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Since the passing of the 14th Amendment in 1868, the Supreme Court has used the Equal Protection Clause to prevent discrimination and segregation on the basis of race, sex, and more tentatively, sexual orientation. After the court’s most recent decisions, religion has more closely aligned with such protected classes.

Amid concerns about efforts to undermine the U.S. electoral process during the pandemic, Berkeley is expanding residents’ opportunities to cast their ballots.

Coercing students to attend lectures amid a pandemic on what is likely to be the most pivotal Election Day of our lives would be voter suppression.

The 2020 election is just one election, but the aftermath of its results will last much longer than just one presidency. Cast your ballot.

If you feel uncomfortable meeting up with friends amid the pandemic, use some of these respectful ways to decline invitations to hang out.

Whether it’s to keep in touch with your grandma who doesn’t own a cellphone or to express your political beliefs and demands to our government, mailing a letter can be a very worthwhile activity.

If some social distancing will need to continue past November, voting by mail should not be the measure of the moment: It should become the new normal.

We're not proposing we host Thanksgiving 2017 in the Level D West section of the library, but we do need a little somethin' somethin'.

A North Berkeley resident discovered almost 100 voter guides in a Berkeley recycling bin last week that were still bound together and allegedly never delivered, prompting a federal investigation into the incident, Berkeleyside reported Tuesday.

Orange safety fencing supported by bollards cordons off an area that once housed tents, a box containing free clothing and a mayoral campaign headquarters during a 17-month-long occupation outside the Berkeley Main Post Office.