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A group of Asian immigrants arrive at the Immigration Station on Angel Island in 1931

Politics & society

Berkeley Talks: The Page Act and the making of racialized US immigration control

A panel of UC Berkeley scholars unpack how the 1875 law helped institutionalize racially targeted exclusion at the border and laid the groundwork for the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act and later U.S. immigration laws.

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The housing crisis, explained in 101 seconds

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Business & economics

Is work the new religion in Silicon Valley? This UC Berkeley professor thinks so

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Politics & society

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

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

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

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New data shows Asian American and Pacific Islander voters support socialist policies more than the term ‘socialism’ itself

Berkeley Talks: Top Biden official calls for unity, ‘moral courage’ in public service

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.

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Reporting started at UC Berkeley’s Investigative Reporting Program leads to two new police reform laws

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Will the U.S attack Venezuela? Berkeley scholar sees uncertainty ahead

UC Berkeley lab will track China-U.S. AI competition — and risks

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What if canvassing was about listening, not changing minds?

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

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

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See how key racial disparities metrics in San Francisco have changed since 2000

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