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Smalltalk features a series of essays by Stephen Small, Director of ISSI. Small makes the case for reparations for imperialism, with a particular focus on Liverpool...Read more about Reparations for Imperialism

The Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans issued its interim report to the California LegislatureJovan Scott Lewis, ISSI Advisory...Read more about Reparations for African Americans in California

Troy Duster, Institute founder, was awarded the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) 2022 Bernal Prize for distinguished contributions to Science and Technology Studies...Read more about Bernal Prize 2022 Awarded to Troy Duster

Meghna Mukherjee, graduate student affiliate of ISSI's Berkeley Center for Social Medicine, co-authored an article in Ms. Magazine that examines the ...Read more about The Overturn of Roe Could Mean the End of Fertility Medicine

Stacy Torres, ISSI faculty affiliate, published an op-ed in the San Francisco Chronicle reflecting on the mental health challenges she and millions of other Americans face. In this op-ed, Torres discusses the ...Read more about No, I'm Not Fine and Neither Are Millions of Americans

In this Berkeley News interview, Khiara Bridges, faculty affiliate of ISSI's Center for Ethnographic Research and Berkeley Center for Social Medicine, discusses ...Read more about Court Abortion Ruling is an Assault on Women and Democracy

In his new book, Potholes in the Road: Transition Problems for Low-Income Youth in High School, Martín Sánchez-Jankowski...Read more about Potholes in the Road

Khatharya Um, faculty affiliate of ISSI's Asian American Research Center, tells her personal story...Read more about Khatharya Um Shares Her Story

A new oral history project documenting the founding of Chicano/a Studies includes oral...Read more about Founding Chicana/o Studies

The University of California announced the Native American Opportunity Plan which covers tuition and fees for...Read more about Free UC Tuition for All California Native American Students

A new article by Tolani Britton, faculty affiliate of ISSI's Center for Research on Social Change, analyzes the ...Read more about College or Bust... or Both

Laura Pérez, Chair of ISSI's Latinx Research Center, co-edited the new book, Consuelo Jimenez Underwood: Art, Weaving, Vision. The book...Read more about New Book on Artist Consuelo Jimenez Underwood

Larry Rosenthal, Chair of ISSI's Center for Right-Wing Studies, explained Great Replacement Theory on...Read more about How 'Replacement Theory' Became Prominent in Mainstream US Politics

Shari Huhndorf, faculty affiliate of ISSI's Center for Research on Native American Issues, wrote a new article in Washington Monthly telling the ...Read more about Native, Inc.

A new article in Urban Geography by Brandi Summers, faculty affiliate of ISSI's Center for Research on Social Change, analyzes the ...Read more about Black Insurgent Aesthetics and the Public Imaginary

Border Hacker is by Levi Vonk, a graduate student affiliate of ISSI's Berkelely Center for Social Medicine, with Axel...Read more about New Book: Border Hacker: A Tale of Treachery, Trafficking, and Two Friends on the Run

The project, Essential Workers in the US Food System, uses survey and ethnographic methods to investigate how different kinds of food...Read more about NSF Grant Awarded to Seth Holmes

A new book by Carolyn Chen, faculty affiliate of ISSI's Center for Research on Social Change, is available now. Work Pray...Read more about Work Pray Code

In this commentary in EdSource, Travis Bristol, faculty affiliate of ISSI's Center for Research on Social Change, addresses the question: ...Read more about How to Diversify California's Educator Workforce

Khiara Bridges, faculty affiliate of ISSI's Berkeley Center for Social Medicine, was featured in this Berkeley Voices podcast episode. Bridges discussed the ...Read more about The Past Will be Present When Roe Falls