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Radical Reversal – Uplifting Incarcerated Individuals through the Arts

Posted by Benjamin Frandsen
|Date: June 01, 2023
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Radical Reversal – Uplifting Incarcerated Individuals through the Arts

By: Benjamin Frandsen Even in today’s jaded world, there are still some who believe in second chances, bu ...

By: Benjamin Frandsen Even in today’s jaded world, there are still some who believe in second chances, but one man has made them the mission of his life, the purpose of his work, and the soul of his m ...

June 01, 2023
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Engaging with Justice: Professor Menka’s Decolonizing UC Berkeley

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: May 29, 2023
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Engaging with Justice: Professor Menka’s Decolonizing UC Berkeley

By Kayla Mendez BERKELEY-- Berkeley Law Professor Nazune Menka develops a course unpacking the his ...

By Kayla Mendez BERKELEY-- Berkeley Law Professor Nazune Menka develops a course unpacking the history of UC Berkeley through a critical settler colonialism lens: “Decolonizing UC Berkeley.” ...

May 29, 2023
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Crime in Berkeley

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: April 17, 2023
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Crime in Berkeley

User:Introvert, CC BY-SA 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5>, via Wikimedia Common ...

User:Introvert, CC BY-SA 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons By Michael Verna BERKELEY- Crime rates are rising in Berkeley, impacting UC Berkeley students ...

April 17, 2023
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UC Berkeley Shuts Libraries: Student Outcry Grows

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: March 20, 2023
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UC Berkeley Shuts Libraries: Student Outcry Grows

By Michael Verna BERKELEY —UC Berkeley will close down three campus libraries, including Anthropology, Ma ...

By Michael Verna BERKELEY —UC Berkeley will close down three campus libraries, including Anthropology, Mathematics Statistics, and Physics-Astronomy Libraries, as part of a new "long-term space plan" ...

March 20, 2023
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Second Look Network Announced, Designed to Help Incarcerated People Seeking Relief

Posted by Kimberly Torres
|Date: March 10, 2023
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Second Look Network Announced, Designed to Help Incarcerated People Seeking Relief

By Kimberly Torres WASHINGTON, DC - The Sentencing Project has announced it has launched a “second look n ...

By Kimberly Torres WASHINGTON, DC - The Sentencing Project has announced it has launched a “second look network”—a coalition of attorneys and post-sentence advocates across the country—who will work “ ...

March 10, 2023
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Hunger Strikes at Central Valley ICE Detention Centers

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: March 08, 2023
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Hunger Strikes at Central Valley ICE Detention Centers

By Laurel Spear BAKERSFIELD, CA— Eighty-four immigrants began hunger strikes at two Central Valley immigr ...

By Laurel Spear BAKERSFIELD, CA— Eighty-four immigrants began hunger strikes at two Central Valley immigration detention centers to protest inhumane conditions and wages in the centers. On Feb. 17 202 ...

March 08, 2023
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Family of Oakland Baker Jen Angel Advocates for Restorative Justice Following Her Death

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: March 06, 2023
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Family of Oakland Baker Jen Angel Advocates for Restorative Justice Following Her Death

By Gibran Khalil OAKLAND, CA – On February 9th, beloved baker Jen Angel, owner of Angel Cakes bakery in O ...

By Gibran Khalil OAKLAND, CA – On February 9th, beloved baker Jen Angel, owner of Angel Cakes bakery in Oakland, died from injuries suffered following a robbery at Wells Fargo in Downtown Oakland. Jen ...

March 06, 2023
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UC Berkeley Unnames Moses Hall over Racist Ties

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: March 03, 2023
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UC Berkeley Unnames Moses Hall over Racist Ties

By Ademar Barrera Berkeley, CA--The former Moses Hall building was stripped of its name due to rac ...

By Ademar Barrera Berkeley, CA--The former Moses Hall building was stripped of its name due to racist beliefs tied to former history professor Bernard Moses. On Feb. 7, 2023, UC Berkeley ...

March 03, 2023
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Campus Soulja Boy Concert Descends into Chaos over Lack of Crowd Control

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: February 28, 2023
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Campus Soulja Boy Concert Descends into Chaos over Lack of Crowd Control

By Laurel Spear BERKELEY, CA— On January 27, 2023, UC Berkeley arts and entertainment organization ...

By Laurel Spear BERKELEY, CA— On January 27, 2023, UC Berkeley arts and entertainment organization ASUC* Superb Productions held a free concert for UC Berkeley students featuring Soulja Boy, an ...

February 28, 2023
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Student Opinion: AI Chatbot Usage in the Humanities Present Both an Obstacle and Opportunity

Posted by Michelle Lin
|Date: February 06, 2023
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Student Opinion: AI Chatbot Usage in the Humanities Present Both an Obstacle and Opportunity

By Michelle Lin LOS ANGELES — The humanities are often viewed as antiquated, requiring minimal or no tech ...

By Michelle Lin LOS ANGELES — The humanities are often viewed as antiquated, requiring minimal or no technological devices to teach or interact with these studies. Yet in the age of technology, skills ...

February 06, 2023
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Social Justice Advocates Implore New Jersey Legislature to Strongly Oppose Recent Spate of Unnecessary ‘Tough-on-Crime’ Bills

Posted by Paloma Sifuentes
|Date: December 25, 2022
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Social Justice Advocates Implore New Jersey Legislature to Strongly Oppose Recent Spate of Unnecessary ‘Tough-on-Crime’ Bills

By Paloma Sifuentes and Rena Abdusalam TRENTON, NU - The ACLU of New Jersey along with 25 other social ju ...

