Press Releases

African Food Sovereignty Working Group at Cal The Center for African Studies and the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society at UC Berkeley will launch the African Food Sovereignty Working Group at Cal on February 3. The African Food...

The Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society and the Economic Policy Institute jointly filed an amicus brief (friend of the court) of 62 housing scholars in the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. the Inclusive Communities...

by Stephanie Llanes and Rasheed Shabazz | October 30, 2014 The year 2014 marks half a century since the War on Poverty sought to integrate the New Deal and expand opportunity for all. On Oct. 16-17, the Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice...

by Rasheed Shabazz | September 17, 2014 Prof. john powell kicked off the 2014 Ruth Chance Lecture series on Sept. 15. This year’s lecture series is themed, “The Next 50,” marking the 50-year anniversaries of the Civil Rights Act, launch of the War on...

by Rasheed Shabazz | October 7, 2014 MADISON, Wis. – Over 500 people attended the 13th YWCA Madison’s Racial Justice Summit on October 2-3 in Wisconsin’s capital city. The two-day event brought together community advocates, nonprofit and government...

Brief Filed in California Supreme Court to Protect Inclusionary Zoning Laws April, 2014: The Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society at University of California, Berkeley was a key contributor to an amicus (friend of the court) brief filed in...

This nation’s commitment to fair housing and integrated living patterns is in peril in a critical case reviewed by the United States Supreme Court this term. The Civil Rights Act of 1968, known as the Fair Housing Act, was enacted only after the...

Director john powell has been featured as a part of the Bioneers Radio Series, "The Bioneers: Revolution From the Heart of Nature." Description: PROGRAM #: BIO 13-33 - RELEASE: August 13, 2013 One Percent Solutions: Climate Disruption, Fossil...

Gara LaMarche is a Senior Fellow at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. In the Spring 2013 semester, he is the first Visiting Scholar at the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society at the University of...

For much of the 20th century, California was at the forefront of eugenic ideology and practices in the United States, and California holds the dubious distinction of being the state with the highest number of eugenic sterilizations performed under...

The Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society at UC Berkeley, the Equal Justice Society, and the law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati have jointly filed a brief in the United States Supreme Court asking the Court to uphold the University of Texas’ race-conscious admissions policy.