Opinion

A lone wolf walks through yellow grassland

Opinion

What we really need in the fight against extinction

In a new Op-Ed, UC Berkeley wildlife biologist Justin Brashares argues that “de-extinction efforts” like the resurrection of the dire wolf pull attention away from one of the gravest crises facing the planet.

a multistory museum with a brown lattice exterior pictured at night, with a white obelisk rising in the background.

Arts & culture

Executive actions aim to reshape America’s cultural institutions. UC Berkeley scholars react

Aileen Liu, Hernan Garcia, Christian Paiz and Arianne Eason sit in chairs on a dark stage and talk

Campus & community

Berkeley Talks: What is understanding? Berkeley scholars discuss

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Opinion

Does recognizing Juneteenth come at a cost?

candles in bags glow yellow as a person walks by

powell: Does diversity matter? In Tyre Nichols’ case, it didn’t

RowVaughn Wells, the mother of Tyre Nichols, a man beaten by Memphis police who died on Jan. 25, 2023, is surrounded by people holding candles in the dark. She is wearing warm clothes.

Herd: Pain from police killings is never-ending trauma for Black communities

What does being energy independent really mean?

two youth and an adult dressed in traditional Ukrainian outfits

Student Vitaliia Yaremko: ‘I’m more proud than ever to be Ukrainian’

Jesus Nazario, a Ph.D. student in ethnic studies.

Keeping alive our Indigenous cultures on Mother Language Day

Michael Drake stands wearing a suit and tie, smiling

President Drake: We stand in solidarity with Historically Black Colleges and Universities

A person in protective clothing walks through an empty 2,000-bed medical facility for COVID-19 patients in Iran.

COVID-19: What we should learn from this pandemic

Various GBO leaders stand under Sather Gate with signs that spell out the names of their student orientiation groups.

Rothstein: Why UC Berkeley — not Harvard — is America’s top university

Protestors holding up a unity sigh at an anti-Asian hate protest

How can Black and Asian American communities build power? Unity.

Rose Wilkerson smiles for the camera as a teenager

After Thoughts: ‘I’m American, regardless of how my ancestors got here’

A small business, maybe a restaurant with an open for business sign on the front window

An ambitious plan for California’s post-COVID economic recovery

Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier while officers hold onto the barrier and pull it back

Why were Trump loyalists allowed to storm the Capitol?

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