Politics & society

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huge plumes of smoke billow into the sky over New York City's buildings after the terrorist attack on 9/11/2001

9/11 shaped the U.S. in unimaginable ways. This class helps Gen Z students grasp how

September 11, 2024

photo illustration showing, on left, two U.S. men in 2024 offering the Nazi salute, and on right, hundreds of Nazis offering the same salute in 1930s Germany.

Fascism shattered Europe a century ago — and historians hear echoes today in the U.S.

September 9, 2024

A crowd of supporters holding signs and wearing Trump-branded shirts cheer as Donald Trump, blurred in the foreground, walks onto a stage.

Sociologist examines Appalachian voters’ rightward shift, with Trump as their ‘shame shield’

September 5, 2024

Casual portrait of Christopher Edley Jr. as he listens to someone during a conversation

Berkeley Law launches democracy center named for influential former dean

September 4, 2024

An empty courtroom, with wooden benches and chairs, elegant daylight from windows to the right

Easing bail policy does not lead to increased crime, report finds

August 28, 2024

Vice President. Kamala Harris wears a serious expression as she stands before a pair of microphones

Kamala Harris’ hidden foe: pervasive bias against powerful middle-aged women

August 15, 2024

A landscape with alternating grassy and forested patches.

Reforestation is more cost-effective than previously thought, study finds

August 15, 2024

an illustration showing firearm bullets, a city, and a community garden, as if to indicate the ways that gun violence is connected to the built environment and public policy

UC Berkeley course explores gun violence as a public health issue

August 13, 2024

A white squirrel with red eyes faces the camera with a nut in it’s paws.

How color shapes which animals we fear — and which we protect

August 13, 2024

Kamala Harris speaking at a campaign rally in Atlanta, Georgia, with a crowd of people cheering behind her.

A UC Berkeley linguist explores what Kamala Harris’ voice and speech reveal about her identity

August 6, 2024

Haunting informal portrait of Omar Gómez Trejo, in deep shadows but with a few slashes of sunlight across his face and shoulders

Mexican prosecutor Omar Gómez Trejo finds safe harbor at Berkeley’s Human Rights Center

August 2, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump in December, 2015, at a rally in Pennsylvania

After Trump’s election, women of color had more underweight, premature babies, study finds

July 25, 2024

dozens of tv screens showing various sporting events from the control room of the Beijing Olympics

What is lost — and gained — when Olympics coverage becomes a round-the-clock spectacle?

July 24, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks into a microphone outside of the White House, with a serious expression. President Joe Biden is to her side and slightly behind her, also looking serious.

Shifting from Biden to Harris, Democrats reset the race. But scholars see risks.

July 22, 2024

A firefighter points a hose at a burning structure, while orange flames blaze in the background.

Researchers reveal a hidden factor in California’s insurance crisis: The ‘winner’s curse’

July 18, 2024

At a table in the White House dominated by men, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lectures President Donald Trump

Berkeley scholar warns U.S. liberals: Either get tough, or get ready to lose

July 16, 2024

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