Posts by Edward Lempinen

A line of young U.S. Army recruits, men and women of different races and ethnic backgrounds, stands in a line with right hands raised.

Campus news

‘The Diversity Principle’: Tracking the long history of a powerful idea

In a new book, UC Berkeley legal scholar David B. Oppenheimer unearths the surprising history of diversity in Western thought. While high-level critics are trying to bury the idea, he says, research shows that diversity is good for society.

A half-dozen East African women smile and laugh as they walk by farm fields

Business & economics

A bold calculation: What would it cost to end extreme poverty worldwide?

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, in handcuffs, is closely escorted by U.S. federal agents after his arrival in New York on Jan. 5, 2026.

Politics & society

Venezuela strike signals U.S. is ‘serious about reasserting dominance in Latin America,’ UC Berkeley scholar says  

An eerie nighttime crime scene, seen from above and from a distance, with an ambulance and police cars parked on the street.

Politics & society

When Americans migrate from violent states, the risk of future violence follows them

An informal portrait of retired U.S. District Court Judge Thelton Henderson, hands clasped, smiling thoughtfully

Thelton Henderson: Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act, the struggle continues

Gavin Newsom, wearing a blue suit and blue tie, stands unsmiling at a campaign rally behind a lectern that features a red sign and the words

How Prop. 50 could shift political representation in California, U.S.

an illustration, in shades of black, grey, blue-grey and rust-red, with three faces in profile, looking toward hills topped with wind turbines and a variety of buildings, including modest homes and high-rises.

Abundant California: A Berkeley initiative aims to break gridlock, meet human needs

Side-by-side headshots of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.

In red state redistricting wars, Democrats have few good options, scholar says

headshots of Elon Musk, Mark Zuckeerberg and Jeff Bezos

The ultra-rich are different from you and me. Their tax rates are lower. 

Rescue workers lead a disoriented and possibly injured woman from a Ukrainian shopping center targeted by Russian missiles.

Broad use of psychedelic MDMA could ease devastating psychological trauma in Ukraine, study says

A female teacher in a classroom holds a rabbit, surrounded by four young students.

At a low point in U.S. race relations, Black teachers are essential — and at risk 

Janet Mencoz-Partida stands among the columns and arches in a portico of the California state Capitol, with a black and white tiled floor.

Young Berkeley idealists shape ‘real policy for real people’ in Sacramento

A Togolese farmer wearing a cap sits among tall corn plants, studying a smart phone, while a young man and a woman work among the plants.

Togo and UC Berkeley: A data science alliance to build a dynamic West African nation

an eerie illustration, in stark red and black, of the US Capitol inverted and mirrored

Two-thirds of Californians believe US democracy is ‘under attack,’ says new Berkeley IGS Poll

an illustration showing a crowd of people inside a head, with a cord and plug extending from the brain. The cord is unplugged from a US flag superimposed on a map of the nation.

‘We the people’ is a timeless ideal of American democracy. What’s gone wrong?

a female caregiver, apparently of middle age, feeds an elderly woman with a spoon

Proposed Medicaid cuts could have a ‘far-reaching, disproportionate’ impact on older workers

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