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Who can beat Wiener?

Inside the congressional competition to claim Pelosi’s seat and stop the heir apparent

I got the chance to interview each candidate, discussing key issues — the future of the Democratic Party, Trump, Israel, higher education and more — to identify who will be the leader of the post-Pelosi order.

‘No such thing as a nuclear free zone’

The race to overturn Berkeley’s nuclear ban

It’s been 50 years since California voters enacted a landmark moratorium on the construction of new nuclear power plants, and nuclear research has advanced since — but has public opinion?

At Berkeley, dropping out is the new graduating

Dropping out was barely in college students’ lexicon a decade ago, but now it’s a badge of ambition.

Inside the beehive

The political inefficacy of CALPIRG

When CALPIRG’s hiring team approached me in the spring of my freshman year, I was as bright-eyed and enthusiastic about the work as anyone.

‘A chilling effect’

California lawmakers’ silent war on campus speech

If you’re a UC Berkeley student reading this, open CalCentral. You will notice that there is a new task waiting for you called “Civil Rights and Open Expression.”

Inside UC Berkeley’s Christian ‘cults’

For all its Nobel Prizes, research opportunities and history of activism, UC Berkeley wrestles with the realities of its size.

Who holds the cards?

In conversation with Rich Lyons and Abigail Verino on the state of UC Berkeley

Over the past year, higher education in the United States has come under attack.

Agents of abundance and the apocalypse

My day at an agentic AI summit

Over the past couple of years, artificial intelligence, or AI, advocates have dreamt of an abundant future. Recently, a counter narrative has been gaining momentum.

Sex, Huey Newton and the National Guard

My time with the Berkeley Barb

It was through a reunion and conversations with former Berkeley Barb members that I began to understand how the city came to be constructed and captured, in part by the Barb, as a “cartoonishly leftist” place.

Progressive aesthetics, nostalgic realities

Why your rent is $2000

A clear disconnect has emerged between Berkeley’s progressive aesthetics and the reality of living in the city without access to enormous wealth.