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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., discussed threats to American democracy and the role of women’s leadership at former senator Barbara Boxer’s annual campus lecture Monday. 

Berkeley community members and campus students reflected on the impacts of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, which was signed into law Thursday.

The UC Berkeley Food Labor Research Center and One Fair Wage, or OFW, released a report analyzing how a higher minimum wage impacts the ability of small businesses and restaurants to stay open during the pandemic.

The nation’s low minimum wage could be costing the federal government more than $100 billion a year, a UC Berkeley Labor Center study published Thursday finds.

UC Berkeley is known as the home of the disability rights movement due to a rich history of student activism and advocacy.

If workers and employers, typically on opposite sides of the aisle, can unite, so too can legislators around needed relief for restaurants and workers.

Finishing with 90.02 %, Lee took an early and strong lead ahead of Piterman, who received 9.98 %. Both candidates will appear on the November ballot, due to state law.

A proposed resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives could help alleviate homelessness by increasing resources available to state and local communities. House Resolution 5609, the Homelessness Emergency Declaration Act, was introduced by Rep. Josh Harder, D-Modesto.

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) led a team of 16 senators to introduce a resolution that would designate April 11 to 17 Black Maternal Health Week, in an effort to raise awareness about the Black maternal health crisis.

BART uses ShakeAlert to detect initial, nondamaging waves called P-waves. This allows the system to prepare for the stronger S-waves — which can cause major damage — and slow and stop trains.