Berkeley Political Review

UC Berkeley's Only Non-Partisan Political Magazine

The Future is for Sale on Polymarket

The 2024 U.S. presidential election was one of the most disheartening nights of the last year. It was also the first time I heard about Polymarket. This was not a coincidence, of course. As a group of friends and I were crammed in a claustrophobic dorm room watching a map of states flipping

Why California Should Push Nuclear

Why California Should Push Nuclear

The word “nuclear” is often associated with gigantic, terrifying bombs, or the neon-green sludge that contributes to the erratic behavior

October 8, 2025
Uncivil Unrest from Nepal to the United States

Uncivil Unrest from Nepal to the United States

With their Parliament building still warm from the blaze of the day before, tens of thousands of Nepalis gathered for

October 8, 2025
What Newsom Doesn’t Get, Mamdani Does

What Newsom Doesn’t Get, Mamdani Does

Zohran Mamdani’s recent primary win in New York wasn’t just a triumph of social media savvy and grassroots organizing. It

October 7, 2025
California Calls Foul Play on the NCAA with SB 206

California Calls Foul Play on the NCAA with SB 206

It started with money, as it so often does in a world of college athletics. For decades, the National Collegiate

October 6, 2025
The Case for a “Civil Gideon”

The Case for a “Civil Gideon”

Across cases nationwide, unaccompanied immigrant children walk into courtrooms alone, with no attorney by their side. Without guaranteed access to

October 6, 2025
Violating Constitution, Congress Lowers Majority Threshold to Confirm Presidential Nominees

Violating Constitution, Congress Lowers Majority Threshold to Confirm Presidential Nominees

New changes to the Senate present a striking change to congressional power. Article Two, Section Two, Clause Two. “Provided two-thirds

October 6, 2025
The Smithsonian v. Nationalism

The Smithsonian v. Nationalism

Individuals are able to communicate with the past, present, and the future through museums; they can interact with their long-lived

October 4, 2025
Inside San Quentin: The Transformative Power of Education and Rehabilitation

Inside San Quentin: The Transformative Power of Education and Rehabilitation

This summer, I worked at a small non-profit organization called Humans of San Quentin, whose primary aim is to humanize

The Dangerous Poetry of Trumpism

The Dangerous Poetry of Trumpism

It has long been leftist practice to critique the right as cold, materialistic, profit-focused, and neoliberal – rightly so. Positions

October 4, 2025
Why Foreign Policy Needs a Feminist Perspective

Why Foreign Policy Needs a Feminist Perspective

In July of 2022, women took to the streets of Sri Lanka in protest of the burden disproportionately placed on

October 3, 2025
Congressmen Eric Swalwell on the Government Shutdown & Future of Democratic Politics

Congressmen Eric Swalwell on the Government Shutdown & Future of Democratic Politics

Isabelle Jacobson and Keira Bixler are joined by Congressman Eric Swalwell to discuss the current government shutdown, its impact on

October 3, 2025
Scandinavia Isn’t the Model; Ireland is

Scandinavia Isn’t the Model; Ireland is

If there’s anything Americans haven’t stopped talking about for years, it’s the economy. Two presidents, changes to the tax code,

October 3, 2025
Orange County’s Resistance to Non-citizen Inclusion

Orange County’s Resistance to Non-citizen Inclusion

Unless you want your identity to be stolen, never share your personal information to anyone, especially not your Social Security

October 2, 2025
The Rise of Political Violence and Ideological Polarization

The Rise of Political Violence and Ideological Polarization

I was walking to my dorm after class when I heard the news: Charlie Kirk, a well-known conservative political activist,

October 2, 2025
How Florida’s War on Crosswalks Threatens Public Health

How Florida’s War on Crosswalks Threatens Public Health

For the last eight years, pedestrians crossing Esther Street in Orlando, Florida would step across a rainbow crosswalk, a memorial

October 2, 2025
The Executive’s Ambush on Multilingualism

The Executive’s Ambush on Multilingualism

On March 6, 2025, the Executive Office of the President released Executive Order no. 14224: Designating English as the Official

October 2, 2025
Managed Paralysis in Global Climate Governance

Managed Paralysis in Global Climate Governance

In the outcome clause of the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change,

October 1, 2025
A High-speed Game of Catchup

A High-speed Game of Catchup

In 1963, America stood unrivaled as the world’s leader in all things infrastructure. It was a nation of engineering marvels,

October 1, 2025
Can SB 79 Cure the Housing Crisis?

Can SB 79 Cure the Housing Crisis?

Suburban life is core to the American identity. Miles of manicured lawns have become our amber waves of grain. Through

October 1, 2025
Is Los Angeles the Future of Redistricting?

Is Los Angeles the Future of Redistricting?

Do two wrongs make a right? That’s the question California voters must answer following Governor Gavin Newsom’s announcement of the

October 1, 2025
Where is Trump leading NASA?

Where is Trump leading NASA?

When the world watched Neil Armstrong take mankind’s first steps on the moon in 1969, the United States solidified its

September 30, 2025