Creating Anchors: Ensuring Community Stability Through UC Berkeley as an Institution

August 19, 2014 Anchor institutions can play an important role in affecting societal change. From universities, such as the University of California, Berkeley, to hospitals and school districts, anchors have the capacity to change measures of four...

How Many Black Boys Have to Die?

August 15, 2015 By Stephen Menendian Protests in Ferguson, Mo. after an unarmed black teenager, Michael Brown, was shot and killed by Ferguson police. (Photo Credit: Southern Poverty Law Center) Although the “facts” are still in dispute, it’s not...

An Advocate Speaks: Why Disability Justice is Important for Food Justice

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 awarded research grant

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...

Fellow Magali Duque on Structural Inequalities, Robust Research, and Student Organizing

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...

Opportunity in America: The Problem with the Paul Ryan Plan

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...

Detroit’s Water Crisis: The Flood of Inequality

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...

Border Crisis: A Moral Failing in the Making

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...

Fellow Monica Elizondo on Food Justice, the Global Food System, and Learning through Research

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...

Crisis in Washington: Black and Latino families still suffering from housing crash

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...

‘Stop and Frisk’ Practices in New York City Violate Constitutional Rights in Targeting Racial Minorities

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...

The Digital Divide Redux: Broadband As a Critical Conduit for Opportunity

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...

Inequality In the Twenty-First Century

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...

Growing Up Thug

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...

King's Evolving Dream

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...

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Bridging Partnerships for Scaling Housing Justice

Register now Housing justice for all. To truly be for all, we need housing solutions at scale. Scaling just solutions that match what our communities want and need is about more than building more affordable housing units. It requires building...

2024: Building a World Where Everyone Belongs

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