Beyond what’s normal
Stories from the Outside
Hope and imagination — aren’t these the first steps of any movement working toward a reality beyond what we deem “normal”?
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Pride means abolish the police
Sex on Tuesday
I remember my first Pride, and what it meant to me. But I am not nostalgic for it. I don’t want it again. I don’t have anything to mourn with its loss.
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After George Floyd, calls to repair ‘broken structures’ should include UCPD
For too long, a lack of accountability, militarization and galling practices of racial violence have marked the record of our campus force.
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UC Berkeley’s role in shaping modern police
It is high time to reconsider the long-standing, intimate relationship between UC Berkeley and the city’s police department.
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Partnerships, plural
Love in Conversation
Romantic and platonic aren’t organizing categories of relationships — they aren’t even poles on a spectrum.
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Real allies don’t just perform
Cal in Color
Being an ally means showing up when it counts. It means uplifting Black voices rather than trying to drown them out for the sake of appearing “woke.”
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What I learned at a Black Lives Matter protest
This movement will not end. What we crave more than ever is societal reform, which will seep into how police officers confront personal biases.
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Why you should stay in your city
For those contemplating leaving, remember that what becomes easier for the few who choose to flee becomes harder for the many forced to stay.
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All Americans should aid Black Lives Matter
NATIONAL AFFAIRS: All Americans must stand in solidarity with Black Lives Matter, take real action
Institutional racism is woven into business and government, art and science, medicine and media, our laws and our everyday lives.
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COVID consumption: A cold pill to swallow
American Pie?
Our consumer culture is exceedingly pervasive and the proof is in the pudding — or rather, the 20 different selections of pudding.
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