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What Does California Owe Descendants of the Enslaved?

March 23, 2023

Jovan Scott Lewis, Center for Ethnographic Research faculty affiliate and ISSI Advisory Committee member, is an ethnographer and member of California’s Reparations Task Force.In this Berkeley News interview, Jovan Scott Lewis, Center for Ethnographic Research faculty affiliate and ISSI Advisory Committee member, shares his...

No, California Does Not Have a Population Crisis

March 23, 2023

The waterfront of Crescent City in Del Norte County, a part of the state that proportionally suffered some of the biggest recent population losses.Irene Bloemraad, faculty affiliate of Center for Research on Social Change, co-authored an op-ed published in the LA Times. Amidst concerns about a possible exodus of Californians, Bloemraad...

Tyre Nichols' Killing by Police - Why is This Still Happening?

March 21, 2023

Rev. Andre E Johnson, of the Gifts of Life Ministries, preaches at a candlelight vigil for Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police officers, in Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 26, 2023. Behind him, seated center, are Tyre’s mother and stepfather.Berkeley News interviews Nikki Jones, ISSI's Center for Research on Social Change faculty affiliate, in...

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