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UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies, or IGS, released its most recent poll on Californian voters and the threats to American democracy Saturday.

In November, California constituents will vote on Proposition 1, which would enshrine reproductive rights in the California constitution. Prop. 1 is necessary to protect freedom of choice and prevent further wrongful infringements on women’s rights.

Campus spokesperson Dan Mogulof discussed the recent People’s Park developments with People's Park Historic District Advocacy Group President Harvey Smith and Berkeleyside housing and homelessness reporter Supriya Yelimeli in a KQED forum Wednesday morning.

California stands out not only for its allowance of both local and statewide recall movements, but also for the frequency with which they occur.

Former campus archivist William Benemann was going through the Social Protest Collection in the Bancroft Library when he came across a mimeographed form from 1970 written by campus’s Gay Students Union. The form asked former California governor Ronald Reagan to attend the first openly-gay dance on campus after he told a KQED reporter that he hadn’t been invited.

“Deep and personal stories inspire me,” Soon said of his work. “I believe that there is tremendous strength in vulnerability. And I want my art to be a vessel of that.” 

Voting is powerful, and yes, your voice really does matter — but the right to vote has historically been kept out of some people’s hands.

UC Berkeley alumnus and outgoing California governor Jerry Brown is set to participate in Bancroft Library’s oral history project along with help from partner KQED.

Gov. Jerry Brown announced Friday that he had granted a pardon to Daniel Maher, the recycling program director at Berkeley's Ecology Center, along with 55 other people.

This afternoon, Berkeley City Council needs to vote “no” on allowing the Berkeley Police Department to use pepper spray as a crowd-control tool.