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Politics & society

Berkeley Talks: Does democracy work?

UC Berkeley political scientist Henry Brady discusses how we got to a place of growing disillusionment with democracy, where so many mistrust the U.S. government and deride fellow voters’ ability to make informed decisions.

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Campus & community

Berkeley Talks: The transformation of US medical debt collection

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Research

What’s next for home insurance in California after the Los Angeles fires?

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Politics & society

What is ‘permanent supportive housing’?: an explainer from Berkeley’s Terner Center

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Bay Area soda taxes don’t just affect sales. They help change people’s minds.

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

Berkeley Talks: The future of American democracy

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

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

Michael Waldman and Maria Echeveste talk on stage in front of an audience

Berkeley Talks: How the Supreme Court divided America

A front-facing view of the U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court has ‘greenlighted the criminalization of homelessness,’ Berkeley experts say

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Amidst misinformation, critical thinking needs a 21st century upgrade

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Racial gap in air quality may persist under Biden program, study finds

A Berkeley expert’s guide to California’s social housing proposals

Berkeley leaders, scholars react to Supreme Court’s decision on affirmative action

Femi Ogundele smiles at the camera wearing a black shirt and blue blazer

Affirmative action: What can other schools learn from UC Berkeley’s experience?

Three Berkeley Law students, from left: Chantel Johnson, Paloma Sat-Vollhardt and Dan Hilborn are in an office, apparently looking at a screen, as they work on a video requesting clemency for a longtime client facing execution. All three students are working with the Human Rights Center. (Photo by Darius Riley)

Students at Death Penalty Clinic turn to video to make their case for justice

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