Politics & society

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four headshots of Robert Reich, Maria Echaveste, Janet Napolitano and Angela Glover Blackwell

Berkeley Talks: The future of American democracy

November 1, 2024

paired campaign-event images of Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic candidate for president, and former president Donald Trump, the Republican candidate

A close presidential election could turn ‘messy’ — and maybe worse, scholars say

October 31, 2024

a person stops to watch a screen displaying the US Presidential debate between Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and former US president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

Election 2024: Berkeley scholars explore the complex dynamics of a historic campaign

October 25, 2024

The White House in Washington D.C. at night, illuminated with lights and with a fountain in the foreground shooting water into the air.

Anxious about the election? UC Berkeley psychologists explain how to cope

October 24, 2024

A still of Raka Ray, the dean of sociology at UC Berkeley, next to a superimposed photo of a man holding a magnifying glass

Sociologists are the detectives of the social world, says UC Berkeley dean of social sciences

October 23, 2024

illustration featuring two views of the U.S. Capitol, mirror images in red and black

In a time of bitter polarization, Berkeley researchers find a promising solution

October 18, 2024

People wait in line to vote in polling booths.

Public trust in U.S. elections is decreasing. But should it be?

October 15, 2024

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

“Altruistic” doctors put patients before profits — and achieve better results, study finds

October 11, 2024

An early education teacher, holding an open books, sits cross-legged as she reads to a small group of toddlers.

Poverty-level wages pose urgent problem for U.S. childcare, study finds

October 9, 2024

The U.S. capitol dome against a backdrop of dark clouds

New Berkeley center seeks “to make American democracy better”

October 9, 2024

A satellite view of a hurricane over the southern United States.

Study links hurricanes to higher death rates long after storms pass

October 9, 2024

An electric vehicle at a charging station.

Electric vehicle tax credits cut pollution but may not be cost-effective, study finds

October 7, 2024

A woman with long hair stands at a podium and smiles at people seated nearby.

How UC Berkeley researchers are making online spaces safer for all

September 30, 2024

two women, left and center, listen to a third woman at right who is talking and gesturing

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

September 23, 2024

Two students hold an Israeli flag and two students hold up a Palestinian flag standing next to one another on the Berkeley campus with at least one hundred students on Sproul Plaza in the background

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

September 20, 2024

A helicopter drops a large amount of water onto a forest fire

UC Berkeley researchers simulate how wildfires spread through communities

September 17, 2024

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