Berkeley Political Review
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Inside San Quentin: The Transformative Power of Education and Rehabilitation
Sydney Grundland Lanuza | California | October 4, 2025
Inside San Quentin and other California prisons, education and rehabilitation are transforming lives and challenging stigmas. Michael, an inmate in San Quentin, shares his story about how rehabilitation is benefiting people inside and outside the system.
The Mercurial Case of Misuari
This article originally appeared in the Fall 2013 print edition, which can be
Scaling Everest
BY GIACOMO TOGNINI It has been seven years since Nepal’s decade-long civil war led to the overthrow of the world’s
The Labor Rollercoaster of a Lifetime
What began as a factory fire months ago has turned into turmoil through
United American Emirates, The New UAE?
As recently as five years ago, energy analysts were in agreement the US would need to begin importing natural gas
Encore: Harvard “History” Professor Niall Ferguson Strikes Again
Harvard “history” professor Niall Ferguson said that John Maynard Keynes was short-sighted because he was gay and childless. Niall Ferguson
Tragedies after Tragedy: Ignorance and Blame in the Boston Marathon
Undoubtedly, an act of terrorism is an abominable action. But even as things calm down – suspects caught, victims recovering
While You Were Sleeping
Last night, holed up in the London Ecuadorian Embassy, Julian Assange attempted once more
Why April 1st? The Politics Behind April Fool’s
We all love the April Fool’s holiday, but how did it come
Devil’s Advocate: Should editorialists disclose political affiliations?
I wasn’t planning on writing another Devil’s Advocate so soon after the first one, but the combination of disgraced Harvard
Free Speech and the Right to Curse at a Police Officer
Most pedestrians of Sproul Plaza have probably noticed that the University of California Police Department (UCPD) has been cracking down on