Politics & society

North Korea’s official propaganda promotes idea of racial purity and moral superiority, scholar says

February 19, 2010

Study finds significant non-union impacts for proposed tax on “Cadillac” health plans

February 18, 2010

Architecture professor heads to Haiti with U.N. team

February 16, 2010

Climate change: ‘Berkeley has a special obligation’

February 1, 2010

Couples who say “we” have a better shot at resolving conflicts

January 27, 2010

Disability may be on the rise again after 20-year decline

December 21, 2009

University of Tokyo, UC Berkeley to exchange scholars in cosmology, other areas

December 18, 2009

Social scientists build case for ‘survival of the kindest’

December 8, 2009

CPUC taps Vial Center to study state’s green jobs needs

December 8, 2009

Untraditional students of the world: UC Berkeley, with 20 Gilman Scholars, is one of the nation’s top recipients of study-abroad award for the cash-strapped and underrepresented

December 3, 2009

Cutting greenhouse pollutants could directly save millions of lives worldwide

November 25, 2009

Leading while black: Scholars assess the ‘de-racialized’ Obama White House, and Michelle’s makeover as ‘Mommy in Chief’

November 23, 2009

Climate change could boost incidence of civil war in Africa, study finds

November 23, 2009

Some of us may be born more empathetic, new study suggests

November 16, 2009

Hunger gets a seat at Berkeley’s table: Dinner highlights student-led campaign to drive home the issue of global food inequities

November 13, 2009

How to solve California’s fiscal crisis? First, don’t think of an elephant: Berkeley linguist George Lakoff aims to break legislative gridlock by reframing the budget debate statewide, and restoring majority rule in Sacramento

November 12, 2009