Berkeley Student Food Collective Reopens for 2021-2022 School Year
By Jack Galloway BERKELEY– The Berkeley Student…
Filipinx Students Rally Against Doe Library Display That Centers White Supremacists
By Diana Ochoa BERKELEY, CA– On Thursday, October 28, Filipinx students and…
Guest Commentary: Fixing Disparities in Police Stops Goes Beyond Bias
By Gloria Partida The moments that have spurred social justice movements the furthest through time, unfortunately, have…
Ice Cream and Insistence: A Case of Overcriminalization for Black Women in Oakland
By Sofia Abramsky-Sze Oakland– Yvette Phillips-Aldama spent decades as a dedicated member of the Oakland community– serving as…
Bill Passes to Address Asian-American Hate Crimes – Is It Enough?
By Meenu Pamula ATLANTA– On March 16, 2021, in Atlanta, Georgia, a 21-year-old white man committed a mass…
Vaccine Distribution in California: Is it Equitable?
By Meenu Pamula BERKELEY– With the recent increase in available effective COVID-19 vaccines in the United States, millions…
Newsom Nominates Prison Reform Advocate and Assemblymember Rob Bonta for Attorney General
By Kritika Singh SACRAMENTO — In March 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom nominated Democratic Assemblyman Rob Bonta…
Lending an Ear to International Students: What They Need from Campus Administrators During COVID
By Nicole Chodor This is a follow up on the March 9 article on the same topic. To…
STUDENT OPINION: Reflecting on Women’s History Month and How ‘Badly-Behaved’ Women Have Made History
By Naomi Cherone There have been significant inroads made by women trailblazers in American history—from the colonial…
‘The Fight For Equitable Access’ – Student-Run Mutual Aid Project Seeks to Create Tangible Change at UC Berkeley
By Osvaldo Barba BERKELEY–– Through grassroots advocacy, Berkeley Mutual Aid Project (BMAP), a newly founded student-run organization…
UCLA Teams Up with Stop AAPI Hate Coalition to Combat Anti-Asian Hate and Xenophobia Crisis as a Result of COVID-19
By Meghan Imperio The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has fueled a rise in xenophobia against Asian communities across…
Great Risk, Little Reward: Berkeley’s RAs Keep Housing Units Afloat Amid Pandemic
By Meenu Pamula Berkeley— Dissatisfaction is not uncommon amongst UC Berkeley’s Resident Assistants (RAs), but in light…
For International Students, Covid-Era Academics Turn Tragic
By Nicole Chodor BERKELEY– Content Warning: Death. On February 10, 2021, UC Berkeley Students learned of the…
Student Opinion: ‘The Public Space Issue’ – U.C. Berkeley Plans to Seize Historic Park
By Osvaldo Barba BERKELEY— The University of California at Berkeley’s imminent plans to develop on People’s Park,…
Uncertainty for Student Families in Berkeley’s University Village
By CJ Jackson ALBANY— “Berkeley cannot guarantee there will not be evictions.” This is what the student…
ASUC Says It’s Time to Normalize Menstrual Health – PERIOD
By Meenu Pamula BERKELEY— The struggle for menstrual product accessibility is far from new at UC Berkeley….
Introducing: The Vanguard at Berkeley!
By Özge Terzioğlu and Koda Slingluff BERKELEY— The new chapter of the Davis Vanguard has arrived at the UC…
Court Watch Los Angeles Panel Warns About the Power of the LA City Attorney’s Office
By Meghan Imperio LOS ANGELES — Many people have underestimated the power of the Los Angeles City…
Board Approves State Letter on Ethnic Studies, Pushes Further
Community groups have been pushing for changes to the district’s ethnic studies policies for the last few…
Sunday Commentary: Affordable Housing as Social Justice
We like to think of ourselves in Davis as progressives. When I first started writing the Vanguard,…