Kate Wolffe

On Wednesday, just days after the justice department reportedly began to investigate discrimination in schools related to affirmative action, Congresswoman Barbara Lee hosted a town hall in Oakland geared toward African American issues under the Trump administration.

A widening wealth gap, an overheated Central Valley and rising violent crime are at stake in California as the planet warms up, according to a recent study by campus researchers.

A long-brewing proposal for graduate students to form their own chapter of the University of California Student Association reached an impasse at the UCSA Board meeting July 9 when all graduate and professional representatives voted for the proposal, while undergraduate members unanimously against.

The California State Controller recently published data showing that compensation of fire and police personnel in Berkeley reached a high of about $313,000 in 2016.

Padda wasn’t out of the limelight quite yet. His speech, “A Sikh’s Graduation Speech to Unite the World,” has gone viral in the past month — over a million people have watched since it was shared by Upworthy in early June.

In its 149-year history, UC Berkeley has never had female leadership at the very top — until this year, with the appointment of Chancellor Carol Christ.

The ASUC Senate's inter-semester committee — which includes eight ASUC senators, senators-elect and the executive vice president designee — convened for the first time Wednesday evening to discuss legislation, including a bill to ease the path for exceptional new groups on campus to gain special funding.

I have to keep in mind that when I say I am American, here, I am a proxy representative of Trump’s policies, but also an extension of the marchers for women’s rights and those protesting hate speech at Berkeley.