Posts by Lila Thulin

Business & economics

What does ‘late-stage capitalism’ really mean? UC Berkeley professor chronicles an ‘apocalyptic’ history

By outlining the 500-year evolution of our economic system in his new book, Trevor Jackson hopes to show it wasn’t inevitable.

Humanities

From designated hitters to robot umpires, how baseball has — and hasn’t — changed over its 200-year history

People

UC Berkeley Professor Darlène Dubuisson found ‘liberation’ in reading. It led her to study how Black people imagine better futures

Campus news

A UC Berkeley professor explains the thorny history of love, sex and marriage

Despite budget threats, UC Berkeley invests in six new tenure-track Asian American and Pacific Islands specialists

For 20 years, this UC Berkeley program has helped students who’ve been in foster care succeed

Wikipedia as resistance: This UC Berkeley class makes queer contributions visible - Audio

How the Terner Center for Housing Innovation shaped California’s decade of housing reform

‘Gender issues’ are being used as cover to erode democracy, UC Berkeley report finds

The history of vaccine hesitancy, from smallpox to COVID-19

What counts as ‘Asian American literature,’ anyway?

From AI to polar microbiology, here are 10 new UC Berkeley classes this semester

Her sisters — and growing up working class in Sacramento — inspired this student to push for climate justice

UC Berkeley hosts national symposium on how to serve students with disabilities

Three standout stories uncovered by the California Local News Fellowship

This Berkeley scholar wants everyone to understand what ‘structural racism’ really means

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