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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]...

Director john a. powell is featured in this video produced by AJ+ one year after Michael Brown's killing in Ferguson, Missouri.

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...

This post was originally published on the Berkeley Blog. Throughout the history of our nation, many faith traditions have led on social issues. Religious leaders and faith-based communities played a critical role in the abolitionist movement...

Editor's note: For a more recent article by professor john a. powell on the same topic published in response to the killing of George Floyd click here. --- July 15, 2015 By john a. powell At a recent training on implicit bias and targeted...

This article originally appeared on the Berkeley Blog. On April 28, 2015, the Supreme Court heard historic oral argument in a set of consolidated cases styled Obergefell v. Hodges involving state-level same-sex marriage bans. [1] The parties...

The Haas Institute published a “hopeful and speculative” essay arguing that Americans are poised to enter a new era of enduring prosperity led by African Americans and immigrants, those who previously have been held back.

Saddening and Inspiring—these are the two words that can best describe this past week for me. On June 17th, 2015, the lives of nine members of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina were stolen, taken away...