Local municipalities around the U.S. now have a road map to pursue housing reform through a first-of-its kind database created by the Terner Center for Housing...
On Feb. 10, the Berkeley Talks released the 161st episode of the podcast series, which featured women who were members of the Black Panther Party. In...
According to Byeongdon Oh, a postdoctoral researcher in the campus’ Social Sciences D-Lab, the pay disparity between Asian and white men on one side and Black men...
Now, after helping to guide the force through a time of crisis and rapid change, Pittman will become chief of the UC Berkeley Police Department. Starting...
"For so long, Black women have been excluded from the resources needed to have safe and healthy pregnancies. This funding will provide pregnant people with economic...
By Olivia Wynkoop | Bay City News Foundation A San Francisco-based guaranteed income program that gives monthly checks to pregnant Black women received $5 million to expand...
In early October, we saw the 30th anniversary of the Berkeley Indigenous People’s Day Powwow and Indian Market. In fact, Berkeley was the first city in...
Among many things, Mason Tillman Associates conducts disparity studies that show how equitably or inequitably governments distribute contracts to outside businesses. “We have been able to...
Newport, who is now in his mid-80s, was born in Rochester, New York. While living there, he was leader of the Monroe County Nonpartisan Political League,...
Sickle cell disease is a genetic blood disorder that affects the structure and function of hemoglobin, reduces the ability of red blood cells to transport oxygen...
We are part of a university that led the Free Speech Movement, a university that didn’t back down from a fight for justice, a university that,...
Among those who endorsed Oakland councilmember and council president pro tem Sheng Thao at the Wednesday press conference were California Attorney General Rob Bonta, Assemblymember Mia...
UC Berkeley Grad Continues to Bring International Economic Empowerment for Women
The attendance at each build event has, accordingly, increased each week (there were over 60 volunteers at the previous event) with over 800 high-quality purifiers assembled...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13) welcomed U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm last Friday to California’s 13th Congressional District for two events highlighting innovative responses to the global...
He loved to travel, read, promote science, technology and the environment, highlighting the accomplishments of African Americans in this country and throughout the African Diaspora.
In this last month, Newsom will be blamed for everything from the fires (PG&E is a better culprit if Mother Nature isn’t good enough for you);...
Willie Louis White passed peacefully at his home in El Sobrante on June 29, 2021, with Karen, his wife of 30 years, by his side.
Celebrating its 50th year anniversary this year, La Clínica’s sites are in the district's most underserved areas where the need for healthcare services is the highest so resources...
In a letter sent in August last year to Logusch, Wallace, and other 1921 Walnut Street tenants, UC Berkeley Real Estate Director Michelle De Guzman wrote,...
Graduating seniors from all over the Bay Area as well as continuing college students were recognized for their academic achievements by the member organizations.
In a historic settlement, the UC Regents agreed they would eliminate the SAT and the ACT from admissions and scholarship decisions through 2025.
President-elect Joe Biden tapped Alejandro N. Mayorkas, to head the Dept. of Homeland Security when his administration begins in January. Mayorkas, who is also known as...
In the mid-1960s, the University of California, Berkeley, started its Educational Opportunity Program to target underrepresented applicants and combat its history of discrimination. Unsurprisingly, this program...
Hosted by Davey D, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM will present an Eventbrite webinar called “Afropessimism” featuring author and professor Frank Wilderson III on Oct. 6, 2020,...