By investing in fossil fuels, the California State Teachers’ Retirement System is complicit in environmental racism and climate chaos. CalSTRS is the public pension fund for California public school teachers.
Sexual harassment has long had deep, twisted roots in Berkeley High School student culture. The constant pattern of harm is revealed about every four years in a breaking point incident of sexual assault at the school.
As several high profile cases of police brutality cause public outrage, including the murder of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant and 13-year-old Adam Toledo, the call to “jail killer cops” has been growing in popularity.
A few months ago, scientists across the globe brought us a miracle. In record time, they managed to produce a series of vaccines, each highly protective against severe COVID-19 and death.
“Can American Values Survive in a Chinese World?” asked one Foreign Policy headline. “This Is Not Dystopian Fiction. This Is China,” proclaimed another from The New York Times.
As the Berkeley community celebrates the holidays after a tumultuous and tragic year, generosity and gratitude are needed more than ever. Berkeley has a robust culture of charity and donation, amplified by the increasing affluence of the community over the years.
Election Day’s rapid approach has birthed the latest of the social media trends: the “Biden vs. Trump” poll. In an effort to weed out Trump supporters, Berkeley High School students have taken to asking followers to choose between the two candidates on their Instagram stories.
October is Chicanx Latinx Heritage month, which rightfully brings forth a lot of pride and celebration. During this month, all people who identify as Latinx are encouraged to represent their unique and diverse identities, while remembering the history and struggles behind them.
As self-isolation in the Bay Area begins its sixth month, our community has adjusted to this new reality. Leaving the house armed with masks and sanitizer, spending your day glued to a computer screen for work, only to FaceTime your friends, watch TV, and scroll through social media for a while before bed; this has
The recent announcement of the departure of Berkeley High School’s principal, Erin Schweng, has brought to light the fact that within memorable history, BHS seems to have not had a principal last longer than a graduating class.
With the recent COVID-19 outbreak, heightened fear has manifested in selfish precautions and inappropriate humor to a racist extent. Reactions to the coronavirus have ranged from obsessively using hand sanitizer, choosing to physically isolate oneself, and buying an absurd amount of food in response to the possibility of a quarantine.
“I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own,” said Audre Lorde, a Black writer and feminist, who strongly believed in the importance of intersectionality.
On Tuesday, February 4, a list appeared in marker on a stall door of the G-Building women’s restroom. The door read “Stay Safe Ladies” and proceeded to list the names of six boys at Berkeley High School under the headline “Boys to Watch Out 4,” identifying them as either rapists, abusers, or “sus” (implying
The levels of cortisol are at an all-time high for the Berkeley High School class of 2020. Every year, students feel their hearts palpitate as college admission decisions begin to come out.
This past week, we celebrated Thanksgiving and — the almost more highly anticipated — Black Friday: a uniquely American tradition that exemplifies the prominence of consumerist habits in this country.
Thanksgiving is explained to children in the US as pilgrims welcoming the Natives of the land they have just arrived on to their festive feast, sharing love, and going around the table to say what they are most grateful for.
At Berkeley High School, it requires more energy to avoid vaping than it does to try it. Teens are drawn to the rebellious act of vaping, especially when it’s advertised in such a glamorous way.
Berkeley Unified School District is a trailblazer in the education system, with privileges such as late start Mondays, off campus lunch, and the Health Center.
