Fifty years ago Berkeley birthed the Free Speech Movement when Mario Savio stood atop a police car in the middle of Sproul plaza on the UC Berkeley campus and called for moral action. He shouted out: “There’s a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious — makes you so sick at heart — […]
Xavier Morales
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Op-ed: Refuse to be confused — vote Yes on Measure D
As a Latino health professional, as a father of two, and as a citizen of Berkeley, I am voting Yes on Measure D. The science that the overconsumption of sugary sweetened beverages can cause diabetes is not in dispute in the Berkeley initiative to place a 1 cent per ounce excise tax on the distributors […]