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Padma Balaji

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Padma Balaji | Staff

    ‘Bring back Lupe’: UC Berkeley students protest for reinstatement of suspended ethnic studies lecturer (opens the original)

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    Chants of “Bring Back Lupe!” filled Sproul Plaza on Wednesday as nearly 100 students rallied to condemn UC Berkeley’s suspension of Lupe Gallegos-Diaz, who directed campus’s Chicanx Latinx Student Development office. Gallegos-Diaz was abruptly placed on leave in August for a “lack of professional judgement” — sparking outrage and frustration for students and community members who have known Gallegos-Diaz as a pillar of campus’s Latine community for almost 30 years. Students hoist

  2. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Padma Balaji | Staff

    ‘We’re still here’: Berkeley City Council candidate Aidan Hill wants to fight for People’s Park (opens the original)

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    People’s Park activist and Berkeley City Council candidate Aidan Hill moderated a community forum Thursday to examine the persistence of the People’s Park community since the park was walled off for student housing developments in 2024. The panel discussion featured former People’s Park residents and mutual aid groups that worked closely with the park community. “We’re so desperate to fight for this place because it’s the only one that we have in the neighborhood that we call home,â€

  3. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Padma Balaji | Staff

    UC Berkeley students, staff left in limbo after Lupe Gallegos-Diaz suspension (opens the original)

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    To Ph.D. student Alexis Meza, Lupe Gallegos-Diaz — who directed the Chicanx Latinx Student Development office — was a “pillar” of the UC Berkeley Latine community. But since she was abruptly placed on administrative leave in August, Meza, alongside CLSD staff and the ethnic studies department, have been scrambling to pick up the pieces. The Chicanx Latinx Leadership Seminar, a DeCal course Gallegos-Diaz taught alongside students, was canceled last week, according to Emma Enríquez, an ad

  4. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Padma Balaji | Staff

    UC faculty council calls for regent’s resignation over failure to condemn Islamaphobic remarks (opens the original)

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    The UC Ethnic Studies Council is calling for UC Regent Jay Sures’ resignation after he spoke at an event where another speaker made Islamophobic remarks. At the Jewish American Summit on Aug. 30, Mosab Hassan Yousef, an author and former Israeli spy, made a number of comments attacking Muslim Americans, including telling them to “get the f--- out of the United States. Go back to the s---holes where you came from.” In a social media statement released Monday, the UC Ethnic Studies Council â

  5. Article · Sep 4, 2026 · Padma Balaji | Staff

    UC Berkeley Edley Center’s symposium explores how states can counter authoritarianism (opens the original)

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    In order to challenge “repressive federal actions,” state governments need to lead the way, according to the speakers at Edley Center on Law & Democracy’s symposium. The symposium looked into the upcoming book co-authored by UC Berkeley School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, “Fight Back: How States Can Counter Authoritarianism.” Held at Booth Auditorium, the symposium featured two panels of legal scholars and a fireside chat between Chemerinsky and Washington State Attorney General Nick

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