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Mind & body

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

UC Berkeley researchers found that taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages, coupled with media attention, coincided with significant changes in social norms around sugary drinks.

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Campus & community

Berkeley Talks: The future of American democracy

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Politics & society

UC Berkeley course explores gun violence as a public health issue

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

Politics & society

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

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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

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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

U.S. President Donald Trump, in a blue suit and red and white tie, speaks at a campaign event.

Even after new indictment, Trump has a path to the White House, analyst says

Dozens of bankers boxes, some possibly containing classified documents, stored on an unsecured Italianate stage at former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida.

Trump documents case ‘a national security issue of the first order,’ scholar says

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‘Climate Break’: A podcast focused on solutions to the climate crisis

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Berkeley political scientists chart a promising course to ease toxic polarization

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