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In classes at the University of California at Berkeley, philosophy major James Bennett, who is Black and Filipino, sees almost no one who looks like him.

BERKELEY - In the 25 years since California voters banned all consideration of race in college admissions, the state has spent more than US$500 million (S$670 million) to help create diverse student bodies across the University of California system - with some success. Yet in classes at the University of California (UC) at Berkeley, philosophy major James Bennett, who is...

In the 25 years since California voters banned all consideration of race in college admissions, the state has spent more than $500 million to help create diverse student bodies across the University of California system - with some success. Yet in classes at the University of California at Berkeley, philosophy major James Bennett, who is Black and Filipino, sees almost no one who looks like him. "I've only met two other Black students within all of my classes that I've been in,&...

STORY: James Bennett, who is Black and Filipino, is a philosophy major at the University of California at Berkeley.

How U.C. Berkeley tried to buoy enrollment of Black students without affirmative action

HBF, a public health grassroots organization dedicated to building a thriving Black community in Berkeley, focuses on housing, health and birth equity and the promotion of healthy foods and beverages. 

Speakers gathered over Zoom at the “State of Black Berkeley” event on Feb. 20. The annual gathering of activists at the “State of Black Berkeley” on Saturday looked different in 2021 than in past years. Attendees greeted each other over Zoom and asked questions or sent compliments in the chatbox, rather than raising hands or applauding in person. Still, with rousing music and a dance break to intersperse impassioned speeches and calls to action, the spirit of the event was unchanged. Th...

Still from the Abby Ginzburg documentary ‘Waging Change.’ Watch a documentary about restaurant workers; join a conversation about Black Berkeley; learn about global botanical art; explore California’s wilderness; and read a story about rainbows.  WAGING CHANGE The situation for restaurant workers has become dire because of the pandemic, but there have been unfair working conditions in the industry for a long time. Waging Change, a documentary by Abby Ginzberg, profiles restaurant worker...

Berkeley finally embracing housing in a bid to rebuild a historically Black neighborhood FacebookTwitterEmail Althea Rankins, 71, leaves after shopping at a Walgreens store that could undergo redevelopment as part of the citys rezoning plan on Adeline Street in Berkeley, Calif., on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020.Sarahbeth Maney / Special to The Chronicle The Berkeley City Council was about to vote on rezoning the Adeline Street corridor this month when the members did something unheard of in the city�...