Berkeley Faculty React to Election Result: What to expect of the Trump 2.0 100 Day Agenda
The election of Donald Trump to a second term as president promises to bring dramatic change to policies coming out of Washington and how agencies […]
Politics
Who Controls the Data? An Economic Exploration of the Right to Consumer Privacy
By Sakshina Bhatt & Barrett Redmond In his book Seeing Like a State, author James Scott points out that “the roots of the word ‘statistics’ […]
What does an Iranian nuclear deal look like?
By Raina Kasera US-Iranian efforts to reach a consensus on Iran’s nuclear programs have a long history. While the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action […]
Attacks on Government are Dangerous and Misplaced, Especially in the Age of a Pandemic
By Roy Ulrich The anti-vaccine movement, as it’s called, is not new. Typically, it cuts across political parties. But not this time, not in the […]
The 2020 Candidates on Higher Education
By Maria Valle and Reyna McKinnon With higher education costs and student debt reaching record highs, nearly all 2020 Democratic Primary candidates have plans to […]
Housing Policy in the 2020 Democratic Primary
by Eli Kahn Even though housing issues affect everyone, housing has rarely been a top political issue in recent federal elections. However, the increasing cost […]
The 2020 Democratic Primary Candidates On Immigration
by Daniel Morales Campos The immigration debate in the United States is perhaps the most polarizing and toxic among contemporary issues. It is also one […]
Defining Electability: How Do the Top Democratic Candidates Stack Up?
by Randy Clopton Electability. This word has hung over the heads of the more progressive candidates for this entire election cycle, as well as the […]
Canada and Liberalism’s Voter-Concentration Problem
By Eli Kahn Canada’s election on October 22nd returned Liberal prime minister Justin Trudeau to power, despite his tarnished image as a progressive champion. While […]
Our National Count Remains Deeply Flawed
By Spencer Bowen Next year, the United States will refresh our biggest and most important dataset. The Census is both a simple form (now online!) […]
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