Posts by Edward Lempinen

Side-by-side headshots of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.

Politics & society

In red state redistricting wars, Democrats have few good options, scholar says

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is pushing Prop. 50 to offset Texas’ move to gin up new GOP congressional seats. But as other red states follow suit, Democrats lack good answers, says UC Berkeley political scientist Eric Schickler.

headshots of Elon Musk, Mark Zuckeerberg and Jeff Bezos

Business & economics

The ultra-rich are different from you and me. Their tax rates are lower. 

Rescue workers lead a disoriented and possibly injured woman from a Ukrainian shopping center targeted by Russian missiles.

Mind & body

Broad use of psychedelic MDMA could ease devastating psychological trauma in Ukraine, study says

A female teacher in a classroom holds a rabbit, surrounded by four young students.

Education

At a low point in U.S. race relations, Black teachers are essential — and at risk 

Janet Mencoz-Partida stands among the columns and arches in a portico of the California state Capitol, with a black and white tiled floor.

Young Berkeley idealists shape ‘real policy for real people’ in Sacramento

A Togolese farmer wearing a cap sits among tall corn plants, studying a smart phone, while a young man and a woman work among the plants.

Togo and UC Berkeley: A data science alliance to build a dynamic West African nation

an eerie illustration, in stark red and black, of the US Capitol inverted and mirrored

Two-thirds of Californians believe US democracy is ‘under attack,’ says new Berkeley IGS Poll

an illustration showing a crowd of people inside a head, with a cord and plug extending from the brain. The cord is unplugged from a US flag superimposed on a map of the nation.

‘We the people’ is a timeless ideal of American democracy. What’s gone wrong?

a female caregiver, apparently of middle age, feeds an elderly woman with a spoon

Proposed Medicaid cuts could have a ‘far-reaching, disproportionate’ impact on older workers

The pediment and frieze of the U.S. Supreme Court building, bearing the inscription: Equal Justice Under Law

UC Berkeley experts react to U.S. Supreme Court ruling on medical care for trans minors

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A looming crisis: In deportation push, will the U.S. scrap constitutional safeguards?

an older man, at left, confers in a medical office with a doctor (at right) who is holding out a prescription vial.

Proposed Medicaid cuts could have devastating impact in California, UC Berkeley analysts say

arcing rows of empty chairs in a legislative chamber

Global study finds most people want gender-balanced government, even if quotas are needed

The four 2025 UC Berkeley University Medal finalists, in a photo illustration with each student headshot in a gold oval against Berkeley-blue background.

In turbulent times, 2025 University Medal finalists excelled through idealism, hard work

Group portrait featuring (left to right): Julia Schaletzky, Smriti Mehta and Will Fithian, against the carved-stone backdrop of an elegant old campus building.

With right and left deeply divided, emerging UC Berkeley groups embrace the ‘vital center’

a classic building on the University of California, Berkeley, campus, with the Campanile towering in the background

UC Berkeley graduate programs soar to elite status in latest US News rankings

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