BY GIACOMO TOGNINI It has been seven years since Nepal’s decade-long civil war led to the overthrow of the world’s third-longest-lasting absolute monarchy and the…
Berkeley Political Review
What began as a factory fire months ago has turned into turmoil through Bangladesh. In April of 2013, Rana Plaza in Bangladesh toppled down, killing…
As recently as five years ago, energy analysts were in agreement the US would need to begin importing natural gas to keep up with rising…
This past month Representative Tim Huelskamp from Kansas said the GOP’s plan to cut social programs including the food stamp program (SNAP) meant, “you…
Last Monday, in a press release that marked the one-year anniversary of the shooting at Aurora, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D) said: “We must…
Once again this term, the Machiavellian in Chief Justice John Roberts was brought to light. With his judicial opinion in Shelby v. Holder, The Chief…
My mom and I seldom talk about politics because of the language barrier and also because I need her to pay my tuition. But a…
Harvard “history” professor Niall Ferguson said that John Maynard Keynes was short-sighted because he was gay and childless. Niall Ferguson is a stain on academia;…
The quote “first, do no harm,” derived from the Latin phrase primum non nocere, is a leading principle for medical practitioners. The idea is that…
Undoubtedly, an act of terrorism is an abominable action. But even as things calm down – suspects caught, victims recovering – a new type of…
Fast-forward over sixty years, and baseball has fallen behind. Number one WNBA draft pick Brittany Griner recently came out and went on to sign an…
Macedonia, or should I say the “Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” (FYROM), has been attempting to join the European Union since 2004. In 2005 the…
The passage of the ASUC’s recent divestment bill has, since its inception, engaged this campus in heated and passionate debate. On the night of the…
Note: this is a response to Benjamin Goldblatt’s article Taking Apart the ASUC’s Divestment Bill Piece by Piece Articles written in opposition to the Boycott, Divest,…
The Israel divestment bill now being considered by the Berkeley student government provides a false narrative about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It misrepresents the actions of…
Last night, holed up in the London Ecuadorian Embassy, Julian Assange attempted once more to set the world alight with the release over 1.7 million…
When it comes to regulating industry, public agencies usually perform careful cost-benefit analyses to formulate policy. For the most part, the federal government does a…
We all love the April Fool’s holiday, but how did it come to be? Different explanations abound. One explanation posits that New Year’s Day used…