Kim Voss, a UC Berkeley professor of sociology, says appeals rooted in American values may be more effective today than those evoking memories of the Civil Rights Movement.

Scholars across a range of fields assessed a case of enormous significance that could affect not only transgender youth, but possibly also reproductive policy on abortion, contraception and in vitro f...

Stephanie L. Canizales spent years interviewing undocumented young people. She says their accounts matter — especially in today's chaotic world.

Online, products branded as the blue lotus promise calm moments and psychedelic trips. But they're far different from what ancient Egyptians consumed, a UC Berkeley student researcher says.

M. Steven Fish, a professor of political science, explains how the Trump administration is reshaping long-time alliances and what's at stake for the future of U.S. leadership in the world.

"The only way to beat ignorance is through education," said one of the students in the Robinson International Scholars Program, which supports students from sub-Saharan Africa.

Exercise is Medicine On Campus is an increasingly popular health, wellness and research initiative, providing hundreds of students consultations with coaches and mentors each year.

It’s time to require these companies to compensate communities, homeowners, businesses and even insurers for the losses.

UC Berkeley's Dave Jones, the former insurance commissioner of California, explains the stakes of the current wildfire emergency and what might happen next.

As a series of historic fires continue to burn in L.A., scholars offer insight into their causes and fallout.

Donald Trump does not hide his disdain for California and its perceived progressive values. Now UC Berkeley analysts say he may be planning an offensive against the state that extends from public heal...

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The questionable statistic at the heart of the “men don’t read fiction” discourse.

UC Berkeley sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild traveled to eastern Kentucky to study how pride and shame affect people's politics. Then came 'a perfect storm.'

California ground squirrels hunt, kill and eat voles, reveals a study by UC Davis and UW-Eau Claire, sharing the first evidence of widespread carnivorous behavior among squirrels.

On April 15, 1954, Bellingham, Seattle and other Washington communities are in the grip of a strange phenomenon -- tiny holes, pits, and dings seemingly have appeared in the windshields of cars at an

King tides are once again causing flooding along San Francisco’s bayshore this week. But as rising seas promise to compound the problem, the city is planning for how to protect key infrastructure like...

New UC Berkeley research looks at years of studies into whether non-human animals have a similar sense of fairness. The answer is more nuanced than it may seem.

UC Berkeley researchers found that taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages, coupled with media attention, coincided with significant changes in social norms around sugary drinks.

Coastal areas in Northern California began evacuating residents after a 7.0 earthquake off Humboldt County's coast prompted a tsunami warning. Luckily, the worst didn't play out. But emergency procedu...

President-elect Donald Trump is signaling disruptive changes for colleges and universities, says John A. Douglass at UC Berkeley’s Center for Studies in Higher Education. Even as they try to manage th...

UC Berkeley historian and journalist Adam Hochschild discusses how today’s politics have precedent in the anti-immigrant sentiment and authoritarianism during Woodrow Wilson’s presidency.