Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

EXPLAINED: 4 | Rare Historical Photos

The Kamala Harris cheat sheet: 18 things to know about the woman who might be president

Get up to speed with the Democrat frontrunner – who officiated the first gay wedding in California and won a huge victory when she went to war with the mortgage companies

The Guardian - UK

Frederick Crews obituary

Provocative but witty literary critic known for his satirical Winnie the Pooh essays and his opposition to Freudianism

The Guardian - UK

Berkeley Homes chief backs Labour house building pledge

Rob Perrins backs ambition of both main parties to build 1.5 million homes during the next 5-year Parliament

Evening Standard

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Berkeley returns to build-to-rent market amid London housing shortage

Housebuilder aims to create 4,000 private rental homes in UK capital and south-east over next decade

The Guardian - UK

Hacks asks why "sorry" is rare in comedy

“Never apologize for a joke,” says Deborah Vance, echoing many comedians. This episode challenges that notion

Salon

Student protests caused mostly minor disruptions at several graduation ceremonies

From California to North Carolina, students staged chants and walkouts over the weekend in protest of Israel's ongoing military offensive in Gaza.

WEKU

‘Police raids are nothing new’: student protesters from 1960s see history repeating itself

Anti-Vietnam war activists from Tariq Ali to the Weather Underground on the remarkable parallels with today’s pro-Palestinian uprising

The Guardian - US

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

The US universities that allow protest encampments – and even negotiate

While semesters at other schools speed toward a violent close, several universities have sought a more amicable solution

The Guardian - US

Berkeley Campus Takes Hands-Off Approach To Gaza Protests

US college campus protests over Israel-Palestine conflict spark debate on response and free speech.

Top News

A new generation at UC Berkeley pitches its tents

The university has said it won’t give in to students’ demands – but it has budged before

The Guardian - US

Microsoft will keep stifling competition "until the regulators have their foot on their neck," argues Cal Berkeley professor

Microsoft recently split Teams from Microsoft 365, but many argue the move was too little too late. Among those is professor Steve Weber, who we recently sat down with to discuss what he believes are Microsoft's anti-competitive business strategies.

Windows Central

‘Media firestorm’: Israel protest at professor’s home sparks heated free-speech debate

Controversy followed a viral video of pro-Palestinian students interrupting a dinner held by a Berkeley free-speech defender

The Guardian - US

Students Don't Have a Right to Use Public University Social Events for Their Own Political Orations,

whether at administrators' homes or in law school classrooms.

Reason

Berkeley Students Post Anti-Semitic Cartoons, Disrupt Dinner at Dean Chemerinsky's Home

"I never thought I would see such blatant antisemitism."

Reason

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Plans for seven Woolwich tower blocks up to 18 storeys tall for 650 new homes

Plans have been revealed for a series of seven tower blocks up to 18 storeys tall in Woolwich along with a new park. Berkeley Homes has sent plans to Greenwich Council to build over 650 new homes and a park on the former Royal Arsenal site in Woolwich.

Evening Standard

Competition watchdog investigates £2.5 billion housebuilder merger

The CMA has opened an invitation to comment until 2 April

The Guardian - UK

McDonald’s says it’s trying to solve tech issues affecting some restaurants worldwide – as it happened

Global chain apologises to customers over IT problems which left customers unable to order food in countries including Australia, China, UK and Japan and led to temporary store closures

Reason

Berkeley Students Violently Shut Down Event Featuring Israeli Attorney

Students should be able to peacefully protest events, but they shouldn't disrupt a speaker or assault attendees.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Housebuilder shares fall as competition watchdog opens investigation; UK retail sales slump eases – as it happened

The CMA has opened an investigation into eight housebuilders following evidence they may be sharing commercially sensitive information.

Evening Standard

Endo Kazutoshi: Japanese chef to launch sushi bar and grill at 20 Berkeley

Creative Restaurant Group is changing the concept at its Mayfair restaurant after six months

Evening Standard

Are we witnessing the slow death of Peckham? How residents are battling big business to save the area's soul

The south London neighbourhood has never been so happening — which may be its downfall. As luxury housing and rising rents loom, residents are battling ‘gentrification on steroids’

Capital & Main

More Than Half of Californians Skip or Delay Medical Care Due to Cost

For many, premiums and deductibles now take three times more out of one’s budget than 20 years ago, UC Berkeley study shows.

The Guardian - UK

John Heilbron obituary

Historian of science whose books, including a biography of Galileo, helped to debunk several myths

Reason

UC Berkeley Reverses Instructor's Attempt to Give Extra Credit for Pro-Palestinian Political Activity

"While instructors enjoy considerable freedom and all individuals, when acting as private citizens, enjoy free speech rights, University policy does impose limits on using the classroom or one's course for purposes of political advocacy."

The Independent UK

Berkeley professor tells law firms not to hire his ‘antisemitic’ students, amid campus free speech crisis

Professor Steven Davidoff Solomon accused members of the student body of ‘advocating hate and practicing discrimination’

1 … 3 4 5 6

People

Deborah Vance Jean Smart

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.