Social Sciences

People process immigration raids in so many different ways. For some children and young adults, the online gaming platform Roblox is their way of making sense of these events and participating in the national discourse, according to Psychology Professor Giovanni Ramos.

They do this by role-playing Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers conducting raids and community members protesting them. Clips of these reenactments appeared on TikTok, prompting a Roblox spokesperson to tell the Associated Press it’s a violation of Roblox’s community...

As she nears graduation, ASUC President Abigail Verino is focused on ensuring that her advocacy for UC Berkeley’s most vulnerable groups remains a permanent fixture of student life.

Verino, an Ethnic Studies and Legal Studies double major, has spent her time as ASUC president expanding student-facing systems — from securing over $100,000 for multicultural student organizations to advocating for the basic needs of undocumented students. As she moves forward with her education and career, Verino hopes to apply a critical Ethnic Studies lens to...

African American Studies Chair Ula Taylor was featured in an op-ed for Black Entertainment Television (BET) titled "She Started It. She'll End It."

On March 11, 2026, Pastor Jamal Harrison Bryant stood at a podium inside the National Press Club and declared victory. The yearlong "Target Fast" he had led from his Atlanta megachurch was officially over, he said. He had met with the company’s new CEO. Progress had been made. Time to move on.

Within hours,...

For decades, Cesar Chavez has been honored at UC Berkeley as a symbol of resistance, dignity and Latinx political power. Now, new sexual abuse allegations are prompting faculty to reexamine that legacy and to ask what happens when a movement's hero becomes an apparent source of harm.

In response, Berkeley Social Sciences and ...