors and venture capitalists alike on Feb. 15, when 76% of San F ...
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Nancy Pelosi Endorses Stock Trading Ban
Nancy Pelosi Endorses Stock Trading Ban
By Ineka Damen San Francisco- After receiving extensive backlash from both Democrats and Republicans for ...
By Ineka Damen San Francisco- After receiving extensive backlash from both Democrats and Republicans for her silence on the issue, Nancy Pelosi endorses a stock trading ban pushed by Democrats in the ...
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Bomb Threats to HBCUs during Black History Month Cause Fear among Students
Bomb Threats to HBCUs during Black History Month Cause Fear among Students
By Kate Anstett UNITED STATES--In recent weeks, over a dozen Historically Black Colleges and Universities ...
By Kate Anstett UNITED STATES--In recent weeks, over a dozen Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) across the United States received multiple bomb threats, sending students into lockdow ...
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Supreme Court to Hear Case on Race-Conscious Admission Policies
Supreme Court to Hear Case on Race-Conscious Admission Policies
By Jack Galloway WASHINGTON– The Supreme Court agreed to hear a case about race-conscious admiss ...
By Jack Galloway WASHINGTON– The Supreme Court agreed to hear a case about race-conscious admissions at two prestigious American Universities. As politicians consider what factors drove the r ...
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Amid Protests and Hunger Strikes against Oakland School Closures, Community Voices Concerns of Racism and Classism
Amid Protests and Hunger Strikes against Oakland School Closures, Community Voices Concerns of Racism and Classism
By Kimberly Bajarias OAKLAND, CA – On Feb. 9, the Oakland Board of Education made a disheartening decis ...
By Kimberly Bajarias OAKLAND, CA – On Feb. 9, the Oakland Board of Education made a disheartening decision to close seven schools over the next two years due to alleged low enrollment and budget iss ...
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Eileen Gu – What Does It Mean to Be an American?
Eileen Gu – What Does It Mean to Be an American?
Op-Ed by Jack Galloway BEIJING – US-born Olympic Skier Eileen Gu won the silver medal in women’s slopesty ...
Op-Ed by Jack Galloway BEIJING – US-born Olympic Skier Eileen Gu won the silver medal in women’s slopestyle at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing on Monday, following up her gold medal in the Big Air event ...