By Paloma Sifuentes and Rena Abdusalam TRENTON, NU - The ACLU of New Jersey along with 25 other social justice advocate partners wrote a letter this holiday week to New Jersey state lawmakers, noting ...

December 25, 2022
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Biden Administration Urged to Form National Human Rights Government Body; Groups Charge U.S. Lagging

Posted by Jessica Weisman
|Date: December 20, 2022
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Biden Administration Urged to Form National Human Rights Government Body; Groups Charge U.S. Lagging

By Jessica Weisman and Rena Abdusalam NEW YORK - The Biden Administration has been urged by a number of ...

By Jessica Weisman and Rena Abdusalam NEW YORK - The Biden Administration has been urged by a number of social justice groups to create a governmental body in charge of overseeing America’s commitmen ...

December 20, 2022
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Santa Rita Jail Continues to Face Allegations Regarding Mistreatment, Security, and Health Concerns

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: November 10, 2022
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Santa Rita Jail Continues to Face Allegations Regarding Mistreatment, Security, and Health Concerns

By Ceray Seaton DUBLIN, CALIFORNIA — A number of lawsuits have been filed against Alameda County’s Santa ...

By Ceray Seaton DUBLIN, CALIFORNIA — A number of lawsuits have been filed against Alameda County’s Santa Rita Jail concerning the rumored mistreatment of incarcerated people and the facility’s inabili ...

November 10, 2022
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Berkeley Councilmember Proposes Ordinance that Would Outlaw Discriminatory 911 Calls

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: November 03, 2022
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Berkeley Councilmember Proposes Ordinance that Would Outlaw Discriminatory 911 Calls

By Gibran Khalil BERKELEY, CA – On October 11, 2022, Berkeley Councilmember Kate Harrison proposed an ord ...

By Gibran Khalil BERKELEY, CA – On October 11, 2022, Berkeley Councilmember Kate Harrison proposed an ordinance at the Berkeley City Council meeting to prohibit discriminatory calls to law enforcement ...

November 03, 2022
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Guest Commentary: To Be or Not to Be – Davis’ So-Called ‘Progressives’

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|Date: October 29, 2022
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Guest Commentary: To Be or Not to Be – Davis’ So-Called ‘Progressives’

By Darryl Rutherford I was unanimously appointed to the City’s Planning Commission six years ago, fulfill ...

By Darryl Rutherford I was unanimously appointed to the City’s Planning Commission six years ago, fulfilling my desire to serve this community in hopes of promoting progressive affordable housing as w ...

October 29, 2022
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California Firearm Groups Aim to Challenge Bill Modeled After Texas Anti-Abortion Law

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: October 21, 2022
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California Firearm Groups Aim to Challenge Bill Modeled After Texas Anti-Abortion Law

BY HUEY COLLETTE CALIFORNIA - California firearm advocates seek to challenge Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Senate B ...

BY HUEY COLLETTE CALIFORNIA - California firearm advocates seek to challenge Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Senate Bill 1327. The CA law attempts to rebuke Texas’ anti-abortion litigation, allowing citizens to s ...

October 21, 2022
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President Biden Pardons Thousands Convicted of Marijuana Possession

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: October 19, 2022
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President Biden Pardons Thousands Convicted of Marijuana Possession

By Laurel Spear DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA – In a video statement released on Twitter on Oct. 6, 2022, Presiden ...

By Laurel Spear DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA – In a video statement released on Twitter on Oct. 6, 2022, President Joe Biden announced he was pardoning all Americans convicted of simple marijuana possession u ...

October 19, 2022
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‘Lunar New Year Now a California Holiday’: Berkeley Students on Newsom’s New Bill

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: October 17, 2022
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‘Lunar New Year Now a California Holiday’: Berkeley Students on Newsom’s New Bill

By Karen Ha Gov. Newsom recently signed AB 2596, which officially enshrines Lunar New Year–histori ...

By Karen Ha Gov. Newsom recently signed AB 2596, which officially enshrines Lunar New Year–historically celebrated by many Asian American students–as a holiday into California law. While the ma ...

October 17, 2022
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Student Opinion: Baltimore Prosecutors Drop Charges against Adnan Syed

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: October 12, 2022
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Student Opinion: Baltimore Prosecutors Drop Charges against Adnan Syed

By Gibran Khalil BALTIMORE, MD – After the decision in mid-Sept. from a Baltimore judge to overturn the c ...

By Gibran Khalil BALTIMORE, MD – After the decision in mid-Sept. from a Baltimore judge to overturn the conviction of Adnan Syed for the 1999 murder of high school student Hae Min Lee, Baltimore prose ...

October 12, 2022
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U.S. Department of Justice Asks Supreme Court Not to Take American Samoa Citizenship Case

Posted by Ariel Peterson
|Date: September 17, 2022
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U.S. Department of Justice Asks Supreme Court Not to Take American Samoa Citizenship Case

By Ariel Peterson WASHINGTON, D.C.—Last month, United States Solicitor General Elizabeth B. Prelog ...

By Ariel Peterson WASHINGTON, D.C.—Last month, United States Solicitor General Elizabeth B. Prelogar submitted a brief to the Supreme Court urging the court not to grant certiorari for Fitisema ...

September 17, 2022
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