It’s Leap Day. You ready to Leap Forward? You think we can dramatically improve life for those who heretofore have been held back? I understand why you wouldn’t think it possible. For two generations, we’ve been convinced there is not enough to go...
Two of the most important books on race released in 2015, the exhumed novel, Go Set A Watchman, Harper Lee’s sequel to the award-winning classic, To Kill a Mockingbird, and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates’ long-form letter to his teenage son, Between the...
In its Doing Business Report 2014, the World Bank Group asserted the goal of its "Doing Business" project is to end global poverty and create shared prosperity for all through investments in agriculture, and to deliver a body of knowledge that allows...
On January 16, 2016, President Barack Obama signed an order declaring a state of emergency in Flint, Michigan. [i] It was not because of a tornado or hurricane, flooding or landslides, as was the case in South Carolina or Mississippi a few weeks...
January 8, 2016 In a sign of severe political and financial upheaval, and after years of ongoing economic instability, Puerto Rico defaulted on $174 million this week — a portion of the country's total debt measured at $74 billion. “It’s very simple...
December 31, 2015 Dear friends, "Identity"—Dictionary.com's "Word of the Year"—was undoubtedly one of the most popular topics of 2015. As what has been called " the year of identity" draws to a close, issues of race remain at the forefront of our...
Photo Credit: Taz + Belly, Creative Commons License By john a. powell, Director of the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society How does one make sense of a U.S. presidential candidate calling for the banning of Muslims entering the country...
Islamophobia is contingent upon the construction and reification of a homogenized Muslim “other” who should be viewed suspiciously, scrutinized, dehumanized, and excluded from “our” societies.
September 09, 2015 By Miriam Zuk Whoever thought rent control would be making a comeback after 30+ years? Especially in California, a state that essentially ended the ability of jurisdictions to apply strict rent controls with the passage of the...
Twenty-five years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Paul Hippolitus, Director of the Disabled Students Program at UC Berkeley, talks about his work in the disability field for the past 44 years. Prior to coming to Berkeley...
In 1990, Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), legislation that attempted to outline and enforce policies to break down barriers for people with disabilities in modern American society. Before the passage of the ADA, persons with...
15406523566_6ba635a354_o.jpg Katie Steinle’s death is a tragedy. Steinle is the 32-year-old woman allegedly killed by a gunshot wound inflicted by Jose Inez Garcia-Zarate—often referenced under the alias Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez (“Sanchez”) [1]...
By: Ry Walker Is it possible to be both socially conscious and happy? This is the question I continue to ask myself. After having officially completed the first half of my college career, I can say that I have changed drastically. I have figuratively...
What I began as a review of Cynthia Kaufman’s Getting Past Capitalism has transformed into something both intellectually thrilling and personally significant. In this regard, Professor Kaufman’s text is a fantastic success. For anyone, like myself...
This post originally appeared on the Berkeley Blog. Housing remains the centerpiece of the American Dream. Housing is not only a place to live, but is also a conduit and hub to an array of public and private resources, from neighborhood and community...
The Asian Pacific American Religions Research Initiative is delighted to welcome Simran Jeet Singh to the UC Berkeley campus. Dr. Singh is Executive Director of the Religion and Society Program at the Aspen Institute and the author of the national...
See our playlist below which includes all our videos from the 2024 Othering & Belonging Conference, which took place April 25-27 in Oakland, CA! To select a video from the playlist click on the button in the top right corner of the video player...
