The recent detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a leader of the Gaza solidarity encampment at Columbia University, raises serious concerns about the suppression of political speech in America. Khalil, an ...

Society is bigoted and it is puritanical. The puritanism is not exclusive to the well-off. Many people who themselves have a disability are intolerant. They merely will find other things to hate.

Thursday March 13, 2025 is Earth Overshoot Day for the United States. Earth Overshoot Day is the day when humanity consumes more resources than the Earth can regenerate in a year. If the entire planet ...

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In Donald Trump’s ethics: the ends justify the means. Trump believes that if the outcome of a policy is good then the actions that produced are morally acceptable no matter how many people are hurt in ...

At 9:30 am Together Wee Play for children four and under. At 10 am the Council Budget Committee meets in the hybrid format. At 7 pm the Parks, Recreation and Waterfront Commission meets in person. At ...

Currently the City of Berkeley is divided into three fire zones with Fire Zones 2 and 3 designated as Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones.

Here’s an interesting four-part take on Berkeley politics which ran on San Francisco’s 48hills.org site. The author, Zelda Bronstein, is a Berkeley resident, a former Berkeley planning commissioner ...

The Senate has two bills. The first focuses on funds for Defense and Homeland Security. The second – scheduled for later in the year – features Trump’s tax cuts. It appears that, in March, the House ...

He accused Zelensky of “gambling with World War III” and demanded more gratitude, despite Zelensky’s repeated thanks for American support. To further insult Zelensky, a member of Trump’s handpicked ...