By Jack Galloway TEXAS – Democrats in Texas are giving Beto O’Rourke another chance. On Mar. 1, 2022, O’R ...
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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’Rourke, known to most Americans by his first name, won the Democratic primary for the Governor o ...
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 147: Jeffrey Baker Pepperdine Assistant Dean
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 147: Jeffrey Baker Pepperdine Assistant Dean
Jeffrey Baker grew up in the deep south and moved to teaching law school at Pepperdine’s Caruso School of ...
Jeffrey Baker grew up in the deep south and moved to teaching law school at Pepperdine’s Caruso School of Law where he heads up the Community Justice Clinic. Professor Baker discussed the differences ...
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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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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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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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Vanguard Social Justice Certificate Program – (New Ticketing Page)
Vanguard Social Justice Certificate Program – (New Ticketing Page)
By Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – Vanguard Media Group announced today the launch of a new certificate p ...
By Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – Vanguard Media Group announced today the launch of a new certificate program that includes a 10-course webinar series to train registrants about topics such as mass ...
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Berkeley Student Food Collective Reopens for 2021-2022 School Year
Berkeley Student Food Collective Reopens for 2021-2022 School Year
By Jack Galloway BERKELEY-- The Ber ...
By Jack Galloway BERKELEY-- The Berkeley Student Food Collective has reopened after over a year long pause in operations due to CO ...
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Filipinx Students Rally Against Doe Library Display That Centers White Supremacists
Filipinx Students Rally Against Doe Library Display That Centers White Supremacists
By Diana Ochoa BERKELEY, CA-- On Thursday, October 28, Filipinx stude ...
By Diana Ochoa BERKELEY, CA-- On Thursday, October 28, Filipinx students and faculty at UC Berkeley organized a rally on the steps of Doe Library, condemning the li ...
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Guest Commentary: Fixing Disparities in Police Stops Goes Beyond Bias
Guest Commentary: Fixing Disparities in Police Stops Goes Beyond Bias
By Gloria Partida The moments that have spurred social justice movements the furthest through time, unfor ...
By Gloria Partida The moments that have spurred social justice movements the furthest through time, unfortunately, have come at the cost of a person of color’s (POC’s) body. All have been horrendous, ...
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Ice Cream and Insistence: A Case of Overcriminalization for Black Women in Oakland
Ice Cream and Insistence: A Case of Overcriminalization for Black Women in Oakland
By Sofia Abramsky-Sze Oakland-- Yvette Phillips-Aldama spent decades as a dedicated member of the Oakla ...
By Sofia Abramsky-Sze Oakland-- Yvette Phillips-Aldama spent decades as a dedicated member of the Oakland community-- serving as a spiritual leader in her Afro-Cuban religious community, sitting on ...
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Bill Passes to Address Asian-American Hate Crimes – Is It Enough?
Bill Passes to Address Asian-American Hate Crimes – Is It Enough?
By Meenu Pamula ATLANTA-- On March 16, 2021, in Atlanta, Georgia, a 21-year-old white man committed a ma ...
By Meenu Pamula ATLANTA-- On March 16, 2021, in Atlanta, Georgia, a 21-year-old white man committed a mass shooting, killing eight people, six of whom were women of Asian-American descent. Because of ...
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Vaccine Distribution in California: Is it Equitable?
Vaccine Distribution in California: Is it Equitable?
By Meenu Pamula BERKELEY-- With the recent increase in available effective COVID-19 vaccines in the Unit ...
By Meenu Pamula BERKELEY-- With the recent increase in available effective COVID-19 vaccines in the United States, millions of Americans feel as though they can see the light at the end of the prover ...
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Newsom Nominates Prison Reform Advocate and Assemblymember Rob Bonta for Attorney General
Newsom Nominates Prison Reform Advocate and Assemblymember Rob Bonta for Attorney General
By Kritika Singh SACRAMENTO — In March 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom nominated Democratic Assemb ...
By Kritika Singh SACRAMENTO — In March 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom nominated Democratic Assemblyman Rob Bonta for the position of attorney general, a widely-celebrated nomination amongst pr ...
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Lending an Ear to International Students: What They Need from Campus Administrators During COVID
Lending an Ear to International Students: What They Need from Campus Administrators During COVID
By Nicole Chodor This is a follow up on the March 9 article on the same topic. To read the initial arti ...
By Nicole Chodor This is a follow up on the March 9 article on the same topic. To read the initial article, click here. BERKELEY-- Content Warning: Death. In February 2021, universities nationwide ...
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STUDENT OPINION: Reflecting on Women’s History Month and How ‘Badly-Behaved’ Women Have Made History
STUDENT OPINION: Reflecting on Women’s History Month and How ‘Badly-Behaved’ Women Have Made History
By Naomi Cherone There have been significant inroads made by women trailblazers in American history—from ...
By Naomi Cherone There have been significant inroads made by women trailblazers in American history—from the colonial era to modern-day Women’s Rights Activism—yet the fight toward gender equity has o ...
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‘The Fight For Equitable Access’ – Student-Run Mutual Aid Project Seeks to Create Tangible Change at UC Berkeley
‘The Fight For Equitable Access’ – Student-Run Mutual Aid Project Seeks to Create Tangible Change at UC Berkeley
By Osvaldo Barba BERKELEY–– Through grassroots advocacy, Berkeley Mutual Aid Project (BMAP), a newly foun ...
By Osvaldo Barba BERKELEY–– Through grassroots advocacy, Berkeley Mutual Aid Project (BMAP), a newly founded student-run organization at UC Berkeley, seeks to provide aid to those in need. Since the b ...
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UCLA Teams Up with Stop AAPI Hate Coalition to Combat Anti-Asian Hate and Xenophobia Crisis as a Result of COVID-19
UCLA Teams Up with Stop AAPI Hate Coalition to Combat Anti-Asian Hate and Xenophobia Crisis as a Result of COVID-19
By Meghan Imperio The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has fueled a rise in xenophobia against Asian communities ...
By Meghan Imperio The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has fueled a rise in xenophobia against Asian communities across the country. Recently, this escalation of violent acts targeting Asian Americans and Pa ...
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