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an eerie illustration, in stark red and black, of the US Capitol inverted and mirrored

Two-thirds of Californians believe US democracy is ‘under attack,’ says new Berkeley IGS Poll

July 10, 2025

line drawing of a woman with eerie-looking ghosts coming out the back of her partially missing head

When warnings never cease, can we still trust our instincts?

July 2, 2025

an illustration showing a crowd of people inside a head, with a cord and plug extending from the brain. The cord is unplugged from a US flag superimposed on a map of the nation.

‘We the people’ is a timeless ideal of American democracy. What’s gone wrong?

June 27, 2025

rows of packaged junk food in a grocery store

Berkeley Talks: How the tobacco industry drove the rise of ultra-processed foods

June 27, 2025

a female caregiver, apparently of middle age, feeds an elderly woman with a spoon

Proposed Medicaid cuts could have a ‘far-reaching, disproportionate’ impact on older workers

June 26, 2025

a brightly colored rendering of a paved walkway. Many people seem to be enjoying it, including a couple with a bike. There are trees of various opacities, and one has red dots that appear to be fruit. In the background, multicolored apartments can be seen as well as a basketball court and squat community building.

UC Berkeley teams nab top prizes at national affordable housing competition

June 23, 2025

A sign with the Statue of LIberty that says

New research says framing protests as fights for civil rights ‘backfires.’ So what might work?

June 20, 2025

An apparent Israeli missile strike left a smoking hole in the side of a building in Tehran, Iran. Smoke rises from the hole and from the window of a burned out unit nearby.

Berkeley scholar details “far-reaching implications” of Israel-Iran conflict

June 16, 2025

black-and-white photograph of women in traditional dress from East Asia walk across a bridge toward Angel Island in the early 1900s

Matrix Podcast: 150 years of border control

May 27, 2025

an older man, at left, confers in a medical office with a doctor (at right) who is holding out a prescription vial.

Proposed Medicaid cuts could have devastating impact in California, UC Berkeley analysts say

May 23, 2025

Nine students stand outside on the UC Berkeley campus, with the campanile visible in the background.

This university alliance is training students to strengthen tribal food, energy and water systems

May 22, 2025

arcing rows of empty chairs in a legislative chamber

Global study finds most people want gender-balanced government, even if quotas are needed

May 21, 2025

People standing in front of a room deliver a closing pitch about the platform SimpleGov.

In uncertain times, these UC Berkeley students are using tech to innovate democratic processes

May 14, 2025

David Wilson (left), dean of the Goldman School of Public Policy, talks at a public discussion event with Janet Napolitano, former U.S. secretary of homeland security and current faculty director of the UC Berkeley Center for Security in Politics.

Napolitano: U.S. deportation push raises “profound” constitutional issues

May 12, 2025

The dome of the California state capitol in Sacramento, with flags

Good news, bad news, in report on the state of California democracy

May 5, 2025

Dense housing in San Francisco

Berkeley Talks: In 1970, one in five Americans moved every year. Now it’s one in 13. What changed?

May 2, 2025