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The US supreme court has banned the use of affirmative-action policies that have been in place for decades

Once known as the host of #CampSoros, Alex Soros filled Instagram with pictures of his celebrity-studded parties in the Hamptons. Then he went to Berkeley.

Supreme Court dismisses challenges to the Section 230 legal shield that protects websites

They comb through troves of legal records and video evidence to challenge wrongful convictions. They organize medical data to help personalize health treatments for better care. They scrutinize school test scores to investigate inequities. Finding safe drinking water is easier thanks to an analysis tool they created.

For decades, Eastwind Books was an anchor for the Bay Area's Asian American community. Now, the husband and wife duo behind it have decided to close the shop.

An anthropology professor at the University of California, Berkeley, whose identity as Native American had been questioned for years has apologized for falsely identifying as Indigenous, saying she is “a white person” who lived an identity based on family lore

The UC Berkeley professor said she has "incorrectly identified herself" living as a Native American of Mohawk and Mi'kmaq descent based on "incomplete information" and has apologised for the "broken trust"

How to help health care workers live where they are employed.

Affirmative action opponents have used racial scapegoating to reframe the national debate, exploiting middle-class fears