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One Saturday, Natasha Simpson, a Disability Fellow at Phat Beets, hosted a workshop about why disability justice matters to food justice.

UC Berkeley economist Jesse Rothstein will receive a research grant from the Washington Center for Equitable Growth to study student school finance reform and educational equity. Nine distinguished scholars will receive grants to study the possible...

Natalia Reyes, a fellow working on Communications, interviewed Magali Duque, a fellow working on the Global Food System Project. Natalia: How did you initially become interested in issues of inequality? Magali: It’s difficult to pinpoint the exact...

Last week the House of Representatives Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan issued a report on opportunity and poverty in America that has sparked an important national conversation. As a putative Presidential contender for 2016, Rep. Ryan’s...

July 24, 2014 Declaring “Water is a Human Right,” hundreds marched in the streets of Detroit on July 18 to protest the city shutting off water services for thousands of residents too poor to pay their utility bills. Since March of this year, the...

Seven years have passed since immigration reform failed in Congress, and little has been done to address what the United States and its people acknowledge as one of the most important issues facing 21st century America and the world. An emergent...

Monica (center) conducts an energy audit with members of Summer of Solutions: Oakland. Natalia Reyes, a fellow working on Communications, interviewed Monica Elizondo, a fellow working on the Global Food System Project and the Historical Roots of...

When I close my eyes and think about the happiest, most peace-filled place, I envision my parents’ home in Georgia. Every spring, birds would build nests on our porch. I would spend hours watching them hatch and play. During the summer my dad loved...

The Haas Institute applauds Judge Scheindlin’s 193 page opinion and order on Tuesday holding that the New York City Police Department’s ‘stop and frisk’ practices are unconstitutional. The opinion emphasizes the ways in which these practices target...

A few months ago, Comcast announced a $45 billion deal to purchase Time Warner. Although much of the initial commentary focused on the potential effect this proposed merger would have in the cable television market (since Comcast and Time Warner are...

As part of his nationwide book tour, French economist Thomas Piketty stopped on campus and in San Francisco last week to speak to overflowing lecture halls. The lecture I attended in San Francisco quickly filled to capacity, and the enthusiasm in the...

When I was in high school, I wore combat boots with white laces, cuffed jeans, a studded belt, a ripped t-shirt, and I dyed my hair green. After the last bell and before my job stocking shelves, I hung out with a small crew of skinheads from another...

It is that time to pause and think about the incredible life and contributions of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., oftentimes referred to as MLK. He was named Michael King Jr. after his father — who later changed both their names to Martin...

On December 5th, the world lost not only a wise and inspiring leader, but a wonderful person in Nelson Mandela. Touching virtually all of our lives, he not only changed the course of world history, but he left us with a vision for change that we must...

Sadia Saifuddin, the newly elected Student Regent-Designate for the UC system, clearly encompasses all the qualities of a leader on the rise. She was elected last spring and soon after, was rather viciously criticized for her support of the...