Berkeley Political Review

UC Berkeley's Only Non-Partisan Political Magazine

Living in Fear: The Human Cost of Trump’s Deportation Agenda

“My biggest fear is seeing her one morning and not knowing if she’ll come back.”  This fear and daily uncertainty is a sentiment shared by the 5.8 million households in the United States that are home to at least one undocumented immigrant, amidst the second term of President Donald Trump.

How Judicial Philosophy Is Reshaping America

How Judicial Philosophy Is Reshaping America

The Supreme Court’s recent decisions in favor of Trump’s policies have set off a wave of public anger and frustration.

December 4, 2025
When They go Low, We Go… Also Low

When They go Low, We Go… Also Low

When the majority of Californians get together to attack democratic safeguards in the name of preserving a balance, we aren’t

December 4, 2025
Solar and Storage, The Answer to California’s Climate Goals

Solar and Storage, The Answer to California’s Climate Goals

California’s Energy History For decades, California has faced a series of existential challenges related to energy. From rolling blackouts and

December 4, 2025
Russia’s Human Assembly Line

Russia’s Human Assembly Line

Russia has never been busier — or more exhausted. After three years of war, the Kremlin boasts record-low unemployment and

December 3, 2025
How the Ellison Empire is Killing America’s Democratic Media

How the Ellison Empire is Killing America’s Democratic Media

Rockefeller, Carnegie, Vanderbilt: the names of American billionaires who became famous in the Gilded Age of the late 19th century.

December 3, 2025
The Path Forward Through Affirmative Action’s Shortcomings

The Path Forward Through Affirmative Action’s Shortcomings

In September of 2024, the California legislature officially passed Assembly Bill 1780, which prohibited private universities in the state from

November 27, 2025
Soft Secession: California’s Antidote to Trump

Soft Secession: California’s Antidote to Trump

Sending ICE to raid workplaces and schools, separating families, and deporting both undocumented immigrants and U.S. citizens. Federalizing the National

November 27, 2025
Ethiopia’s “Renewal Through Planting” and the Politics of Green Authoritarianism

Ethiopia’s “Renewal Through Planting” and the Politics of Green Authoritarianism

The intense Ethiopian sun burns down as thousands of volunteers in green shirts, school children alongside politicians, take up shovels

November 26, 2025
The Euro Problem: Is Further Integration the Solution?

The Euro Problem: Is Further Integration the Solution?

Twenty-five years after its launch, the eurozone is failing its citizens. In Spain, the unemployment rate sits at 10.29 percent.

November 25, 2025
To Water the Seed, to Heal Our Children

To Water the Seed, to Heal Our Children

School is meant to be a safe space for students to build social and intellectual skills. At the same time,

November 25, 2025
No Kings Day Demonstrates that the Modern Era of Protest Culture Needs to be Revamped

No Kings Day Demonstrates that the Modern Era of Protest Culture Needs to be Revamped

On October 18, 2025, cheers and shouts echoed across the United States as a collective movement ensued among Americans nationwide.

November 24, 2025
Decolonizing the Climate Crisis

Decolonizing the Climate Crisis

In the Atacama Desert of Chile, the promise of clean energy for the world comes at a steep cost. Beneath

November 24, 2025
Living in Fear: The Human Cost of Trump’s Deportation Agenda

Living in Fear: The Human Cost of Trump’s Deportation Agenda

“My biggest fear is seeing her one morning and not knowing if she’ll come back.”  This fear and daily uncertainty

November 21, 2025
Supreme Court Rulings Favoring Trump Provide Little Explanation

Supreme Court Rulings Favoring Trump Provide Little Explanation

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has taken on a more influential and significant role in legislation and

November 21, 2025
The American Dream is Our Mirage

The American Dream is Our Mirage

The American Dream: the ideal that the United States is, without fault, the land of opportunity. This doctrine promotes the

November 21, 2025
Meet the Man Doing America’s Diplomacy in the Shadows

Meet the Man Doing America’s Diplomacy in the Shadows

On October 13, President Donald Trump stood in front of the Knesset to give a speech following the U.S.-brokered ceasefire

November 21, 2025
California’s Unlearned Lesson From Germany

California’s Unlearned Lesson From Germany

In the post-World War II era, German bureaucrats tallied billions in reparations owed to Holocaust survivors. Every Deutsche Mark and

November 21, 2025
Democrats have a Liberal Problem

Democrats have a Liberal Problem

A rather worrying sentiment has pervaded America in the aftermath of the 2024 presidential election. It has arisen as disheartened

November 20, 2025
A Faraway Rebel Group Upped Their Game Enough to Hurt the Average American

A Faraway Rebel Group Upped Their Game Enough to Hurt the Average American

Despite the world being more connected than ever, much international conflict feels disconnected from people’s day-to-day lives when it has

November 19, 2025
The Rise of Developing Nations from the Chinese Net Decline

The Rise of Developing Nations from the Chinese Net Decline

As cranes dotted skylines across Nairobi, Colombo, and Karachi in 2013, China’s vast Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) had sprung

November 19, 2025
The End of Ideology, the Rise of Identity

The End of Ideology, the Rise of Identity

In 1989, Francis Fukuyama suggested that history had reached its end, not because events would cease, but because humanity had

November 18, 2025