Politics

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Someone Had to Go First

By Pat Joseph

Berkeley Law’s Claudia Polsky on taking Trump to court

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Q/A: Speaking Out for Science

By Pat Joseph

Nobelist Randy Schekman on the State of Scientific Research in the U.S.

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Q&A: Noura Erakat’s Long Fight

By Hussain Khan, M.J. ’25

The author and human rights attorney on Berkeley activism and what keeps her advocating for Palestinians.

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Five Questions

By Margie Cullen, M.J. ’22

David Hausman, co-director of the Deportation Data Project and assistant professor at Berkeley Law

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Please Don’t Call Me a Liberal

By Leah Worthington

Q&A with historian Kevin Schultz, author of Why Everyone Hates White Liberals (Including White Liberals)

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Erwin Chemerinsky on Testing the Limits of Presidential Power

By Nathalia Alcantara

The UC Berkeley Law dean breaks down the Supreme Court's game-changing ruling on birthright citizenship.

Quinn-Davidson using a drip torch to ignite a controlled burn in a forest. Marcus Hanschen

The Burn Boss

By Coby McDonald, M.J. ’17

Lenya Quinn-Davidson is spearheading a UC-backed movement that empowers California citizens to fight fire with fire

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Universities in the Crosshairs

By Margie Cullen, M.J. ’22

How the Trump Administration is gunning for higher education everywhere, UC included

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It’s the Eggs, Stupid

By Katherine Blesie ’21

Turns out, feelings about grocery bills influence votes more than the broader economy.

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Q&A: Saving Democracy

By Tom Kertscher

Professor of Democracy Lucan Way says the U.S. has entered a period of competitive authoritarianism.