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Berkeley

UnderCompensated Workers – Cecily Miller

Students here at UC Berkeley are incredibly privileged. We take classes and attend lectures with some of the most renowned academics in the world, on one of the most beautiful campuses in the world. We get manicured lawns on which to relax outside, classrooms ranging from high-tech lecture halls to intimate discussion venues, … [more]

Drop in Minority Enrollment: Losing Diversity at Cal – Pamela Bachilla

Since the implementation of race-neutral admissions policies by the University of California, minority enrollment across the UC system has not dipped. Instead, minority students have been routed, in large number, to the less competitive UC campuses. [more]

Civil Rights

Segregation in CA Prisons: Separate and Overrepresented – Inga Bergel

Is the practice of housing inmates of different races in different cells a preventative measure for prison violence or an unconstitutional example of racial segregation? That is the question at the center of California’s longstanding policy of racially segregating its prisoners that was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court on February 23. [more]

A Difference of 1,000+ Rights: Why Marriage (In)Equality Matters – Jimmy Tiehm

Here’s a mathematical puzzle for all of you UC Berkeley scholars: Is zero greater than, less than or equal to 1,049? The answer seems glaringly obvious, but for many, the puzzle is not so simple. [more]

International

Rejecting Kyoto: The Rest of the World is Not Enough – Aric Wong and Sarah Edwards

On February 16, 2005 the Kyoto Protocols went into effect, holding 141 countries responsible for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions by an average of five percent over the course of the next seven years. A joint effort by the world to reduce global warming, only three major industrial nations have refused … [more]

Crimes Against Humanity – Sarah Edwards

For every step environmental lawyer and Camelot heir Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr. travels promoting his new book, Crimes Against Nature, the Bush administration takes two steps backward, in the direction of polluted air, filthier water, and depleted natural resources. [more]

America: A Declining Power? – Jamie Beard

On November 9, 1989, the world stood transfixed near family television sets and radios as news of the fall of the Berlin Wall streamed over the airwaves. Only days later, the same airwaves carried news of the fall of East Germany. [more]

Domestic Issues

One is the Loneliest Number: America Joins World on Juvenile Death Penalty – Nathan Schneider and Sarah Edwards

The United States has finally ended its status as the only nation in the world to allow the death penalty for crimes committed by minors. On March 1, a closely divided Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in Roper v. Simmons to outlaw the death penalty for crimes committed by offenders under the age of 18. [more]

The National Budget: The President Sets the Wrong Tone for 2005 – Scott Lucas

President Bush’s annual budget, like all national budgets, is a statement of the nation’s priorities. As such, we deserve a budget that improves America’s schools, keeps our environment safe, protects our streets, and reduces the national debt. However, Bush’s plan fails at all of these issues. [more]