A few days ago, we woke up to a new world. Britain had voted to leave the European Union. Some were pleased, many were deeply concerned. What is likely is that many will be affected. Some wonder if the EU will survive.
Today the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled in favor of human rights—a victory for women all over the country. This time, the decision was in relation to reproductive rights and, specifically, the right to choose. In the United States...
Photo Credit: Joe Brusky via Flickr/CreativeCommons License Courts and Congress must find way to protect families from being torn apart # # # June 23, 2016: The Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society at UC Berkeley is alarmed and disturbed...
Amicus brief filed on behalf of 35 leading social scientists by Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, and Equal Justice Society, argued that UT Austin's admissions policy should be allowed to consider race...
Sunday, June 12, 2016 The news of the horrific mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando finds us in a state of stunned grief. The news that our brothers and sisters in the LGBTQ community were singled out and targeted for a hate crime of...
UC Berkeley Professor Ian Haney López teamed up with MoveOn.org Civic Action, Demos Action, and Inequality Media, to demonstrate how Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump relies on racism as a strategy to divide the country for the benefit...
Watch this video in Spanish. In this animated video voiced by Institute Director john a. powell, the differences between public and private space, and their alternatives are discussed as they relate to the circle of human concern. Through the...
This past fall, I was asked to be a keynote speaker at the University of Georgia’s (UNG) Great Latino Debate. The planning committee asked me to speak about “my success as a Latina in America.” At first, I struggled trying to figure out what I would...
This was originally published on the Economic Policy Institute's blog. Last week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a misleading report on school segregation, which I discussed with NAACP Legal Defense Fund President Sherrilyn Ifill...
This piece was originally published in our We Too Belong report and is part of our work in inclusive practices in immigration & incarceration. Jonathan Simon is an Adrian Kragen Professor of Law at UC Berkeley and a member of the Haas Institute’s...
This piece was originally published in our We Too Belong report and is part of our work in inclusive practices in immigration & incarceration. Syyen Hong is a currently incarcerated individual held at San Quentin Prison in California. He was...
This piece was originally published in our We Too Belong report and is part of our work in inclusive practices in immigration & incarceration. Madiha Khan is a senior at UC Berkeley studying Philosophy. Madiha shares her personal perspective as an...
This piece was originally published in our We Too Belong report and is part of our work in inclusive practices in immigration & incarceration. Janetta Johnson is the executive director of T ransgender, Gendervariant, Intersex Justice Project (TGI...
This piece was originally published in our We Too Belong report and is part of our work in inclusive practices in immigration & incarceration. Marlon Peterson is the founder of Precedential Group Social Enterprises, a social justice organizational...
T his piece was originally published in our We Too Belong report and is part of our work in inclusive practices in immigration & incarceration. Aparna Shah is the Executive Director of Mobilize the Immigrant Vote (MIV), a statewide, multi-ethnic...
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...
