Politics & society

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Side-by-side headshots of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.

In red state redistricting wars, Democrats have few good options, scholar says

September 15, 2025

A close-up of a child’s hand touching a white robotic hand.

Do chatbots have a moral compass? Researchers turn to Reddit to find out.

September 10, 2025

Protesting union workers on an urban street hold placards reading

California unionization rates steady despite nationwide decline, says new report

August 25, 2025

Janet Mencoz-Partida stands among the columns and arches in a portico of the California state Capitol, with a black and white tiled floor.

Young Berkeley idealists shape ‘real policy for real people’ in Sacramento

August 13, 2025

Disability leaders convene for the National Disability Cultural Centers Symposium and Justice Tour.

UC Berkeley hosts national symposium on how to serve students with disabilities

August 12, 2025

UC Berkeley Journalism student Erika Zaro interviews Berkeley education professor Travis Bristol in a studio as journalism professor Shereen Marisol Meraji watches wearing headphones

Berkeley Talks: Berkeley scholars unpack what’s at stake for U.S. democracy

August 8, 2025

A stack of files on top of a red stool.

New database makes public 1.5 million pages of once-secret California police records

August 4, 2025

an image of different newspaper and magazine dispensers — blue, red, evergreen, bright green, and red — along a street labelled

Three standout stories uncovered by the California Local News Fellowship

July 31, 2025

Lisa Garcia Bedolla clip

What is community-engaged research? Watch a professor explain in 101 seconds

July 31, 2025

Protesters hold up a sign that says

This Berkeley scholar wants everyone to understand what ‘structural racism’ really means

July 28, 2025

A Togolese farmer wearing a cap sits among tall corn plants, studying a smart phone, while a young man and a woman work among the plants.

Togo and UC Berkeley: A data science alliance to build a dynamic West African nation

July 25, 2025

an illustration showing a 100 dollar bill being torn in half with medical equipment and a person falling through the tear, indicating the way funding changes to medicaid will affect society

What do the looming cuts to Medicaid really mean?

July 22, 2025

a map of the United States with small clusters (representing counties) in colors from navy to gray. The navy clusters are especially common on the coasts, while the center of the country has larger, gray areas.

Who uses housing vouchers?

July 17, 2025

Ezra Klein

Berkeley Talks: Ezra Klein on building the things we need for the future we want (revisiting)

July 11, 2025

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

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