Politics & society

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Education

Bridging divides: from anger and mistrust to belonging — and hope

As UC Berkeley celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement, it is emerging as a national leader in developing science-based practices that nurture constructive dialogue. The goal: Cool tensions, promote understanding and ease polarization.

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Campus & community

Berkeley Talks: Legal scholars on free speech challenges facing universities today

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Politics & society

UC Berkeley researchers simulate how wildfires spread through communities

Coches manejan a través de esmog en un autopista de California

Mind & body

California ha mejorado la calidad del aire, pero persisten las desigualdades raciales/étnicas

Cars drive through smoggy air on a California highway

California has dramatically improved its air quality, but racial disparities persist

huge plumes of smoke billow into the sky over New York City's buildings after the terrorist attack on 9/11/2001

9/11 shaped the U.S. in unimaginable ways. This class helps Gen Z students grasp how

photo illustration showing, on left, two U.S. men in 2024 offering the Nazi salute, and on right, hundreds of Nazis offering the same salute in 1930s Germany.

Fascism shattered Europe a century ago — and historians hear echoes today in the U.S.

A crowd of supporters holding signs and wearing Trump-branded shirts cheer as Donald Trump, blurred in the foreground, walks onto a stage.

Sociologist examines Appalachian voters’ rightward shift, with Trump as their ‘shame shield’

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Berkeley Law launches democracy center named for influential former dean

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Easing bail policy does not lead to increased crime, report finds

Vice President. Kamala Harris wears a serious expression as she stands before a pair of microphones

Kamala Harris’ hidden foe: pervasive bias against powerful middle-aged women

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Reforestation is more cost-effective than previously thought, study finds

an illustration showing firearm bullets, a city, and a community garden, as if to indicate the ways that gun violence is connected to the built environment and public policy

UC Berkeley course explores gun violence as a public health issue

A white squirrel with red eyes faces the camera with a nut in it’s paws.

How color shapes which animals we fear — and which we protect

Kamala Harris speaking at a campaign rally in Atlanta, Georgia, with a crowd of people cheering behind her.

A UC Berkeley linguist explores what Kamala Harris’ voice and speech reveal about her identity

Haunting informal portrait of Omar Gómez Trejo, in deep shadows but with a few slashes of sunlight across his face and shoulders

Mexican prosecutor Omar Gómez Trejo finds safe harbor at Berkeley’s Human Rights Center

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